DACO Community Foundation
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 74
Arcola, MO 65603
The DACO Community Foundation will serve Dadeville, South Greenfield, Everton, Arcola and Greenfield.
Established August 15, 2006
Board of Governors:
David Cramer, President • Don Nevels, Vice President • Renee Meents, Treasurer • Debbie Worthington, Secretary • • Chuck Daniel • Jeff Davis • Marlene DeClue • Keith Hankins • Myra McCorkill • Randy Meents • Kim Morrison
For additional information, please contact David Cramer, President, at (417) 637-5384.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $308,416
News and Updates
DACO Community Foundation Completes Hunger Challenge
Members of the DACO and Lockwood Community Foundation boards present a check to Dade County OACAC upon completion of the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge.
The DACO Community Foundation raised $12,027.30 for the Dade County OACAC through the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge. The challenge grant, matched by Walmart, was a partnership with the Lockwood Community Foundation, and will leverage around $120,000 worth of food for the needy in Dade County.
Donations, Scholarships Create Momentum in Dade County
The DACO Community Foundation received donations in FY2011 that will pave the way for students and community building for years to come.
A new scholarship, the Silvester and Evelyn Leonard Scholarship fund, is designated for a graduate of Greenfield High School, with preference given to students who are pursuing studies in math or the sciences with the intention to become an educator in these subjects. The scholarship is renewable for up to three years if the student continues this course of study. This year’s $2,000 scholarship went to Nickolas Esposito,
a 2011 graduate of Greenfield High School, who enrolled at Missouri University of Science & Technology
in the fall of 2011 and is interested in studying mining engineering with an emphasis in explosives.
DACO, along with the Lockwood Community Foundation, also will benefit from a bequest left by the late John Tubaugh, a Golden City native, which will create a scholarship fund
for students at Dade County’s four high schools. Tubaugh, who worked in agribusiness, left his family farm to the Community Foundation to create the scholarship fund because he believed in the need for advanced education opportunities for rural students.
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Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
Andrew Maxwell Memorial Fund
Dade County Victim Service Center Fund
DACO Community Grantmaking Endowment Fun
OACAC- Dade County (DACO) Hunger Challenge Fund
Dadeville Youth Empowerment Project Fund
Delta Kappa Gama Scholarship Fund
Landreth Scholarship Fund
The Silvester and Evelyn Leonard Scholarship
Johnny E. Tubaugh Scholarship Fund (DACO)
The Silvester and Evelyn Leonard Scholarship
Community Grants for Fiscal Year 2011
OACAC – Dade County Neighborhood Center, $2,500
Dadeville R-II schools, computer mice, $250
Greenfield Public Schools, National FBLA expenses, $250
Greenfield Youth Athletic Soccer field, $250
OACAC – Dade County Neighborhood Center, Reall Project, $250
Dadeville R-II School District, scholarships, $250
Greenfield R-4 Schools, scholarships, $250
Everton R-III Schools, scholarships, $250