Ozarks Food Harvest

What Ozarks Food Harvest does

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable contributions, with no products or services sold. The revenue mix spans individual monetary donations (one-time and recurring via Harvest Circle), corporate and foundation grants (Musgrave Foundation, Walmart Foundation, J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation), cause-marketing partnerships where retailers or brands donate a portion of sales or accept point-of-sale donations (Walmart's Fight Hunger/Spark Change, Arvest's Million Meals, McDonald's Cans for Coffee, Kum & Go retail pick-up, Pampered Chef Round Up, CVS Round Up for Food Banks), and community-organized food and fund drives supported by organizational toolkits. The go-to-market model is community-led, leveraging grassroots events (Turkey Trot, Hungerthon, Food Fight, Stamp Out Hunger), a 270+ agency downstream distribution network, and earned media through local press and nonprofit-rating bodies. Customer segmentation is hybrid, distinguishing children, families, and seniors as primary beneficiary personas, with SNAP recipients as a secondary segment receiving application assistance rather than direct food.

Name

Ozarks Food Harvest

Legal name

Ozarks Food Harvest

Website

https://ozarksfoodharvest.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Bank and Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food Services (624210)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Food Waste Reduction & Diversion Services (Donation, Animal Feed, Source Reduction Programs) (EUAIAEAH), School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD)

Keywords

• Food bank operations
• Hunger relief services
• Charitable food distribution
• Food rescue programs
• Community nutrition support

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Monetary Donations: Individual donors contribute funds online, by mail, or through monthly giving programs (Harvest Circle). These donations provide crucial operational flexibility, allowing the food bank to respond to urgent needs and purchase food when donations decline. Every $1 donated provides 3-4 meals.
2. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Major gifts from foundations (Musgrave Foundation, Walmart Foundation, Mabee Foundation) and corporate partners provide significant funding. These grants often support specific programs or capital improvements.
3. Cause Marketing Partnerships: Retail partners (Walmart, Sam's Club, grocers) run point-of-sale donation campaigns. Some partners donate a portion of sales or per-item contributions. This includes Walmart's Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign and Check Out Hunger programs.
4. Food and Fund Drives: Community-organized food drives collect both food items and monetary donations. The organization provides toolkits and supplies to hosts and tracks impact through meal conversion metrics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ozarks Food Harvest is the Feeding America food bank for southwest Missouri. The organization rescues, grows, and obtains food and distributes more than 1.7 million meals per month to children, families, and seniors facing hunger through a network of 270+ partner agencies and direct programs such as Mobile Food Pantry, Weekend Backpack, and Senior Food Boxes.

Product overview

Ozarks Food Harvest is the Feeding America food bank for southwest Missouri, operating as a single-platform nonprofit hunger relief organization rather than a multi-module product suite. The organization offers eight core programmatic services focused on food distribution and hunger relief: the Weekend Backpack Program for children, After-School Food Program, Summer Food Program, Mobile Food Pantry, Senior Food Program, SNAP application assistance, Retail Pick-Up Program for food rescue, and Full Circle Gardens for fresh produce. Additionally, the Harvest Circle monthly giving program provides sustainable funding. These programs collectively serve 270 faith-based and community charities across 28 counties, reaching approximately 90,000 individuals monthly and providing more than 20 million meals annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Full Circle Gardens: A garden and glean team program that increases community access to fresh produce by growing fruits and vegetables at the Food Bank Farm, gleaning excess crops from local farms, and receiving donations from backyard gardens and farmer's markets.
• Harvest Circle
• Legacy of Hope

Products and services

• Weekend Backpack Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.7 million meals distributed per month
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, major, ongoing and minor.

