Community Teamwork Inc.

Community Teamwork Inc., a Massachusetts-based nonprofit community action agency headquartered in Lowell, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering workforce development, youth engagement, fair housing advocacy, senior volunteer services, and community development programs. The organization has received 108 prime grants and 48 sub-grants totaling $320.2 million across 24 federal agencies since 2002, with no federal contracts; recent activity has grown from 8 awards in 2022 to 25 in 2024, then moderated to 20 in 2025.

Community Teamwork Inc.'s capability portfolio centers on intergenerational and youth workforce programs, subsidized volunteer service delivery, fair housing education and enforcement support, emergency housing and homeless services, and microenterprise technical assistance. Representative prime work includes a $408,798 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program grant (Corporation for National and Community Service, awarded September 8, 2025, extending through June 30, 2028) funding economically disadvantaged volunteers aged 55 and older to deliver supportive services to vulnerable adults; a $286,342 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program grant (same agency, awarded September 8, 2025, through June 30, 2028) engaging seniors with limited incomes in one-on-one educational support for children with special needs or academic disadvantages in the Greater Lowell region; a $125,000 annual Fair Housing Organization Initiatives grant from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (CFDA 14.417, awarded April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027) supporting fair housing education and public outreach; and a $134,871 annual SBA Microloan Program grant (CFDA 59.046, awarded July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025) providing microloans up to $50,000 and technical assistance to small businesses owned by women, minorities, and low-income individuals in Greater Lowell.

Customer concentration is distributed across federal agencies. The top five grantor agencies account for 46% of awards: the Department of the Interior National Park Service (18 awards), the Department of the Interior National Park Service Northeast Region (16 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (14 awards), the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management (13 awards), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (10 awards). Interior's Park Service dominates by volume, reflecting Community Teamwork Inc.'s role as a youth and veteran-serving partner for conservation education, apprenticeships, and visitor engagement at Lowell National Historical Park. As a sub-recipient, Community Teamwork Inc. receives pass-through funding from Massachusetts state agencies (Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, Department of Public Health, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Early Education and Care) for child care assistance, school nutrition programs, heating assistance, substance abuse services, WIC administration, and youth homelessness prevention. Seven awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity.

Community Teamwork Inc. operates as a Community Development Financial Institution and established nonprofit with deep roots in antipoverty and community development programming. The organization administers federal funds across multiple service domains including Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Head Start, HOME Investment Partnerships, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs, leveraging this diversified federal funding base to anchor workforce, housing, and youth service delivery in the Greater Lowell area.