Local nonprofits receive $220K in grants

Last edited 1:09 p.m., Nov. 6, 2023 [Editor's note: The Cox Healthcare Foundation received two grants of $5,000 apiece. The change is reflected below. An organization that was misidentified has been corrected in the photo.]

Local nonprofits yesterday were presented with over $220,000 in grants.

The funding from the Stanley & Elaine Ball Foundation, managed by Central Trust Co., goes to more than 20 recipients, according to a news release. Award recipients were required to demonstrate their ability to enhance educational opportunities and support disadvantaged children.

The recipients, in alphabetical order, are:

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield - Youth of the Year, $500.
• Boy Scouts of America, Ozark Trail Council, $5,000.
• Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri, $5,000.
• Cents of Pride, $10,000.
• Children's Smile Center, $6,835.
• Community Partnership of the Ozarks Inc., $7,500.
• Council of Churches of the Ozarks Inc., $15,000
• Cox Healthcare Foundation, two grants of $5,000 apiece.
• Foundation for Springfield Public Schools, $20,000.
• Gift of Hope Inc., $6,800.
• Good Samaritan Boys Ranch, $6,500.
• Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, MO, $7,500.
• Harmony House, $8,500.
• History Museum on the Square, $7,500.
• Least of These, $7,500.
• Lutheran Family & Children's Services of Missouri, $25,000.
• Ozarks Area Community Action Corp., $3,000.
• Ozarks Literacy Council, $10,000.
• Southern Stone County Food Pantry, $7,500.
• Springfield Symphony Orchestra Inc., $10,000.
• Taneyhills Community Library, $20,000.
• The Arc of the Ozarks, $10,000.
• The Rebound Foundation Inc., $5,000.
• WIN-PPS Foundation for Women In Need Inc., $7,500.