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February 14, 2024
The Joplin Regional Community Foundation’s Philanthropic Society is now accepting applications for grants totaling $150,000. The Philanthropy Society is a group of community members with a mission to provide high-impact grants to address red-flag issues.
For this year’s grantmaking, the Philanthropic Society will award up to $50,000 to nonprofits addressing the following high-priority needs in the Joplin, Webb City and Carl Junction region:
Details for each category can be found on the grant application.
The grants will support organizations that can build out current programs or create new services that improve the status of the three categories. The selection committee will prioritize proposals that communicate a vision and long-term plan on how the organization will address the identified problems and demonstrate collaboration with other community agencies willing to partner in the effort to improve community wellbeing.
The deadline for applications is 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 14. Organizations with 501(c)3 or similar nonprofit status, such as civic, educational or faith-based groups, may apply.
After the deadline, the committee will review the applications and select two finalists in each category. Those finalists will prepare a short video explaining their grant request. Recipients will be announced at the Philanthropic Society’s annual grant luncheon on May 14 at the Missouri State Southern University’s North End Zone facility.
Go here to begin the application process. Please contact Tom Wells at tomwellsjr@sbcglobal.net or 417-850-4700 with questions about the grant program. Please contact Emily Brittain at ebrittain@cfozarks.org or 417-864-6199 for technical questions about the application process.
The Joplin Regional Community Foundation is inviting residents of Joplin, Webb City and Carl Junction to submit nominations for its second annual Philanthropic Achievement Award.
The award is intended to recognize outstanding and sustained charitable achievement by an individual, organization or business to benefit any of the three communities.
The person or entity selected for the award will receive a $2,500 donation to the 501(c)3 organization of their choice. A committee of the JRCF and selected community members will select the winner. The award will be presented at “A Celebration of Philanthropy” dinner at Missouri Southern State University on April 4.
Nominations are due by 5 p.m., Friday, March 1. Nominations can be made online here. Nominations also may be submitted by email to JRCF Manager Pete Ramsour at joplinrcf@cfozarks.org; or by mail to Joplin Regional Community Foundation, PO Box 471, Joplin, MO 64802. A PDF version of the application to use as a guide for email or mailed nominations is available here.
Considerations for the nominations can include:
The Joplin Regional Community Foundation announced a total of $25,000 in grants to 14 nonprofits through its latest community grant round on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The grants, supported by the Duane and Edith Lawellin Legacy Fund and the Cloyd Carlin Charitable Fund, were presented during an event at the Joplin Chamber of Commerce.
The grants were distributed to the following organizations:
Following an application process, the recipients were selected by a volunteer committee of citizens in the Joplin Region. The program is open each year to 501(c)3 nonprofits and agencies with similar tax-exempt status like schools, government entities and faith-based organizations.
Gifts to the Duane and Edith Lawellin Legacy Fund for Southwest Missouri and the Cloyd Carlin Charitable Fund help increase the amount available for future rounds of the JRCF’s community grantmaking program. Secure online donations can be made for these funds here.
The Philanthropic Society of the Joplin Regional Community Foundation announced the recipients of three grants totaling $175,000 through its latest high-impact grant round on Tuesday, May 23. The grants were presented during the Philanthropic Society’s annual grant luncheon at Missouri Southern State University’s North End Zone Facility.
The three recipients of these grants are:
Following an application process, the winners were chosen from a group of six finalists by a committee made up of members of the Philanthropic Society. The program is open each year to 501(c)3 nonprofits and agencies with similar tax-exempt status like schools, government entities and faith-based organizations.
The Philanthropic Society was formed by the JRCF in 2018 to respond to emerging community needs by making a significant charitable impact. The group comprises 100 members who donate at least $2,500 in annual dues to the JRCF Philanthropic Society Fund. Over the past three years, the Philanthropic Society has awarded more than $762,000 to nonprofits serving Joplin, Webb City and Carl Junction.
