Community Foundation of the Ozarks and Commerce Trust Co. are partnering to award $200,000 in grants to 16 area groups that focus on poverty issues in southern Missouri.
Chosen from more than $498,000 in requests, recipients will receive funding tomorrow during the 2013 Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Regional Grantmaking Program presentation, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at Commerce Trust Co., 1345 E. Battlefield Road, according to a news release.
The grants come through the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation, established by the late Julia Coover in 1992 to honor her husband's memory. Including the latest grants, the foundation has exceeded $3.6 million.
Grant recipients are:
- Boys and Girls Club of the Ozarks, $19,950 to fund scholarships for 133 free and reduced lunch-qualified children at the organization's Branson unit;
- Dade County Health Department, $8,000 to cover lab costs and prescription assistance for public health and safety programs in the county;
- Gift of Hope, $10,000 to purchase groceries for Taney County families;
- Healthy Community Jordan Valley, $8,850 to buy hygiene kits for children, as well as educational materials, medical supplies and mobile training units;
- Hickory County Community Action Education, $10,000 to pay for operational expenses, food costs and utilities to aid Hickory County residents with nutritional, educational and financial needs;
- Least of These Inc., $20,000 to support food and hygiene programs for Christian County residents;
- MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries, $17,500 to help rural residents find jobs via food costs, operational expenses, delivery and storage expenses;
- Ozarks Area Community Action Corp., $12,000 to buy training materials and supplies to support graduation rate efforts in Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk and Webster counties;
- Ozarks Family YMCA, $11,350 to buy computer equipment and materials to train teen workers in high-need counties;
- Ozarks Food Harvest, $20,000 to help the organization fund food, administrative and operational expenses, and delivery and storage costs;
- Ozarks Resource Group, $8,000 for lab costs and prescription assistance aiding medically underserved families;
- Protect Every Pet Inc., $1,000 to increase low-cost neutering services for low- or no-income families;
- Skaggs Foundation, $14,500 to pay for the operational expenses, room rentals, food, YMCA memberships and medical lab costs of residents of Taney and Stone counties;
- South Central Child Advocacy Center, $15,200 to cover employee travel expenses, operational expenses and utilities;
- Sustainable Communities/Small Farms Network, $14,150 to cover labor costs and utilities and buy construction materials for ramps, cabinets, plumbing and electrical work for rural residents; and
- The Independent Living Center Inc., $9,500 to buy a commercial freezer, a year's worth of food supplies, cleaning materials and toiletries.
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