Marshfield Area Community Foundation
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 427
Marshfield, MO 65706
Established June 3, 2005
Board of Governors:
Caroline Ames, President • Jon Beck, Vice President • Teresa Reiser, Treasurer • Emily Griffeth, Secretary • Caroline Ames • Amy Beck • Robert S. Foster • Emily Griffeth • Barbara Heren • Greg Hill • Anita Hunter • Fay King • Sue Minor • Teresa Reiser • Vicki Shalloup
For additional information, please contact Caroline Ames, President, at (417) 859-2283
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $428,237
News and Updates
Marshfield Area CF Completes Hunger Challenge II
The Elkland Christian Church food pantry received more than $8,000 in funds thanks to the Marshfield Area Community Foundation, the Walmart State Giving Foundation and Ozarks Food Harvest as part of the Ozarks Million Dollar Food Challenge II. The matched contributions will help feed Webster County’s hungry residents at a most important time of year.
Of Boots, Bands and Betterment
Jerry Nehl, Director of the Webster County Food Pantry, accepts a check for $11,000 from Marshfield Area Community Foundation President Rob Foster on the successful completion of the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge.
The Marshfield Area Community Foundation incorporates a mix of tradition and new partnerships to make a difference in and around Marshfield, including the Webster County towns of Niangua and Elkland.
Every fall, the MACF holds its Boots, Bands & Barbeque celebration as a signature event for the annual presentation of its community grants, as well as a fundraiser for the foundation and get-together for the town. ]\
The event is branded and well-known in the community, and offers wonderful barbecue, top notch entertainment, and fun for all who come out to the barn-dance style party. The event grows consistently and proves to be an enthusiastic and interactive evening of community charity for Marshfield and Webster County.
The MACF partnership with the Board of Directors of the Vivian Stuber Memorial Library is perhaps one of the best examples of a community working together to make the quality of life better for it citizens. This purpose being the precise mission of the MACF, its partnership with the Library board is a natural. This endeavor is on a fast track because the Stuber Board has led an entire community to react to a deliberate and specific call to action.
“What is going on there is not just the opening of a library, it is the building of a stronger community in the town of Niangua,” MACF President Rob Foster said. “In this business, there can be no greater legacy than that.”
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Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
4 County Food and Thrift Fund
Callaway Historic Cabin Fund
Friends of Del Massey Fund
The Dickey Fund
The Dickey Administrative Endowment Fund
John and Anne Foster Family Fund
Edwin Hubble Statue Fund
Elkland Christian Church Hunger Challenge Fund
Greenwood Community Club Fund
Hidden Waters Nature Park Fund
Hidden Waters Nature Park Capacity Building Fund*
Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival Fund
Marshfield Area Community Grantmaking Endowment Fund
Marshfield Community Center Endowment Fund
Marshfield Community Center Fund
Marshfield Hunger Challenge Fund
Marshfield Performing Arts Society Fund
Kurt Mikal Luebbert Memorial Fund
The H. Lyman Mooney Music Scholarship Fund
# Retha Stone Baker and William G. Baker Children’s Dental Care Fund*
# Retha Stone Baker and William G. Baker Webster County Historical Society Fund*
Kathryn Garst Gray and Henry E. Gray Scholarship Fund in honor of Lester and Nanalee Garst
Vivian Stuber Memorial Library Fund
Vivian Stuber Memorial Library Endowment Fund
Webster County Victim Assistance Program Fund
Legacy Society Members:
Caroline Ames
Robert Foster
Anita Hunter
Nicholas W. Inman
L. Fay King
Community Grants for Fiscal Year 2011
Hubble Elementary School, Pod 2 Kindergarten guided reading sets, $1,000
Web-Co Custom Industries, Inc., Recycle trailer, $250
Marshfield R-1 School District, Jr. High tables, $500
Imagination Station of Marshfield, Heating and cooling system, $500
Webster County Helping Hands, Christmas program, $1,000
Marshfield Performing Arts Society,Children’s play, $500
Marshfield R-1 School District, SOS Closet, $790
Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival Fund, Marketing materials, $500
Jordan Valley Community Health Center, to support patient in need, $231
Dental support for children, $588.50