Community Foundation of Taney County
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 805
Forsyth, Missouri 65633
Established April 23, 2002
Board of Governors:
Dr. Doug Jordan, President • Brian Atchley • Brent Blevins • Mike Booth • Stephen Critchfield • Rick Davis • Mike Gailey • Mitch Holmes • Bill Jones • Dennis Newkirk • Brad Swofford • Chris Willard
For more information, please contact Doug Jordan, President, at (417) 230-6960.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $3,517,082
News and Updates
CF of Taney County Completes Hunger Challenge
Two Taney County food pantries received more than $33,000 in new funding after successfully matching the Ozarks Million Dollar Hunger Challenge II grant made possible by Walmart State Giving Foundation through a partnership with the Community Foundation of Taney County and the Ozarks Food Harvest. Checks of $23,022.86 and $10,012.48 were made out to Christian Action Ministries and CAM of Forsyth, respectively.
Milestones, Beautification and a Half-Million Ways of Giving Back
OACAC—Branson was among the recipients of a community grant from the Community Foundation of Taney County during the 2011 fiscal year. This grant was earmarked for the group’s school readiness fair.
For an example of an affiliate community foundation taking multiple CFO initiatives to heart and excelling at each, look no farther than the Community Foundation of Taney County. Major efforts in the areas of planned giving, place-based education and community grantmaking all paid off in big ways for Taney County in FY11.
As an example of planned giving, CFTC President Doug Jordan points to Vera Hardin, of Forsyth, who established the Vera Hardin Charitable Fund, a capacity fund to help with her regular planned giving. Taney County now has five Legacy Society members, as well, which was an area of focus region-wide during the year.
Community grantmaking was again a cornerstone of the year for the foundation. The CFTC distributed nearly $20,000 to Taney County organizations in grants alone, much of it to the City of Rockaway Beach to create an economic development department and a strategic plan. Other beneficiaries included OACAC-Branson, the Forsyth Public Library and others.
Finally, congratulations are in order for the entire Community Foundation of Taney County for reaching the half-million dollar mark in distributions since it was created in 2002, one of only a dozen CFO affiliates to hit the benchmark.
The Branson Area Community Grantmaking Fund awarded $1,900 in grants to seven agencies at a presentation in late June.
- Diana Bradford and Mike Booth present a $200 grant for the Branson Fire Department to Ted Martin and Charlie Huston.
- Renda Williaford and Jeanie Williams accept a $225 grant for Options Pregnancy Center from Mary Morey, Lori Lucchi and Diana Bradford.
- Mike Booth, left, and Mike Gailey, right, present a grant for $300 to Christine Taylor for the Crisis Center.
- Diana Bradford and Mary Morey present a $500 grant to Peggy Golden of Branson OACAC.
- Mike Gailey, left, and Mike Booth, right, present a $250 grant to Pat Davis for Christian Action Ministries.
- Lori Lucchi and Diana Bradford present a $125 grant for the Church Army to Michelle Harllee.
- Mary Morey and Mike Gailey, left, along with Lori Lucchi, right, present a $300 grant to Linda Lewis of the Junior Auxiliary.
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Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
Administrative Endowment Fund
# J. Kenneth Awbery and Iva M. Awbery Scholarship Fund
James & Margie Berry Fund for Taney County Youth
Bradleyville Foundation Fund
Bradleyville Foundation for Learning Fund
The Fund for Bradleyville Schools
Bradleyville Health Clinic Fund
Bradleyville Scholarship Fund
Bradleyville Walk/Run Scholarship Fund
Branson R-4 Education Foundation Fund
Branson R-4 Education Foundation Endowment Fund
# Carol Blackburn Branson High School Foundation Fund*
Branson Area Community Grantmaking Fund
Branson Cares Fund
**Boys and Girls Club of the Ozarks Fund
Christian Action Ministries Hunger Challenge Fund
Christian Action Ministries (Forsyth) Hunger Challenge Fund
James Leon and Dorothy Combs Fund
Community Presbyterian Endowment Fund
Cornette Family Fund
Dignity Now Endowment Fund
Flood Youth Ministry Capacity Building Fund
Forsyth Area Community Grantmaking Fund
Forsyth Library Capacity Building Fund
Forsyth Library Memorial Endowment Fund
Forsyth R-III School Foundation Endowment Fund
Forsyth R-III School Foundation Fund
Friends of the Branson Dog Park Fund
Chad A. Fuqua Memorial Fund
The Kirby Foundation Fund
Frances L. McConkey Manse Capacity Building Fund
Vera Hardin Charitable Fund
Hollister Schools Foundation Fund
Hollister Youth Empowerment Fund
Libby Wrona, Forsyth, Missouri, Library Fund
Jim Langham Rotary Professional Development Fund
Dr. Mary King Long Scholarship Fund
Nora Slusher Scholarship Fund
Tony Orlando Foundation
Tony Orlando Foundation Veterans’ Fund
Ozark Adventures Fund
Ozark Mountain Family YMCA Fund
**Ozarks Women Association Fund
Rockaway Beach Economic Development Fund
Rockaway Beach Unrestricted Fund
Skyler Sanders Scholarship Fund
Skaggs Foundation Supporting Fund
Taney County Hunger Challenge Fund
**Tri-Lakes Board of Realtors Good Neighbor Fund
# Tri-Lakes Community Hospice Fund
# Herb and Maxine Trimble Scholarship Fund
# Charles and Helen Winston Scholarship Fund
D & J Woolery Foundation
*Established as an at-large fund of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
# Denotes that this is a Legacy Fund, established by bequest.
**Also a component fund of the Table Rock Lake Community Foundation.
Legacy Society
Iva M. Awbery
William & Sylvia Cornette
LaVaughn M. Fuqua-Mathiesen
Doug & Gina Jordan
Community Grants for Fiscal Year 2011
City of Rockaway Beach, $6,000
Missouri State University, Rockaway Comprehensive Plan, $7,500
City of Rockaway Beach, Advancement of the economic development department, $1,883
Boys and Girls Club of Forsyth, $200
Forsyth Library, $600
Women’s Crisis Center, $1,250
The White River Valley Historical Society, $300
Forsyth R-III Schools, grant to International Thespian Society, $400
Christian Action Ministries, children’s clothing, $250
OACAC – Branson, School Readiness Fair, $500
Junior Auxiliary of Taney County, Snacks In Packs, $300
Options Pregnancy Clinic, education, $225
Crisis Center, support group materials, $300
Church Army USA Branson, GED materials, $125
Branson Fire Department, Lifenet, $200