Harry Cooper Supply Company Campaign for the Ozarks
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Since 1908 the Harry Cooper Supply Company has been providing quality products and services to customers throughout the Missouri Ozarks. But the company’s commitment to excellence goes far beyond the marketplace. The Harry Cooper Supply Company and the Cooper Family have been regional leaders in volunteerism, charitable giving and community involvement. Their public service is illustrated by Harry Cooper’s leadership of the Springfield Community Chest in the 1930s, James H. Cooper’s generous support of parks and recreation, and John T. Cooper’s efforts to support animal welfare. The family’s philanthropy has made a lasting impact on our region.
It is fitting then, that the Coopers have chosen to celebrate their century of business and service by making possible the Harry Cooper Supply Company Campaign for the Ozarks. This regional effort is designed to build and strengthen the community-based philanthropy efforts of nearly 40 regional affiliate community foundations. CFO has made available a $25,000 matching grant made possible by the generosity of the Harry Cooper Supply Company. This dollar for dollar challenge grant is part of an overall regional effort to:
• Enhance community grantmaking endowments
• Establish administrative/operations endowments
• Promote appropriate and best practices by community foundation board of directors
Unrestricted grantmaking is the most tangible way that a community foundation delivers on its mission to enhance the quality of life in our communities. Because these endowment funds are unrestricted, they can be used to address immediate community needs while providing the flexibility to attend to future problems. However, unrestricted endowment funds are the most difficult to build. This challenge grant will strengthen our unrestricted funds and help build our capacity to serve the community now and for years to come.
The Harry Cooper Supply Company Campaign for the Ozarks is the latest chapter in a legacy of giving spanning four generations. And there is a certain harmony to this; the Coopers established the very first funds with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
With your support in helping us raise the funds to be matched through this generous opportunity from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Harry Cooper Supply Company, we will continue to make a difference for the people of the Ozarks through thoughtful community grantmaking.
