Foundation issues nearly $1.2 million in grants

A Springfield-based foundation has issued nearly $1.2 million in grants for educational and youth-serving organizations.

The Schneider Foundation board approved 15 grants at its annual meeting on June 5, according to a news release. Since launching in 1989, the Schneider Foundation now has awarded more than $8.8 million in grants.

The recipients, sorted by grant amount, are as follows:
• The Summit Preparatory School, $300,000
• Foundation for Springfield Public Schools, International Baccalaureate Program, $270,000
• Greenwood Laboratory School, $120,000
• Discovery School at the Center, $70,000
• Drury University Center for Gifted Education Summerscape and Leadership Academy, $65,000
• Foundation for Springfield Public Schools, $50,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield after-school program, $50,000
• TRIO Upward Bound care of Missouri State University, $45,000
• CASA of Southwest Missouri, $40,000
• Springfield Symphony Orchestra, $35,000
• Springfield-Greene County Library, $30,000
• Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, $30,000
• Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair, $30,000
• Springfield Youth Symphony, $23,500
• Foundation for Springfield Public Schools Academy of Exploration, $11,500