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The Musgrave Foundation plans to award $425,000 in grants to 55 organizations at a Dec. 12 ceremony.
According to a news release, the Musgrave Foundation has awarded more than $15.7 in grants since it was founded in 1983. Grants are awarded in four categories: child and senior services; health care and education; poverty, hunger and homelessness; and arts and community betterment. The benefiting charities are mostly in Greene County and surrounding counties in southern Missouri.
The ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Dec. 12 at Hickory Hills Country Club,.
The benefiting organizations, by donation amount, are:
• Lighthouse Child & Family Development Center — $129,000;
• Community Foundation of the Ozarks — $30,000;
• Council of Churches/Crosslines — $30,000;
• CoxHealth Foundation — $18,000;
• Community Partnership of the Ozarks — $17,600;
• Southwest Baptist University — $16,000;
• Ozarks Technical Community College Foundation — $15,000;
• Friends of the Garden — $15,000;
• Ozarks Food Harvest — $13,000;
• Springfield Regional Arts Council — $11,000;
• American Red Cross of Southern Missouri — $10,000;
• Drury University — $9,000;
• Springfield Community Center Inc. — $8,000;
• Care to Learn — $8,000;
• I Pour Life — $6,000;
• Cents of Pride — $5,000;
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield — $4,800;
• Camp Barnabas Foundation — $4,400;
• Great Circle — $4,000;
• Caring Place — $4,000;
• Women in Need of the Ozarks Inc. — $4,000;
• Southwest Center for Independent Living — $4,000;
• Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri — $3,200;
• Southern Webster County Food Pantry — $3,000;
• Isabel’s House — $3,000;
• The Kitchen Inc. — $3,000;
• Springfield Victory Mission — $2,500;
• Diaper Bank of the Ozarks — $2,500;
• Discovery Center of Springfield Inc. — $2,000;
• Harmony House — $2,000;
• Least of These Inc. — $2,000;
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes — $2,000;
• Dogwood Ranch Corp. — $2,000;
• Center City Christian Outreach — $2,000;
• SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging — $2,000;
• Children’s Smile Center — $2,000;
• Springfield Symphony Association Inc. — $2,000;
• Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri — $2,000;
• Ash Grove Food Pantry Inc. — $2,000;
• Ozarks Literacy Council — $2,000;
• Ozarks Public Television — $2,000;
• Newborns in Need — $2,000;
• Lost & Found Grief Center — $1,500;
• St. Vincent De Paul Society — $1,500;
• Railroad Historical Museum Inc. — $1,500;
• Boy Scouts of America — $1,200;
• Gathering Tree — $1,000;
• Ozarks Counseling Center — $1,000;
• The Victim Center Inc. — $1,000;
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks Inc. — $1,000;
• Kids Across America Foundation — $1,000;
• Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church — $1,000;
• History Museum on the Square — $1,000;
• CASA of Southwest Missouri — $800; and
• Good Dads Inc. — $500.
In August, the Musgrave Foundation also awarded $100,000 to food assistance nonprofits Council of Churches/Crosslines, Salvation Army of Springfield, The Kitchen, Springfield Victory Mission and Convoy of Hope.
The Springfield-based Musgrave Foundation was founded in 1983 by Jeannette Musgrave using an inheritance from her husband's family oil leases in Oklahoma and Texas.
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