CFO offers $100K in matching grants to 18 nonprofits

Community Foundation of the Ozarks has offered $100,000 in matching grants to 18 Springfield-area nonprofits.

Under the terms of the grant offers, the organizations must raise an equivalent amount by Feb. 2, according to a news release. The grants are being awarded to address red-flag issues in the community identified in the 2013 Community Focus Report for Springfield-Greene County, including poverty and child abuse and neglect.


CFO offered $6,000 to 15 organizations:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks;
• Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri;
• Child Advocacy Center;
• Christian Support Center;
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service;
• Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri;
• Family Violence Center;
• Good Samaritan Boys Ranch;
• Great Circle;
• Missouri College Advising Corps;
• Pregnancy Care Center;
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks Inc.;
• The Doula Foundation of Mid-America;
• The Kitchen Inc.; and
• The Victim Center.

Boy Scouts of America’s Ozarks Trails Council and Ozarks Regional YMCA have a matching grant of $3,750 apiece available, while Council of Churches of the Ozarks’ Safe to Sleep program can receive $2,500, according to the release.[[In-content Ad]]