Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, Inc.
Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, Inc.
The Professional Building, Suite 11, 221 W. 4th Street, Carthage, Missouri 64836
Established May 24. 1999
Board of Directors:
Lori Smith, Chair • Katie Bell • Ted Evans Jr. • Barbara Hicklin • Mike Lawrence • Bill Lee • Miriam Putnam • Nancy Sanders • Samuel R. Morrow, Jr. • Kenny Johnson • David B. Mouton
For additional information please contact Michelle Ducre, executive director, at (417) 359-5534.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/09): $5,934,038
Dalton Loveland, a Sarcoxie High School student, has received the Curtis Rex Carter Science Scholarship. The Carter Scholarship provides $5,000 for graduating Jasper County students interested in pursuing degrees in the applied sciences. Loveland, ranked third in his graduating class, will attend Missouri University of Science and Technology in the fall.
Pictured above: (left to right) Lori Smith, Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri (CFSM) board chair, Dalton Loveland, and Michelle Ducre, CFSM executive director.
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Existing Funds:
# ALS Organization Fund
George & Geraldine Beimdiek Memorial Fund
Beimdiek Challenge Grant Fund
Steve and Mary Jean Beimdiek Family and Community Fund
Kelly Jo Brookshire One Love Fund
Browne Family Foundation
Leland Browne Life Insurance Fund
Carl Junction Educational Foundation Endowment Fund
Carl Junction Educational Foundation Fund
Carl Junction Police Department/Shop with a Cop Fund
Carl Junction High School Youth Empowerment Fund
Curtis Rex Carter Science Scholarship Fund
Carthage Arts Council Fund
The Carthage Fund (unrestricted)
Carthage Crisis Center Endowment Fund
Carthage Crisis Center Capacity Building Fund
The Carthage Crosslines Fund
City of Carthage Beautification Fund
City of Carthage Carter Park Fund
City of Carthage Dog Park Fund
Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri Operating Endowment Fund
CFSM Capacity Building Fund
# Carthage Historic Preservation Fund
Carthage Historic Preservation Capacity Building Fund
Carthage Hunger Challenge Fund
Carthage Public Library Fund
Carthage Rotary Club Charitable Fund
Carthage Rotary Scholarship
Carthage Youth Empowerment Program Fund
Colossians 3:17 Fund
The W. Robert Corley Fund
Doris & Ken Johnson Memorial Fund
Episcopal Youth Group of Carthage Endowment Fund
Gregg and Sheila Galbraith Donor Advised Fund
#Guthrie Gilmore Fund
Grace Episcopal Church Endowment Fund
#The Henrietta Hedge Memorial Fund
#The Hough Fund
Ike’s Family and Community Fund
Jasper County Courthouse Capacity Building Fund
Jasper County 1895 Courthouse Preservation Fund
The Joplin Fund
Joplin Hunger Challenge Fund
Fair Acres Family YMCA, Inc. Fund
Lagniappe Fund
The Vivian León Fund for the Musical Arts created by the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition
Richard T. Mansfield Memorial Fund
McAuley High School Youth Empowerment Fund
# Missouri Botanical Gardens Fund
MSIPC Capacity Building Fund
The McCune-Brooks Health Care Foundation Fund
# Dorthadean Moorman Memorial Fund
Jean S. Morrow and Samuel R. Morrow, Jr. Memorial Fund
The John O. Phelps and Carolyn B. Phelps Charitable Fund
The Powers Museum Fund
Quigley Jasper County Christian Athlete Scholarship Fund
Redings Mill Volunteer Fire Protection Endowment Fund
Dr. W. Russell Smith Family Foundation Fund
# Southwest Baptist University Endowment Fund
Southwest Missouri Arts Council Endowment Fund
St. Luke’s Nursing Center Capacity Building Fund
St. Luke’s Nursing Center Endowment Fund
Stone’s Throw Theater Henry Heckert Memorial Endowment Fund
J. Ross and Maryetta E. White Memorial Fund
Mark and Stephanie Williams Family and Community Fund
Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center Fund
# Denotes that this is a Legacy Fund, established by bequest.
Legacy Society Members
Kevin & Sandi Checkett
Robert & Rebecca Copeland
Michelle Ducre
Frank S. Dunaway, III
Virginia Esterly*
Kenneth Johnson
Samuel R. Morrow, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Putnam
Ruth I. Rubison
Marty and Lori Smith
Dr. and Mrs.* W. Russell Smith
*deceased
Community Grants Fiscal Year 2009
Carthage Historic Preservation, Inc
Computer for digital historical project.…$275
“This Place Matters” events…$725
Carthage Area United Way
Community Service Video…$750
Children’s Haven of Southwest Missouri
Crisis service for fliers and phone ads…$750
Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri
Summer camp scholarships…$275
Carthage Youth Empowerment Project Grants
Carthage R-9 School Foundation
Club Sabatino…$1,000
Odyssey of the Mind…$1,000
Unrestricted…$945