Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation

Analysis

Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation reported income of $39.1m and spending of $37.9m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $25.9m to $39.1m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northeast Parent and Child Society Inc ($39.1m), BPH Holding Co Inc ($39.1m) and Tel Hai Nursing Center Inc ($39.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 4.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $96k (0.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $16.1m. At year end it held assets of $29.0m against liabilities of $21.9m, net assets of $7.1m. It reported 618 employees.