Willow Springs Community Foundation
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 345
Willow Springs, MO 65793
Established March 15, 2001
Board of Governors:
Phill Knott, President • Joan Bailey-Russell, Vice President • Carol Ann Richardson, Secretary • Tona Bowen • Barbara Nyden • Jamie Ogden • Hubert Reaves • Joe Schneider • Sandy Smith • Lou Wehmer • Troy Yonker
For additional information, please contact Phill Knott, president, at (417) 469-6287
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $2,358,570
News and Updates
One of the major achievements of the 2011 fiscal year in Willow Springs was the establishment of a Dolly Parton Imagination Library for children in and around the Howell County town. Through the program, enrolled children receive one book every month by mail from birth until the age of five, courtesy of the Dollywood Foundation. The non-profit organization runs on donations, and had collected more than $6,500 in donations by early fall. It costs approximately $30 per year to mail the books to each child enrolled in the program.
Other accomplishments in Willow Springs this year included the establishment of the Willow Springs Education Foundation and several different funds under their umbrella including a gymnasium renovation fund. The foundation also continues its mission of establishing affordable housing for the community, which was the focus of most distributions this year.
Click here to read more about the Willow Springs Community Foundation.
Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
Mildred Ann Groves Childress Memorial Fund*
The Christine N. Steele Fund for the Willow Springs Arts Council
Sadie Ruth Ferguson Fund (unrestricted)
Margaret Eidson Fugate Class of 1931 Scholarship Fund
Hometown Pride Fund
Norman Family Fund
Willow Springs Arts Council Fund
Willow Springs Community Foundation Community Development Fund
Willow Springs Gymnasium Renovation Fund
Willow Springs Imagination Library Fund
Willow Springs School Foundation Fund
Willow Springs School Foundation Endowment Fund
*Established as an at-large fund of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Community Grants for Fiscal Year 2011
Willow Springs CF, Ferguson Building expenses, $8,200