CFO, Musgrave Foundation provide $75K in grants for hailstorm recovery

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc. and the Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation are granting a combined $75,000 to aid Springfield nonprofits and the people they serve recover from the April 28 hailstorm. 

The Musgrave Foundation is granting $50,000 to Friends of the Zoo to help Dickerson Park Zoo replace its education team’s vans that were totaled in the storm, according to a news release. CFO is granting $25,000 among four agencies to assist clients with transportation needs, including vehicle repairs not covered by insurance and alternative modes of transportation.

The Drew Lewis Foundation Inc. will receive a $10,000 grant, while $5,000 grants will go toward Eden Village, Help Give Hope and SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging.

In addition to $15,000 from its discretionary funds for emergency grantmaking, CFO is dedicating $10,000 from The Funders Network’s Philanthropic Preparedness, Resiliency and Emergency Partnership, a cohort of community foundations in 10 midwestern states that are engaged in developing philanthropic resources for disaster recovery, according to the release. 

The CFO serves as the philanthropic coordinator for Greene County’s Community Organizations Active in Disaster. COAD is comprised of a local group of public, private and non-government organizations with the focus of assuring the most complete recovery for Greene County following a disaster, according to the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management.