Bolivar Area Community Foundation
215 S. Main, Bolivar, Missouri 65613
Established April 4, 2003
Board of Governors:
Don Wollard – Chairman • Lindsey Godfrey – Vice-Chairman • Debbie Ivie McQuay – Secretary • Kenny Fleeman • Lou Thelen Kemp • Nancy Erickson • Neal DeShazo • Betty Lemons • Dorothy Isdell • Dan Bunch
For additional information please contact Don Wollard, Chairman of the Board, at (417) 326-2576.
Total Assets(as of 12/31/09): $1,156,812
Existing Funds:
1st Assembly of God Church Capacity Building Fund
Bolivar Area Community Foundation Grantmaking Fund
Bolivar Area YMCA Capacity Building Fund
Bolivar Community Watershed Improvement Fund
Bolivar Area Community Foundation Administrative Endowment Fund
Bolivar Area Ministerial Alliance Endowment Fund
Bolivar Area Ministerial Alliance Capacity Building Fund
Bolivar Care to Learn Endowment Fund
Bolivar Hunger Challenge Fund
Bolivar Optimists Club Fund
Bolivar Optimists Club Endowment Fund
Bolivar Salvation Army Fund
Bolivar School Alumni Association Capacity Building Fund
Bolivar Technical Institute Capacity Building Fund
Bolivar Technical Institute Endowment Fund
Bolivar Technical Institute Scholarship Fund
Care to Learn – Bolivar Fund
Crossroads Pet Breeders Charitable Fund
D.A.R.E. Scholarship Fund
Neal and Laura DeShazo Family and Community Fund
Family Institute of the Ozarks Endowment Fund
Family Institute of the Ozarks Fund
Henry and Mary DeShazo Family and Community Fund
Halfway R-III Academic Enrichment Fund
Halfway Youth Empowerment Fund
Hickory Grove Cemetery Endowment Fund
Hickory Grove Cemetery Association Benson Euliss Memorial Fund
Hickory Grove Cemetery Association RF Anderson Memorial Fund
Ronald & Lou Thelen Kemp Family and Community Fund
Russ & Betty Lemons Family and Community Fund
Jesse and Elsie Lower Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marion C. Early Education Foundation Capacity Building Fund
Marion C. Early Education Foundation Endowment Fund
Coach Charles “Hoss” McCallister Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mt. Olive Cemetery Association Fund
North Ward Museum Endowment Fund
John Playter Rotary Park Fund
Polk County Extension Council Building Fund
Polk County Fair Association Derald Isdell Memorial Fund
Polk County Genealogical Society Endowment Fund.
Polk County Genealogical Society Capacity Building Fund
Polk County House of Hope Fund
Polk County K-Life Capacity Building Fund
Polk County Library Capacity Building Fund
Polk County Library Endowment Fund
Polk County Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund
Roy Blunt YMCA of Bolivar Endowment Fund
Southwest Baptist University Organizational Endowment Fund
Walnut Street Theatre Capacity Building Fund
James A. York Fund
James A. York Family and Community Fund
June York Memorial Fund
Waste Tire Clean Up Fund
Zion Lutheran Church Ministerial Scholarship Fund
Zion Lutheran Church Ministerial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Through the Generous Donations and Memorial Funds, Bolivar Area Community Foundation has been able to disperse monies to the following:
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Intervention Ministries
Halfway Fire and Rescue
PCCSM “Share Your Christmas”
Salvation Army Food Pantry
D.A.R.E. Scholarships
Two Scholarships were Granted to all schools in Polk County for 2005 graduating seniors who have participated in a D.A.R.E. or equivalent program.
Legacy Society
Price Baker Walden
James A. York
Pictured above: Leaders from the Bolivar Area Community Foundation accept a check for $35,000 representing the matching funds for the Harry Cooper Supply Company Campaign for the Ozarks.
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