The new structure will allow donors to make tax-deductible contributions to become members of the Moxie. The goal is to create a self-sustaining structure for the Moxie to continue as Springfield’s only full-time theater showing  independent U.S. and foreign films and documentaries.

The Downtown Springfield Community Cinema group purchased the nearly five-year-old Moxie Theater from founders Dan and Nicole Chilton, who had put the theater up for sale to concentrate on new business and family goals.

More information about the sale is included in the  Moxie Downtown Community Cinema Fund News Release.

The Hartville R-II School District established The Hartville Teacher’s Support Fund so that each teacher will have first day of school classroom funding. Hartville is a new Agency Partner in the education category.

The newly formed Hartville School Foundation established a fund to support the programs and projects of the Hartville R-II School District. The Foundation also becomes a new Agency Partner in education.

A group of Ozark women established the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund. Lisa Engel, Shirley Wikander, Linda Thomas, Ginger Holzer and Jeanette Hipskind established this fund to assist them as they hold fundraisers to help make the Ozark community a better place to live. This fund is part of the Finley River Community Foundation.

The Missouri Medical Assistance Program Fund will support the mission of the Missouri Medical Assistance Program to assist low-income individuals and families within the community who need  immediate assistance with their medical bills and debt. MOMAP is a new Agency Partner in the health category.

The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society established The GLADE Fund to support the GLADE project and student conservation projects of students who have participated in GLADE. This is the group’s second fund.

The Rotaract Club of Springfield Fund has been established to provide an endowment to support  charitable activities and programs in the area. Rotaract is the Rotary organization for members under the age of 30.

We’d like to welcome this latest group of new funds established since mid-June. Watch the website during the coming year for future acknowledgements of our growth in planned-giving and capacity-building funds.

Beshore Family Foundation – Lance and Sharon Beshore of Carthage established this family and community fund with the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri to assist them with their charitable giving.

John & Betty Brecht Endowment Fund for United Methodist Church in Clinton – Betty Brecht established this designated endowment fund to benefit the United Methodist Church in honor and memory of her late husband, John. Mrs. Brecht also established the John & Betty Brecht Endowment Fund for Clinton Arts Council in honor and memory of John. These are component funds of the Truman Lake Community Foundation.

Community Support Services of Missouri Fund and Community Support Services of Missouri Endowment Fund – These funds were established by Community Support Services in Joplin to help fund the organization’s work with children and adults with developmental disabilities. These also were established with the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri. We also want to welcome Community Support Services as a new agency partner in the social services category.

Billy Coyle Leadership Fund – Bill Coyle established this designated endowment fund to provide a student leadership award to the Conway School District. The student must demonstrate traits and qualities of a leader or have been involved in laboratory opportunities for leadership. Preference will be given to students pursuing higher education as a science teacher, then in the science field and then in law enforcement.

Dallas County Pet Outreach Program Fund – This capacity-building fund will provide for the needs of animals in the Dallas County area, such as spay/neuter services, animal medical bills, and improved living conditions. A component of the Dallas County Community Foundation, the program also will join the CFO as a new agency partner in the environment/animals category.

The Gary Funk Running Jenny Fund for Rural Schools – This Field-of-Interest Fund was established to honor and commemorate outgoing CFO President Gary Funk’s service to the Foundation. Grants from the fund will be used to assist rural schools and education.

Meramec Regional Community Foundation Community Grantmaking Fund – This unrestricted endowment fund will support long-term grantmaking for the Meramec Regional Community Foundation. The Meramec Regional Community Foundation also established a Capacity-Building Fund to provide dollars for grantmaking in the area.

Tri County Pregnancy Resource Center Fund – The newly established Tri County Pregnancy Resource Center established this capacity fund to help support its mission. This component of the Aurora Area Community Foundation also joins the CFO as an agency partner.

West Plains Agriculture-Science Building Fund – The West Plains R-7 Educational Foundation established this capacity-building fund as a component of the Community Foundation of West Plains to support an agriculture-science building project.

EMH at West Plains High School Fund – Haley Bray and Kathy Miller, along with the West Plains R-7 Educational Foundation established this capacity-building fund to support the Educating the Mentally Handicapped program at the high school. This is also a component of the Community Foundation of West Plains.

The CFO Cultural Investment Fund will offer loans of $1,000 to $20,000 to non-profit groups to help cover the down-payment costs associated with booking major performers, shows or exhibits. The loans, which will carry a 4 percent interest rate, are designed to be re-paid by ticket proceeds, sponsorship funds, or other income raised by the event.

