The Darr Family Foundation this month presented 24 nonprofits with $234,610 in grants.
The largest grant recipient was
Lighthouse Child & Family Development Center, which received $40,000 to conduct a quality initiatives project for its Christian-based mission supporting children up to 6 years old through education and other care, according to a news release.
Grant recipients, in alphabetical order, are:
- The Arc of the Ozarks, $8,000 for its CounterPoint autism services program;
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks, $10,000 for its Lunch Buddies program;
- Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri, $3,000 to help pay the salary of a volunteer coordinator;
- Children’s Smile Center, $5,000 to provide low-income families dental services;
- Developmental Center of the Ozarks, $8,500 for its Handwriting Without Tears initiative;
- Diaper Bank of the Ozarks, $2,000 to help it make additional agency partnerships;
- Doula Foundation of Mid-America, $25,000 to expand its services;
- Drury University, $10,000 for tutoring services;
- Equi-Librium Therapy Center, $2,500 for facility upgrades;
- Great Circle, $10,000 to purchase products for its Ozarks Family Resource Center;
- Isabel’s House, $8,000 to provide medical, psychological and social well-being services for children;
- Junior Achievement in Southwest Missouri, $24,000 for its Whole School program;
- Least Of These Inc., $2,500 to support a Christian County milk program;
- Lighthouse Child & Family Development Center, $40,000 for quality initiatives;
- Mercy Hospital Springfield, $6,000 for its NICU parent education program;
- Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Association, $20,000 to pay the salary of a family advocate;
- Ozarks Technical Community College Foundation, $17,000 for its Middle College program;
- Ozarks Counseling Center, $2,500 to support its anger management program;
- The Salvation Army, $2,500 for children’s programs and its emergency weather warming center;
- Saving Sight, $5,610 grant for its KidSight vision screening program;
- Special Olympics Missouri, $2,500 to support young athletes;
- Springfield Community Gardens, $5,000 for operational costs, supplies and garden organizers;
- Springfield Urban Agriculture Coalition, $5,000 for its Dig in R-12 project; and
- The Victim Center, $10,000 for its children’s services program.
Started by businessman William H. Darr and his family, the Darr Family Foundation awards grants for in the areas of education, health and human services, especially for organizations helping young people and those from disadvantaged circumstances, according to
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