El Dorado Springs Community Foundation
Contact Information:
309 E. Hospital Road
El Dorado Springs, MO 64744
Established May 22, 2001
Board of Governors:
Kay Forest, President • Cathy Frier, D.O. • Dennis Daugherty • Jack Reynolds, D.O. • Pauline Simone
For additional information, please contact Kay Forest, President, at (417) 876-5851.
Related on the web:
El Dorado Springs Community Foundation featured affiliate profile.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $311,414
News and Updates
El Dorado Springs Community Foundation Completes Hunger Challenge
The EDSCF recently completed the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge, raising $6,671.17 for the Church of Christ Food Pantry. You can read the complete story at the El Dorado Springs Sun’s website.
Foundation Helps Partners Reach for the “Stars”
Special guest John Goodman, Lighthouse Children’s Theatre’s Lynne Hedrick, and emcee Ned Reynolds from KYTV at the “Lights on Broadway” fundraiser for the theater, a non-profit partner of the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation.
Over the years, the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation has done a lot for its community and taken pride in its associations with great local partners, and 2011 was no different in that regard. A major star and a major food undertaking were just two highlights of the Cedar County community’s year.
Of particular regional interest was the appearance of actor John Goodman at the “Lights on Broadway” fundraiser for the Lighthouse Children’s Theatre, an agency partner and component fund of the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation. The well-known star of “Roseanne,” “The Big Lebowski” and many other films, who went to college in Springfield, spoke to the crowd at the annual fundraiser.
The EDSCF also dug in to raise funds for the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge II, which aimed to raise funds that would be matched by the Walmart State Giving Foundation and donated to a local food pantry – in this case, the Church of Christ Food Pantry.
“The Church of Christ Food Pantry is a wonderful story that represents the charitable efforts of a local church, and the benefits of the Foundation, in leveraging resources to provide the best impact for our community,” said EDSCF President Kay Forest.
The Foundation also made more than $10,000 in community grants — in addition to other distributions — for projects ranging from scholarships for high school seniors to meals for senior citizens.
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Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
Bender Family Capacity Building Fund
Bender Family Trust Donor Advised Fund
Bulldog Educational Trust Scholarship Fund
Bulldog Educational Trust Fund
Cedar County Memorial Hospital Fund
Doc and Bonnie Bender Scholarship Fund
Church of Christ Hunger Challenge Fund
Dorothy Pope Nursing Scholarship Fund
Economic Development Fund
El Dorado Springs Academic Enhancement Fund
El Dorado Springs Administrative Endowment Fund
El Dorado Springs Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund
El Dorado Springs Hunger Challenge Fund
United Seniors, Inc. of El Dorado Springs Fund*
United Seniors, Inc. of El Dorado Springs Endowment Fund*
El Dorado Springs Special Olympics Capacity Building Fund
El Do Youth Incorporated Fund
Elton P. Evans Fund
Force for Good Fund
Lighthouse Children’s Theater Fund
Reynolds Family Arts & Education Fund
Spring City Revitalization Group Fund
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, El Dorado Springs Fund
* A sub-fund of Care Connection for Aging Services
Community Grants Fiscal Year 2010
Church of Christ, Food pantry, $1,200
El Dorado Springs Preserving Our Past Society, Puzzle project, $675
El Dorado Springs Preserving Our Past Society, Pops Kitchen project, $500
El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools, Elementary library, $1,000
El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools, Special education class, $400
El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools, Forensic science class, $351
El Dorado Springs Senior Center, Meals on Wheels program, $1,000
Salvation Army – Olathe, Kan., $500
Project Hope, $500
Habitat for Humanity, $750
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, $500
Catholic Relief Services, $750
Grinnell College, Office of College and Alumni Relations, $500