Community Foundation of the Ozarks

CFO will host its annual Planned Giving Luncheon for Agency Partners on Thursday, August 6, 11:30-1:00 at the Doubletree Hotel on N. Glenstone. Cliff Brown with Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown will be our featured speaker.

If you would like more information please call us at (417) 864-6199.

Establishing a fund with CFO is an effective, efficient and engaging way for donors to pursue their charitable goals, express philanthropic values and involve family members. Family and Community Funds offer donors active vehicles to engage their community.

A Family and Community Fund simplifies charitable giving by allowing donors to make grant recommendations to any nonprofit, tax exempt organization operating for the public good. Family and Community Funds…

• Can be established with as little as $2,500,
• Allow online access to Donor Central, an easy way to make grant recommendations and check the fund’s balance
• Are named funds that can be a special way to honor someone or a cherished memory
• Assets are managed by CFO’s Investment Advisory Board comprised of experienced professionals.

Whether you want to celebrate someone’s achievement or get the whole family engaged in charitable giving, Family and Community Funds make a great gift and an easy way to give something back to the community.

• Learn more about Family and Community Funds and other ways of giving back here.
• CFO recently honored Suzy Gray for her 20 years with the organization with the creation of the Gray Family Fund, a Family and Community Fund.

A date for the 2009 Youth Philanthropy Conference has been set. The event will take place on Thursday, October 15, 2009. For the second year in a row, the event will take place on the Drury University campus in Springfield.

Further details will be forthcoming. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending! Last year we hosted over 200 students and sponsors from 31 schools in the Ozarks region. This conference is a great opportunity for students and sponsors to share ideas and thoughts on creating, sustaining, and strengthening youth empowerment projects. Read about last year’s Youth Philanthropy Conference here.