May 4, 2026
Grantmaking guided by Community Focus Report for Springfield & Greene County
The 2026 grant program from the Generosity Collective, a high-impact giving circle for Springfield supported by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, is now open. The group will grant a total of $110,000 to address these community issues:
- Education and Youth Development
- Mental Health and Daily Living Stability
The categories were selected by the Generosity Collective’s membership with guidance from the most recent Community Focus Report for Springfield & Greene County. One $55,000 grant is available for each category.
Agencies can find more information and begin the application process here. The deadline is 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 4.
Following the deadline, the Generosity Collective’s grantmaking committees will narrow the applicants to two or three finalists per category. The finalists must submit a short video describing their grant requests. After reviewing the videos, the Generosity Collective’s membership will vote to determine the two grant recipients. The grants will be presented in November.
In its first two years, the giving circle has granted $249,580 to six nonprofits and has contributed to a growing endowment to support future grantmaking. Membership for the Generosity Collective is currently closed but will reopen later this year. Learn more at cfozarks.org/genco.
What is a giving circle? A giving circle allows like-minded individuals to pool donations, learn about community needs and collectively determine grant recipients best suited to address those needs. The charitable “dues” for membership and grantmaking focus vary with each giving circle. According to a 2023 report, about 4,000 giving circles are active in the U.S. The CFO supports about three dozen active giving circles across its service area.
