Least Of These, Inc.

What Least Of These, Inc. does

Least of These, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food pantry founded in 1998 and headquartered at 1720 James River Road in Ozark, Missouri. The organization provides emergency food assistance, resources, and education to address food insecurity among families in Christian County, Missouri, and discloses having served over 14,000 families cumulatively. Its core operating model is appointment-based grocery pickup distributed from a single site on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings (8:00 am to 11:00 am) plus one Thursday evening session per month, with food donations accepted at the North Door on Tuesdays and Thursdays. New clients must complete a Google Forms-based New Client Application before receiving assistance, and the organization explicitly does not accept clothing donations.

The organization is funded primarily through monetary and in-kind food donations, supplemented by recurring grants from financial institutions (Ozark Bank, OakStar Bank, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Impact Fund) and corporate sponsors such as O'Reilly Auto Parts. Donor management is handled through the DonorView platform, and the organization actively promotes Missouri's Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) Tax Credits to lower the net cost of giving for donors. Community engagement is sustained via an annual Night At The Pantry fundraising event (most recently scheduled for September 26, 2026), the Sip Happens sing-along brunch, food and fund drive hosting, and a volunteer program supporting sorting, packing, and distribution.

Least of These holds a 100% four-star Charity Navigator rating and has been voted Best Nonprofit in Southwest Missouri, providing third-party validation of financial health and transparency. The organization operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees, relying heavily on volunteers, and conducts outreach through Facebook, Instagram, its website, email newsletters, and community events. It maintains no proprietary technology platform, no AI capabilities, and no disclosed subsidiaries, parent entities, or institutional investors, consistent with its status as an independent community nonprofit.

Name

Least Of These, Inc.

Legal name

Least of These, Inc.

Website

https://leastofthesefoodpantry.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Least of These, Inc. is a nonprofit food pantry providing emergency food assistance, resources, and education to over 14,000 families experiencing food insecurity in Christian County, Missouri. It operates appointment-based grocery pickup from a single Ozark, MO site, funded by community donations, bank grants, and annual fundraising events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Pantry Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Food pantry services
• Emergency food assistance
• Community hunger relief
• Food insecurity support
• Charitable food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Nixa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations (Food and Money): Receives food donations from community members and monetary donations through DonorView platform. Food is distributed to families in need. Monetary donations support operations and food procurement.
2. NAP Tax Credits: Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) Tax Credits available to donors as a state tax credit incentive for charitable contributions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Least Of These, Inc. operates a community food pantry that provides emergency food assistance to families experiencing food insecurity in Christian County, Missouri, through scheduled grocery pickup appointments. The organization also runs volunteer programs, food and fund drives, and fundraising events (Night At The Pantry and Sip Happens) to sustain food procurement and operations.

Product overview

Least Of These, Inc. is a nonprofit food pantry organization serving Christian County, Missouri. The organization operates a centralized food distribution service offering emergency food assistance through scheduled grocery pickup appointments, supplemented by community engagement programs including food and fund drives, volunteer opportunities, and fundraising events. The core service is the food pantry/grocery pickup program, which distributes food to families in need. Supporting programs include the Night At The Pantry annual event and the Sip Happens sing-along brunch fundraiser. The organization does not offer a technology product or software platform; its offerings are direct service programs focused on food security.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Pantry / Grocery Pickup Services

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• O'Reilly Auto PartsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerO'Reilly Auto Parts supported the annual Night At The Pantry event as a sponsor. Without their support, events like Night At The Pantry wouldn't be possible.
• Ozarks Food HarvestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization shown in partner organizations section. Ozarks Food Harvest is the regional food bank serving the Ozarks area.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• St. Louis Area Foodbank: Large regional food bank serving eastern Missouri and the St. Louis metro area. Comparable in mission and beneficiary profile, but operates at significantly greater scale and across a larger geographic footprint.
• Harvesters Community Food Network: Regional food bank serving western Missouri and Kansas, including metro Kansas City. Comparable in mission and donation-distribution model, but serves a broader multi-county geography.
• Food Bank of Central Missouri: Regional food bank serving central Missouri. Comparable as a Missouri-headquartered hunger-relief organization distributing food through partner pantries, though it operates at a multi-county rather than single-county scale.
• Midwest Food Bank: Multi-state food bank operating distribution centers across the Midwest. Comparable in donation-driven food distribution model but serves multiple states rather than a single county.
• Second Harvest Community Food Bank: Regional food bank serving northwest and west-central Missouri. Comparable in mission and food-pantry partnership model, though at a multi-county scale.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: The national network of 200+ food banks and the largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S. Serves as the umbrella network to which Ozarks Food Harvest belongs; comparable in mission (food insecurity relief) but operates at national rather than community-pantry scale.

Direct peers

• Ozarks Food Harvest: The regional food bank serving the Ozarks region and a stated partner of Least of These. Operates a wholesale food bank model aggregating and distributing donations to local pantries, making it the most directly comparable peer in the same service geography.
• Crosslines Ministries: A Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit providing food, clothing, and household assistance to families in need. Closely comparable community-food-pantry model serving the adjacent Greene County area with the same volunteer- and donation-driven structure.
• Feeding Southwest Missouri (formerly Ozarks Food Harvest): Local hunger-relief organization serving southwest Missouri including Christian County. Comparable mission and beneficiary base to Least of These, with similar donation-driven food distribution to local families.
• Springfield Victory Mission: Faith-based nonprofit in Springfield, MO providing food, shelter, and recovery services to those in need. Closely comparable as a community-level social services provider in the same southwest Missouri region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LeastofThese
• Instagraminstagram.com/ccfoodpantry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/least-of-these-inc.

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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