Regional Affiliate Foundations
The Harry Cooper Supply Company Campaign for the Ozarks helped to build and strengthen the community-based philanthropy efforts of 37 regional affiliate community foundations. The Cooper Campaign for the Ozarks generated $2.2 million for Ozarks communities to enhance community grantmaking endowments and establish administrative/operations endowments that will help ensure the long-term sustainability of regional foundations.
The Harry Cooper Supply Company Campaign for the Ozarks Phase II is providing $250,000 in challenge grants to the Rural Schools Partnership for academic endowments.
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Since 1993, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has offered community foundation services to smaller communities and rural counties in the Missouri Ozarks. CFO now has 42 regional foundations serving more than 50 counties south of the Missouri River. Each affiliate has its own governance board and for the most part operates as an autonomous organization. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks provides an array of important services to its affiliated foundations:
- Investment management driven by proven endowment building strategies
- Administrative support
- Technical assistance
- Ongoing consulting
- Board development
- Educational and marketing materials
- Legal Counsel
- Networking opportunities
- Since 2000 the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has provided more than $6.1 million in matching funds, challenge grants, and leveraged funding to its affiliate foundation and nonprofit partners.
- Fees are three-quarters of one percent annually (75 basis points) of the market value of the fund