Republic Community Foundation
Contact Information:
836 S. Lynn Ave.
Republic, MO 65738
Established November 19, 2004
Board of Governors:
Cyndy Muench, President • Cindy Crabtree • Dr. Justin Hart • Jared Keeling • Steve Lohkamp • Josh Matthews • Dr. Vern Minor • Jennafer Moller • Dr. Marcia Preston
For additional information contact Cyndy Muench, President, at (417) 766-0626.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $294,656
News and Updates
Foundation Works with Republic School District to Keep Kids from Going Hungry
Laura Parks and Katie Frey
The Republic Community Foundation has been making strides recently in the western Greene County community, and this past year recognized 13 organizations and their volunteers at its annual community banquet.
More than 130 people attended the event, where grantmaking efforts ranged from the Wilson’s Creek Battlefield Foundation, the Republic High School Band Boosters, and the start-up of what is now an already active Care to Learn chapter to help provide health, hygiene and food needs in the school district.
One local philanthropy, in particular, has been making a difference for a while now for Republic school children in need of additional food; this year, that group received another boost from the Republic Community Foundation. Since it’s been in existence, the RCF has helped support the People Helping People organization and their off-shoot project, Tiger Totes.
This project was started by two sisters, Laura Parks and Katie Frey (pictured), who volunteered at People Helping People and saw the need to provide children who needed food during the weekend when they are not in school. This year, these sisters were recognized as the “Volunteers of the Year” in Republic. During the year they wrote and received a grant from the Republic Community Foundation for the Tiger Totes project.
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Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
2010 Republic High School Project Graduation Fund
2011 Republic High School Project Graduation Fund
Lt. Col. John Michael Armstrong Memorial Scholarship Fund
Leslie Raybourn Memorial Scholarship Fund
Care to Learn – Republic Fund
*City of Republic Parks and Recreation Capacity Building Fund
*City of Republic Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund
Republic Rural Schools Arts Fund
Gift of Caring Fund
People Helping People Fund
Republic Community Foundation Administrative Endowment Fund
Republic Community Grantmaking Endowment Fund
Republic High School Alumni Fund
Republic School Volunteers Fund
Republic Veterans’ Memorial Fund
Silent Servant Scholarship Fund
Jane Gray Smith Charitable Fund
Ronnie Smith Employee Endowment Fund
Walter L. Smith Memorial Charitable Fund
Glenda D. Swift Education for Success Fund
Mary Ann White Memorial Scholarship Fund
Joe King Memorial Scholarship Fund
*Established as an at-large fund of Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Legacy Society Members:
John L. Hayes & Susanne M. Sickles
Jane Gray Smith
Community Grants for Fiscal Year 2011
People Helping People, $2,000
House of Ruth Women’s Resource Clinic, $1,000
Republic Historical Society, $500
Republic High School, band boosters, $500
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation, in partnership with Republic Chamber of Commerce, $500
Republic Middle School, 6th grade music, $1,282
Care to Learn – Republic student needs, $6,813.43