Missouri · Nonprofit
OZARK ACTION INC
OZARK ACTION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,935,426 to it, the largest being SOUTH CENTRAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD ($6,179,976). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Ozark Action Inc does
Mission
To coordinate and provide services for people with needs so they can improve their quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Head Start program provides a pre-school learning experience for three and four year old children from low-income families and children with disabilities, coupled with a holistic emphasis on health, nutrition, social services and special services for children with identified disabilities through full parent involvement and participation. Ninety percent of the children supported by Head Start must come from low-income families. The income guidelines are determined by the federal government and are revised annually. Ten percent of the children enrolled in our Head Start program must be allocated for children with disabilities. Programs operate four days per week, four hours per day during September through May, in the counties of Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Texas and Wright.
$4,957,567 spentof which $24,190 as grants$29,267 earned by the program37% of program spendingThe Community Services Block Grant, LIHEAP and related program services assists low-income families in need. Through a comprehensive assessment and eligibility determination, families are referred to local resources within our six county service area or directly assisted with energy assistance, emergency services, property tax filing, rent rebates, vehicle loan repair program, family support program services, weatherization and HUD applications.
$4,448,468 spentof which $3,207,283 as grants33% of program spendingThe HUD housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable rental housing. Rental assistance is provide on behalf of the family, allowing the family to select their own home. Families may choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program. Generally, the family will pay 30% of their adjusted income toward housing costs (rent + utilities) with the balance in the form of rental assistance. Many families utilize rental assistance for a limited time while simultaneously working to improve other items affecting their lives. Housing rental assistance serves over 500 low-income families annually through HUD Section 8. Wait list priorities apply to all assistance.
$2,229,729 spentof which $1,833,252 as grants$15,198 earned by the program17% of program spendingWeatherization
$839,076 spent6% of program spendingWia
$883,056 spentof which $355,072 as grants7% of program spendingOther services
$113,223 spent$31,069 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,471,119.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $6.0M to $4.4M (−26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 96% · 2021 98% · 2022 97% · 2023 98% · 2024 98% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of OZARK ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Terry Sanders
Executive Director
Board chair
Randall Combs
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $517k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OZARK ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OZARK ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OZARK ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 99% · 2019 97% · 2020 79% · 2021 76% · 2022 56% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
63% of OZARK ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of OZARK ACTION INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OZARK ACTION INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding OZARK ACTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$49.5M
- Department of Labor$1.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OZARK ACTION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Ozark Community Development Corporation · exempt
- Ozark Action Properties I LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OZARK ACTION INC?
- OZARK ACTION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,935,426 to it, the largest being SOUTH CENTRAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD ($6,179,976). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OZARK ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $7,935,426 in grants to OZARK ACTION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OZARK ACTION INC?
- SOUTH CENTRAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD is the largest funder on record, with $6,179,976 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OZARK ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing