Meramec Regional Community Foundation
A trusted resource for philanthropy serving the Meramec region.
4 Industrial Drive | St. James, MO 65559 | (417) 265-2993, ext. 114 | Email Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life in the eight-county Meramec region through resource development, community grantmaking, collaboration and public leadership.
Meramec Regional Community Foundation is the charitable partner of the Meramec Regional Planning Commission, serving Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties.
Since our founding on June 4, 2010, Meramec Regional Community Foundation has distributed more than $848,000 back to the community. We now hold assets totaling $2,902,480 as of June 30, 2020.
Our Leadership
Vicki Lange, Chair
Our foundation is led by citizens of our eight-county region.
Vicki Lange, Chair (Osage County)
Randy Becht (Pulaski County)
Gary Brown (Dent County)
Cindy Merx (Washington County)
Deborah Henderson (Maries County)
Wendy Young (Phelps County)
Vacancy (Crawford County)
Vacancy (Gasconade County)
Greg Harris (MRCF at-large)
Ray Walden (MRPC at-large)
Steve Vogt (MRPC at-large)
Bonnie Prigge, MRPC Executive Director (at-large)
Maria Bancroft, Foundation Coordinator
Meramec Regional Community Foundation awards Coover Regional Recovery Grants
Mary 24, 2021 — The Meramec Regional Community Foundation has awarded total grants of $10,000 to five nonprofit agencies for recovery needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The grants are made possible by the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation, managed by Commerce Trust Company in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. The Meramec Regional Community Foundation is one of 30 CFO affiliate foundations to receive Coover grant funding this year and chose to use its award to hold a community recovery grant round for eligible nonprofits.
The Meramec Regional Community Foundation awarded its Coover Regional Recovery Grants to:
- Crocker Presbyterian Church: $2,500 to support its Community Care program
- Hope Alliance of Missouri: $2,500 to support its Abundant Blessings program
- Owensville Senior Center: $1,000 for operational support
- The Rolla Mission: $1,500 to help homeless individuals isolate while contagious with COVID-19
- Tri-County Center for Independent Living: $2,500 to support its Consumer Assistance program
“One of the benefits of the CFO’s affiliate network is the ability of local leaders to make decisions in the best interests of their own communities,” said Jill Reynolds, senior vice president at Commerce Trust. “Using leaders across rural Missouri to award Coover Charitable Foundation grant dollars has contributed to this partnership’s success in distributing more than $7 million since 2002.”
Meramec Regional Legacy Society
- Shawn and Maria Bancroft
- Richard and Jeanne Cavender
- Lucia Flaim
- Mike* and Virgie Mahan
- Stephen and Joanne Zap
*Deceased
Funds
The Rolla Mission Capital Fund
Koch-Lange Family Scholarship Fund
Dalton Newton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ozark Actors Theatre Endowment Fund
Dr. Henry and Laura Antolak Charitable Fund
Dent County Disaster Relief Fund
Mae, Grace and George Bacon Scholarship Fund
Newburg Community Grantmaking Endowment Fund
Gasconade County Disaster Relief Fund
Crawford County Disaster Relief Fund
Groves Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Community Partnership Fund
Belle Lions Club Memorial Scholarship in memory of David R. Sassmann Fund
Phelps County Senior Center Fund
Meramec Regional Community Foundation Capacity Building Fund
The Kaleidoscope Discovery Center Fund
Osage County Disaster Relief Fund
Meramec Regional Community Foundation Community Grantmaking Fund
Party/Butler Family Scholarship Fund
Ted and Edna Leffler Scholarship Fund
The Claude and Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund
Meramec Regional Planning Commission Capacity Fund
CASA of South Central Missouri Capacity Fund
Maries County R-II Archery Club Scholarship Fund
Richard and Jeanne Cavender Scholarship for Public Service
Maries County R-2 Project Graduation Fund
Maries County Disaster Relief Fund
Maries County R-II School Foundation Community Scholarship Fund
Maries County R-2 PTO Scholarship Fund
Kaeding-Winter Scholarship Fund
Rolla Area Animal Shelter Building Fund (S.A.V.E.)
The Ruth and Gene Ridenhour MD Scholarship Fund 2
Phelps County Disaster Relief Fund
The Ruth and Gene Ridenhour MD Scholarship Fund
Pulaski County Disaster Relief Fund
Rolla Area Animal Shelter Endowment Fund (S.A.V.E.)
Rotary Club of Pulaski County Giving Fund
Phelps County PHA Capacity Building Fund
Schierloh Family Fund for Maries County R-II Schools
Route 66 Neon Park Development Fund
Schierloh Family Fund for State Technical College of Missouri
Alan D. and Yvonne L. Skouby Scholarship Fund
Washington County Disaster Relief Fund
