Bolivar Area Community Foundation
Bolivar Area Community Foundation
215 S. Main
Bolivar, MO 65613
Established April 4, 2003
Board of Governors:
Don Wollard, Co-Chairman • Kelly Parson, Co-Chairman • Lindsey Godfrey, Vice Chairman • Debbie Ivie McQuay, Secretary • Dan Bunch • Kevin Cribbs • Neal DeShazo • Shane Dublin • Dorothy Isdell • Lou Thelen Kemp • Betty Lemons
For additional information please contact Don Wollard, Chairman, at (417) 326-2576.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $1,727,352
News and Updates
Bolivar Meets Community Challenges and Then Some
Bolivar Area Community Foundation board members present a check for $25,920 to the Bolivar Salvation Army as part of the Ozarks Hunger Challenge II
The word “challenge” has taken on many meanings this year in Bolivar and Polk County.
One meaning certainly applies to the two phases of the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge, where the Walmart State Giving Foundation provided matching funds for local food pantries if communities could reach a certain threshold of donations. Turns out, the process was a “challenge” for Bolivar in name only; they blew their goal out of the water, collecting more than $16,000 in just the first phase of the challenge, which concluded last winter.
“We were just elated,” Co-Chairman Don Wollard said.
Additionally, the Bolivar affiliate was among the highest-collecting in the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge II, which concluded this fall. A whopping total of $25,920 was presented to the Bolivar Salvation Army in the latest round.
One area that Wollard says truly is a challenge is getting the word out about planned giving and the Bolivar Area’s Legacy Society, which was a strategic focus of CFO’s region-wide during FY11.
“There is an enormous amount of money about to be transferred from one generation to the next,” Wollard said. “Many of them would just as soon give it to a non-profit organization as they would the kids, either because the kids have their own money or maybe they don’t have any kids. We could do a lot of good with that if we could just get the word out and promote it a little bit.”
Wollard points to the Legacy fund established by Bolivar-area resident Jim York last year as a perfect example.
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Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
1st Assembly of God Church Capacity Building Fund
Abundance Ministries 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
Rock Solid Capacity Building Fund
Roy Blunt YMCA of Bolivar Endowment Fund
Salvation Army Hunger Challenge Fund
Salvation Army – Springfield Designated Fund
Sandra York Woods Family 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
Community Grants Fiscal Year 2011
Care to Learn – Bolivar student needs, $7,042
Community Connections, To publish a Polk County community resource, $1,000
Polk County Health Center, Prescription assistance, $1,000
Polk County Christian Social Ministries, Share your Christmas program, $1,000
Bolivar Area Salvation Army, Computers for food pantry program, $1,000
Polk County House of Hope, $1,000
Bolivar R-I School District, Reading is Fundamental program, $500
Polk County Extension Council, Leadership Summit, $500
Community Connections, Community art workshops, $500
Community Connections, Air conditioner for history museum, $500
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland, Inc. , $500
Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce, Light the Park project, $250
Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce, Light in the Park Project, $650