• Feeding AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOzarks Food Harvest is the official Feeding America food bank for southwest Missouri. This partnership provides access to national food sourcing networks, advocacy support, best practices sharing, and brand affiliation with the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization. The partnership enables the organization to leverage Feeding America's scale for sourcing efficiency and emergency response.
• Walmart and Sam's ClubflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign raises funds at registers and through special product purchases. Since 2010, the campaign has raised over $1.2 million providing more than 5 million meals. The 2024 campaign runs April 1-29 with 20 Walmart suppliers and 8 Sam's Club suppliers participating.
• Arvest BankflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerArvest's 1 Million Meals campaign is a 16-year annual initiative raising food and funds for hunger relief. Arvest branches collect donations and match funds. The 2016 campaign raised 1.7 million meals across four states. Springfield and Nixa branches provided 20,502 meals to Ozarks Food Harvest.
• McDonald's of the OzarksflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerCans for Coffee annual food drive allows patrons to exchange canned food donations for McCafe beverages. 63+ restaurants in 40+ communities participate. Since 2008, the drive has collected over 195,000 pounds of food—nearly 155,000 meals. One of the largest annual community food drives.
• Tyson FoodsmajorOthersTyson Foods provides large-scale protein donations to support Cans for Coffee. Donated 35,200 pounds (1,760 cases) of chicken in 2014 and over 200,000 pounds of frozen chicken since 2008. Addresses protein needs which are among the most requested items at food pantries.
• Opal FoodsmajorOthersEgg donations from Opal Foods headquartered in Neosho, MO. Provided 151,200 eggs in 2015 alone with a total of half a million eggs since 2008 partnership began. Annual Easter-time donation supports families during the holiday.
• Vital FarmsmajorOthersCommitted to donate 1 million eggs by 2016 to address protein needs at partner pantries. Egg donations help food insecure individuals with allergies who cannot receive peanut butter and those who cannot afford meat.
• Kum & GomajorOthersNewest retail food rescue partner donating safe, prepared excess food including breakfast sandwiches, hot/cold lunch sandwiches, salad, produce, fresh packaged bread and bakery items. Part of sustainability and hunger relief initiative.
• Harter HousecoreOthersLong-term retail partner participating in Check Out Hunger campaigns and other food drive initiatives. One of nearly 60 area grocers in the Check Out Hunger program that raises funds at checkout.
• Five Pound ApparelongoingGTM or Marketing PartnerFor every Five Pound Apparel brand item sold, the store donates five pounds of food to Ozarks Food Harvest. Online and in-store purchases support the partnership. Over 1,706 shirts sold equating to 9,383 pounds of food provided.
• Pampered ChefongoingGTM or Marketing PartnerRound Up from the Heart campaign allows customers to round up orders or purchase select limited edition products with proceeds benefiting Ozarks Food Harvest. Part of Pampered Chef's cause marketing program.
• Natural GrocersminorOthersCustomers who bring their own bags receive a donation to The Food Bank. Year-round community partnership supporting food bank operations.
• CVSminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRound Up for Food Banks allows CVS shoppers to round up their total at the register as a donation to Ozarks Food Harvest. Part of CVS health initiative to support communities.
• Community Blood Center of the OzarksminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLifePoints program allows blood donors to convert LifePoints to cash donations for Ozarks Food Harvest. During Ozarks Food Harvest Month in June, CBCO triples the value of LifePoints donations.
• Panera BreadflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Empty Bowls event raises awareness and funds with Panera providing soup and bread in exchange for donations. Local artists donate pottery bowls as reminders of empty bowls on tables. Event raises $1,500-$2,000 per year.
• Arvest Bank (4 by 4 Brewing, Hilltop Pizza)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal businesses partnered with Arvest Bank's Million Meals campaign. 4 by 4 Brewing hosted bingo nights requiring food donations; Hilltop Pizza donated 15% of sales and 100% of tips during campaign.
• Hiland DairymajorOthersMilk to My Plate Program provides fresh milk at deep discount to hunger-relief agencies. Hiland delivers directly to agencies' doors, addressing milk as one of the most needed items at food pantries.
• Boy Scouts of America (Ozark Trails Council)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Scouting for Food drive is the year's largest food drive in November. Boy Scouts collect donations door-to-door and at Walmart stores. Has collected nearly 150,000 pounds (125,000 meals) over 10+ years.
• Springfield Public SchoolsflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Food Fight competition among 20+ schools raises food and funds for Weekend Backpack Program. Community partners sponsor schools. 2016 drive collected 19,273 pounds providing 28,000 meals.
• National Association of Letter CarriersflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerStamp Out Hunger is the largest national one-day food drive. Letter carriers collect donations from mailboxes. 2016 drive collected 255,027 pounds of food, beating previous record by 36,000 pounds.
• iHeartMedia (KGBX 105.9)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Hungerthon radio-thon raises funds for Weekend Backpack Program. 2016 event raised record $140,447 providing 468 children with weekend meals. 18th annual event in 2016.
• Missouri State UniversityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMSU English Language Institute students volunteer with Ozarks Food Harvest. Student volunteers gain cultural experience while supporting community hunger relief efforts.
• Feeding MissouricoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState association of food banks working together on statewide initiatives. Ozarks Food Harvest participates in Hunger Action Month and receives match funding through Feeding Missouri programs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Meals on Wheels America: National network addressing senior food insecurity through home-delivered meals. Partial overlap with OFH's Senior Food Program and shared donor-base/donor mindshare in senior hunger relief, though different delivery model.

Direct peers

• Houston Food Bank: One of the largest Feeding America affiliates in the U.S., distributing meals through a partner agency network across southeast Texas. Same food-bank business model and program mix as OFH, but at materially larger scale.
• Feeding America: National network of 200+ food banks including OFH. Directly comparable as the umbrella organization whose member regional food banks operate the same donation, food-rescue, and partner-agency distribution model serving food-insecure populations.
• Second Harvest Heartland: Feeding America regional food bank serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Operates the same hub-and-spoke food bank model distributing to partner agencies with comparable programs (Mobile Pantry, Backpack, SNAP outreach).
• Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina: Feeding America regional food bank serving 34 counties in North Carolina. Directly comparable multi-county regional food bank with partner agency distribution, child feeding programs, and SNAP application assistance.
• Food Bank of the Rockies: Feeding America affiliate serving Colorado and Wyoming. Directly comparable regional food bank with similar partner-agency distribution model, child nutrition, senior programs, and food rescue operations.
• Greater Chicago Food Depository: Large Feeding America affiliate serving Cook County, IL. Directly comparable as a regional food bank distributing through partner agencies with mobile pantries, child feeding programs, and SNAP outreach — at significantly larger scale.
• St. Louis Area Foodbank: Missouri-based Feeding America affiliate serving 26 counties in eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois. Closest geographic peer with the same regional food bank structure, partner agency network, and charitable revenue model.
• Harvesters — The Community Food Network: Feeding America regional food bank serving northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri. Directly comparable as a multi-county Feeding America affiliate with similar partner-agency distribution and senior/child nutrition programs.

Regional players

• Northwest Arkansas Food Bank: Regional food bank serving northwest Arkansas. Adjacent regional peer with similar size and program mix, but serving a different geography (AR rather than MO) without direct service-area overlap with OFH.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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