The Nonresident Tax Help Group

The Nonresident Tax Help Group, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Woodbury, Minnesota, is a federal grant recipient delivering free tax return preparation and electronic filing services under the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program (CFDA 21.009). The organization operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient with no federal contract footprint.

The Nonresident Tax Help Group has received five consecutive annual VITA project grants from the IRS spanning October 2021 through September 2026, each structured as a one-year award. The most recent grant, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, carries a value of $134,269 and supports the delivery of tax preparation services to underserved and low- to moderate-income populations in Minnesota. Prior awards in the series were granted October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025; October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024; October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023; and October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Combined obligated dollars across the five-award cycle total $952 thousand.

Under each VITA grant, The Nonresident Tax Help Group expands volunteer training, strengthens quality control measures, and increases electronic return filing capacity while ensuring that at least 90 percent of prepared returns serve individuals whose earned income does not exceed Earned Income Tax Credit thresholds. The organization is expected to achieve 100 percent of return production goals and demonstrate incremental improvements in return preparation efficiency. Grant guidelines permit utilization of subrecipients to deliver key program elements while adhering to established VITA program requirements and maintaining Generally Accepted Accounting Principles-compliant record-keeping systems. Intended beneficiaries include low- to moderate-income taxpayers, persons with disabilities, individuals with limited English proficiency, Native Americans, rural residents, military members and families, and elderly taxpayers. One award (the grant through September 30, 2025) faces completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore enters recompete window.