“Managers of our local arts and cultural venues have said that the lack of capital to pay the up-front costs required in many of these contracts impedes their ability to book major regional or national shows,” said Brian Fogle, executive vice president of the Community Foundation.

In fact, the City of Springfield’s Arts, Culture and Tourism Strategic Planning Committee also plans to identify this issue as one of its goals for enhancing arts and culture offerings in Springfield, he said.

The community arts leaders who serve on the CFO’s Arts Programming Sustainability Initiative committee will review and approve all applications. The Fund will be open to all eligible Springfield-Greene County 501(c)3 agencies, but each participant will be required to make a one-time investment of $2,500 into the fund in order to submit applications. The CFO’s initial investment will be $50,000.

The Cultural Investment Fund is the second component of the CFO’s Mission-Related Investment Program. The CFO Board of Directors created this program in 2009 to commit up to 2 percent of the CFO’s assets for community investment. The program represents the CFO’s commitment to the “double-bottom line” of investing in enterprises that produce both financial and social returns for Ozarks communities, instead of investing assets solely in financial markets.

College Heights Christian School in Joplin established this organizational fund to help with long-term sustainable funding for the school. The fund will be a component of the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, the satellite office based in Carthage.

The school also will become a new Agency Partner in the Education group.

The school, founded in 1978, has a mission of partnering with parents to encourage student growth in a Christ-centered balance of quality, academics, athletics and spiritual growth.

• Hammons Products Company Fund – This corporate grantmaking fund will support Hammons Products Company’s charitable giving.

• Hammons Products Company Benevolence Fund - This field-of-interest fund will help with  emergency needs of company employees and local Stockton residents for such items as medical, transportation, food, clothing, housing, or other needs resulting from a sudden incident such as accident, fire, or tornado

• Stockton Community Leadership Development Fund - This field-of-interest endowment fund will support the development of leadership skills of Stockton citizens serving in community leadership positions, promoting networking, collaboration, and sharing of ideas.  This fund is set up now, ready to accept contributions and make grants once it reaches $10,000, and it will receive future funding support through a planned giving commitment.

Hammons Products Company President and C.E.O. Brian Hammons says the company is pleased to support the work of the Stockton Community Foundation through the establishment of these new funds.  “Thanks to the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, our local affiliate foundation has the opportunity to make a real long-term difference in the Stockton community.  We’ve seen some results of that already in recent years.  We plan to keep our black walnut business in Stockton, and I’m excited that we can work with the Foundation in supporting its vision to ‘Build upon our heritage and make tomorrow even better.’”

The number of partnerships between local businesses and communities is expanding throughout the region, according to Winter Skelton, development operations officer for the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.  “We see more and more businesses stepping up and creating charitable funds that make sense for their communities,” Skelton said, “and we truly appreciate the opportunity to partner with Hammons Products Company on these new funds.”

The Stockton Community Foundation was established in 2002, and includes 28 different funds with total charitable assets of approximately $620,000.  Since its inception, the Stockton Community Foundation has given more than $150,000 in charitable grants back to the community.  Ginger Hendrickson is the current president of the Stockton Community Foundation board of directors.

The Stockton Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Springfield-based Community Foundation of the Ozarks.  Started in 1973, CFO has 41 affiliates, 1,700 charitable funds, and total assets of nearly $145 million.  Last year, CFO made $15.7 million in charitable distributions.

Mrs. Fuqua-Mathiesen and Mr. Mathiesen have also made a planned gift that will leave a bequest to the Chad A. Fuqua Memorial Fund ensuring that the Hollister parks will remain an important part of the city. This planned gift recognizes Mrs. Fuqua-Mathiesen and Mr. Mathiesen as members of the Legacy Society.

In August 2008, at the age of 40, Chad Fuqua was struck and  killed while riding his motorcycle by an alleged drunk driver.   Prior to his untimely death, Fuqua served as Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Hollister for ten years.   Alderman and Park Board Member, Scott McCaulley, stated, “ I can’t think of a major event we have had in Hollister that didn’t have Chad’s mark on it.” City aldermen voted in September 2008 to re-name the Town Hall Square Park to the Chad A. Fuqua Memorial Park to honor his service to the community.

The Taney County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. It is comprised of 37 funds with assets totaling approximately $2.8 million. In fiscal year 2009, the Taney County Community Foundation granted more than $125,000 back to the community. Please click here to learn more about the Taney County Community Foundation.

Mr. John Browning established a $100,000 designated endowment, The John B. Browning Fund, which will support the Appleton City Landmarks Restoration, Inc. for maintenance, improvement and operation of the Appleton City, Mo Museum.

The Truman Lake Community Foundation affilaited with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks in the spring of 2000. Since that time, TLCF has grown to 50 component funds with assets of approximately $4 million. For more information on TLCF, please click here.

These new funds are:

• Vivian Stuber Memorial Library Endowment Fund, Marshfield Area Community Foundation
• Vivian Stuber Memorial Library Fund, Marshfield Area Community Foundation
• The Henrietta Hedge Memorial Fund, Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, Inc.
• Gabby Girls Scholarship Fund, Truman Lake Community Foundation
• The Fund for Bradleyville Schools, Taney County Community Foundation
• Phillip W. Steele Memorial Fund
• The Kitchen Clinic Fund
• Marshfield Community Center Fund, Marshfield Area Community Foundation
• Marshfield Community Center Endowment Fund, Marshfield Area Community Foundation
• Polk County Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund, Bolivar Area Community Foundation
• Community Partnership of the Ozarks Capacity Building Fund

Friends of the Christian County Museum Fund – Frank Lorenz, Carole Collins and Elise Crain established this capacity building fund to provide for the facility needs of the Christian County museum. Grants will be made upon request of any two of the three donors. It is a component fund of the Finley River CF and currently has a $3,000 balance.

South Central Missouri Polled Hereford Association Endowed Scholarship Fund – It is a component fund of the Dent County CF and already has a balance of $20,700.

Mansfield Youth Gardening Project Fund – Mansfield Public Schools and Fordland Clinic established this fund to support a youth gardening project at Mansfield High School. This is a component fund of the Greater Seymour Area Foundation.

Gray Family Fund – This family and community fund was established to honor Suzy’s 20 years of service to CFO. Steve, Suzy, Jessica and Emily Gray will serve as the advisors.

Carthage Rotary Club Charitable Fund – The Carthage Rotary Club established this grantmaking fund to provide grants to public educational and charitable purposes. The club will serve as advisors to the fund. This is a component fund of CFSM.

Carthage Rotary Scholarship – The Carthage Rotary Club established this scholarship. They will pass money from the charitable fund to this scholarship fund. This is also a component fund of CFSM.

MSIPC Capacity Building Fund – The Missouri Southern International Piano Competition established this fund. It will distribute back to MSIPC or directly to vendors. The disbursements from this fund will be for payments of outstanding bills of the organizational and will be made upon the authority of two MSIPC board members. The fund will exist for two years from inception, and after said time, the balance of the Fund shall be transferred to the Vivian León Fund for the Musical Arts. This is component fund of CFSM. Money should be forthcoming.

The Vivian León Fund for the Musical Arts created by the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition – This field of interest fund will distribute to organizations (including colleges/universities) that offer classical musical programs with an emphasis on piano performance to the community and/or to schools in the Jasper & Newton county area of Southwest Missouri according to the procedure laid out in the document. This is also a component of CFSM.

Rosa Leah Spencer Memorial Scholarship Fund – Fred Spencer established this scholarship with the Dora R-III School Foundation to award to a Dora student with financial need who demonstrates leadership qualities exemplified by involvement in school and/or school activities. This is a component fund of the Ozark County CF. Criteria and the selection committee have also been established.

Springfield-Greene County Regional Health Commission Fund – This organizational capacity building fund will support the work of the newly created Health Commission. Distributions will be made to the Springfield-Greene County Health Dept. Carmen Bradshaw is the contact for this fund. This is a new AP in the health sector.
*We now work with 311 agency partners!

Daniel F. Hedgpeth Memorial Fund – Chlorene Hedgpeth, John F. (Fred) Hedgpeth II and Laura Haseltine established this fund in memory of their son and brother, Daniel F. Hedgpeth. This designated endowment fund will distribute equally to the Children’s Smile Center in Ozark, the Special Forces Ministry and Victory Mission. $7,491 came in as memorial gifts and the family rounded it out to $10,000. It is a component fund of the Finley River Community Foundation.

Lagniappe Fund – Michelle and Richard Ducre established this family and community fund. Their sons Kai and Davin will also help make grant recommendations from the Lagniappe Fund, which means “something extra.” This is a component fund of CF of Southwest Missouri. Read more about family and community funds.

Springfield Ballet General Fund – This organizational capacity building fund will hold operational, administrative and general funds for the Springfield Ballet. This is an additional AP (agency partner) fund for them.

Rockaway Beach Economic Development Fund – This field of interest fund will support the economic development of Rockaway Beach, Missouri. This is a component fund of the Taney County Community Foundation. The fund was established by Jack Herschend.