Community Foundation of the Ozarks


Greater Seymour Area Foundation

PO Box 456, Seymour, Missouri 65746
Established August 13, 1998

Board of Governors:
Mike Barlow • Janice Blankenship • Lee Binley • Ron Giedd •  Charlie Haywood • Rachel Hoagland • Helen Lamb • Skipper Maybee • Marilyn Mingus • Kevin Rudolph • Ernie Snyder • Daniel Underwood • Renne Wallace

For additional information, please contact Janice Blankenship, president, at 417-935-4801.


Above: Gary Funk, CFO president (right) presents a check to leaders from the GSAF representing the Cooper Campaign matching funds.


Above: Gary Funk presents a check to Joe Coday, right, representing the matching funds for the Mansfield/Norwood Community Fund.

For more news about the Greater Seymour Area Foundation click here.

Related on the web:
2008 GSAF Annual Report (pdf format)

Total Assets (as of 3/31/10):  $1,319,440.98

Existing Funds:
Jackie Dale Blankenship Memorial Scholarship Fund
Blaine A. Childress Scholarship Fund*
Blaine A. Childress Seymour, Missouri, Library Cultural Arts Fund*
Mattie E. Childress Memorial Fund*
Robert B. Childress Memorial Fund*
Fordland Clinic Fund
Fordland Clinic Endowment Fund
The Fordland Imagination Library Fund
Fordland Youth Gardening Project Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Ron Giedd President Emeritus Fund
Greater Seymour Area Fund (unrestricted)
GSAF Administrative Fund
GSAF Administrative Endowment Fund
Jerry and Carol Kleier Family and Community Fund
# Ruby Knutson and Esther Miles Fund
Lone Star Freewill Baptist Church Scholarship Fund
Mansfield Imagination Library Fund
Mansfield/Norwood Community Fund
Mansfield Youth Gardening Project Fund
Frances Pringle 4-H Capacity Building Fund of the Webster County Extension Council
Frances Pringle Capacity Building Fund of the Webster County Extension Council
Sue (Coutchie) Loughrige Scholarship Fund
School Moms Building Restoration Fund
Seymour Area Arts Council Fund
Seymour Area Arts Council Building Fund – Building Cultural Arts in Seymour
Seymour Historical Preservation Society
Seymour Hunger Challenge Fund
Seymour Pals Fund (field of interest-children)
Seymour Pharmacy Corporate Grantmaking Fund
The Seymour Dolly Parton Imagination Library Fund
Seymour Senior Quality of Life Fund
Seymour Elite Youth Empowerment Endowment Fund
Seymour United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
Seymour Youth Empowerment Capacity Building Fund
Seymour Youth Gardening Project Fund
The Silvey Cemetery Fund
Wellness for Webster County Scholarship
Dan & Nancy Underwood Family and Community Fund

Legacy Society Members:

Anonymous
Ron Giedd

# Denotes that this is a Legacy Fund, established by bequest.

*Established as an at-large fund of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks

Community Grants Fiscal Year 2009

Seymour Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Books…$2,140

Fordland Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Books…$1,256

Mansfield Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Books…$787

American Legion Post #1502
Flag books for Jr. High…$100

Seymour Area Arts Council
Historic preservation camcorder…$843

Friends of the Library
Audio & Children’s books…$357

Ozarks Family YMCA
Special Olympics Program…$500

Seymour Headstart
Book a month per child…$750

Seymour Senior Citizens Center
Supplements for home bound…$400

Zion Lutheran Church
King’s Food Pantry…$750

Seymour Youth Empowerment Project Grants
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Unrestricted…$300

Seymour R-2 School District
7th & 8th grade basketball uniforms…$400
Academic team materials…$500
FCCLA, Relay for Life…$200

Affiliates List

Aurora
Benton County
Bolivar Area
Bourbon
Butler County
Cassville
Crawford County
DACO
Dallas County
Dent County
Douglas County
El Dorado Springs
Eldon
Finley River
Hermann
Hickory County
Houston
Jacks Fork
Lake of the Ozarks
Lockwood
Meramec
Marshfield
Monett
Mountain Grove Area
Mt. Vernon Area
Nixa
Newburg
Oregon County
Ozark County
Republic
Ripley County
Ste. Genevieve County
St. James Area
Seymour
Stockton
Southwest Missouri
Table Rock Lake
Taney County
Truman Lake
West Plains
Willard
Willow Springs