PACE, Cassville United Methodist Church,
Haven of the Ozarks receive grants
March 17, 2021
The Cassville United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Haven of the Ozarks and PACE - a Cassville-based 501c3 umbrella for civic groups and projects - have received grants totaling $10,000.
The Cassville Community Foundation applied for the grant through the Coover Regional Recovery Grant Program. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks manages the Coover grantmaking program and opened this year’s grant round to its 52 affiliate foundations for proposals to support community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
PACE received a grant of $5,000 to offset cancelled fundraisers due to COVID-19. The agency also will use the funds to support community improvement and development projects.
Cassville United Methodist received $2,500 for the Cassville Food Pantry, which provides food to Cassville residents in need.
“We greatly appreciate the grant to help those struggling,” said Janet Mills, Cassville Food Pantry Director. “With the pandemic, resources are appreciated. We’re going to use the grant money to distribute groceries for those having a hard time, be it from unemployment or health related issues.”
Haven of the Ozarks will use its $2,500 grant to fund programming support and for pandemic relief for the Cassville community.
“We’re really grateful for the grant,” said Sherah Farris, the director at the Haven of the Ozarks. “We’re currently working on reaching out to the community.
“We plan to use the money to neuter animals, since the typical cost can be $160, which can be a lot for some families,” Farris explained.
A total of $300,000 was awarded to 30 CFO affiliate foundations for a combination of specific requests for nonprofit projects and plans to accept future applications and re-grant the funding in their communities.
The grants are made possible by the CFO’s partnership with the Coover Charitable Foundation, managed by Commerce Trust Company. The Foundation was created by Julia Dorothy Coover, a longtime Commerce Bank employee, in honor of her late husband. Since its partnership with the CFO began in 2002, the Coover grantmaking program has awarded more than $7.1 million across the Ozarks.
“One of the primary goals of the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Grantmaking program is to be flexible to respond to high-priority needs in our region,” said Jill Reynolds, senior vice president at Commerce Trust Company. “The nonprofit community has worked tirelessly over the past year to help residents cope with the wide range of issues created by the pandemic. We are pleased to work with CFO Affiliate leaders who are well positioned to identify local needs and the organizations responding to them.”
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is a regional public charitable foundation established in 1973 that provides asset and resource development, grantmaking and public leadership through a network of donors, 52 affiliate foundations, including the Cassville Community Foundation, and more than 600 nonprofit partners across central and southern Missouri.
The Cassville United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Haven of the Ozarks and PACE - a Cassville-based 501c3 umbrella for civic groups and projects - have received grants totaling $10,000.
The Cassville Community Foundation applied for the grant through the Coover Regional Recovery Grant Program. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks manages the Coover grantmaking program and opened this year’s grant round to its 52 affiliate foundations for proposals to support community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
PACE received a grant of $5,000 to offset cancelled fundraisers due to COVID-19. The agency also will use the funds to support community improvement and development projects.
Cassville United Methodist received $2,500 for the Cassville Food Pantry, which provides food to Cassville residents in need.
“We greatly appreciate the grant to help those struggling,” said Janet Mills, Cassville Food Pantry Director. “With the pandemic, resources are appreciated. We’re going to use the grant money to distribute groceries for those having a hard time, be it from unemployment or health related issues.”
Haven of the Ozarks will use its $2,500 grant to fund programming support and for pandemic relief for the Cassville community.
“We’re really grateful for the grant,” said Sherah Farris, the director at the Haven of the Ozarks. “We’re currently working on reaching out to the community.
“We plan to use the money to neuter animals, since the typical cost can be $160, which can be a lot for some families,” Farris explained.
A total of $300,000 was awarded to 30 CFO affiliate foundations for a combination of specific requests for nonprofit projects and plans to accept future applications and re-grant the funding in their communities.
The grants are made possible by the CFO’s partnership with the Coover Charitable Foundation, managed by Commerce Trust Company. The Foundation was created by Julia Dorothy Coover, a longtime Commerce Bank employee, in honor of her late husband. Since its partnership with the CFO began in 2002, the Coover grantmaking program has awarded more than $7.1 million across the Ozarks.
“One of the primary goals of the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Grantmaking program is to be flexible to respond to high-priority needs in our region,” said Jill Reynolds, senior vice president at Commerce Trust Company. “The nonprofit community has worked tirelessly over the past year to help residents cope with the wide range of issues created by the pandemic. We are pleased to work with CFO Affiliate leaders who are well positioned to identify local needs and the organizations responding to them.”
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is a regional public charitable foundation established in 1973 that provides asset and resource development, grantmaking and public leadership through a network of donors, 52 affiliate foundations, including the Cassville Community Foundation, and more than 600 nonprofit partners across central and southern Missouri.
