Nearly $1.2M in grants issued to local nonprofits

More than a dozen local nonprofits received nearly $1.2 million in grants presented Monday.

Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc. partnered with the Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation and U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management to present multiyear, high-impact grants and funding for nonprofit capital projects, according to a news release. The Musgrave Foundation is managed by U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management and administered by CFO.

A fourth set of multiyear grants was identified by the Musgrave distribution committee for Opportunities to Thrive, officials say.

The recipients of Opportunities to Thrive, designed to support long-term sustainability in the wake of the pandemic, are as follows:
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield, $70,000
• GLO Center, $55,000
• Ozarks Food Harvest, $131,122
• Ozarks Literacy Council, $36,432
• Springfield Community Gardens, $19,924

The organizations can receive total collective grant awards in excess of $556,000 over three years if they meet annual grant renewal guidelines, according to the release.

Second-year grants for the Student Citizenship initiative went to:
• History Museum on the Square, $70,000
• Leadership Springfield, $62,000
• Springfield Daily Citizen, $25,000

Also part of the Student Citizenship program, the Ozarks Technical Community Foundation received $35,975 in 2023. Total grants under the program are slated to exceed $539,000 when the final grants are presented next year.

Final-year grants for the Foster Families program went to the following organizations:
• Council of Churches of the Ozarks, $50,000
• FosterAdopt Connect, $50,000
• KVC Missouri (formerly Great Circle), $50,000
• St. John’s Chapel United Church of Christ, $39,800

CASA of Southwest Missouri also is part of the Foster Families cohort, having received $108,805 in the first two years of the initiative, according to the release.

Grants also were presented yesterday as part of an invitation-only program to support capital projects. The following organizations received grants:
• Child Advocacy Center, $188,000
• Council of Churches of the Ozarks, $100,000
• Dickerson Park Zoo, $97,000
• Ozarks Food Harvest, $67,145
• Presbyterian Children’s Homes & Services, $54,500