May 28, 2008 09:53 pm
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By Susan Redden
sredden@joplinglobe.com
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Thousands of dollars in grants, including a special disaster-relief grant in the wake of recent tornado damage, were presented Tuesday by the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri.
The grants were awarded in ceremonies at Carthage City Hall. The presentation brings to nearly $119,000 the total amount of grants made through the foundation since 2002, according to Bill Putnam, executive director.
The foundation and The Carthage Fund it oversees awarded a $2,000 grant to the Joplin office of the American Red Cross for its work in tornado relief.
Other grants from The Carthage Fund went to:
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Council, $574 for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program.
Youth Empowerment Program, $1,000 for youth-run programs selected by high-school students.
Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, $500 for program scholarships for low-income youths.
Alliance of Southwest Missouri Teen Scene, $500 for school supplies for low-income families.
Carthage Crisis Center, $1,000 for a budget and endowment seminar.
Powers Museum, $295 toward a chautauqua presentation by the Missouri Humanities Council.
Community Theater of Southwest Missouri, $900 toward a summer theater workshop for children.
Grants from the Carthage Arts Council Fund went to the Carthage Council on the Arts, $1,000 for arts programs in Carthage schools; and to Carthage Historic Preservation, $1,000 for heating and plumbing repairs at historic Phelps House.
Grants from the Dr. W. Russell Smith Family Foundation were awarded to:
n Carthage Family Literacy Council, $1,300 for a new computer and programs.
n Magic Moments Riding Therapy, $1,000 for refurbishing the riding arena.
n Community Clinic of Joplin, $1,000 for the medical assistance program.
n Carthage Police Department, $1,995 for a PowerPoint system to be used in public presentations.
n Ozark Center for Autism, $1,000 for a social-skills workshop for teens.
n Lafayette House, $1,000 for its resource library on domestic violence.
n Habitat for Humanity, $1,000 for construction of a home in Carthage.
n Powers Museum, $705 toward this year’s chautauqua event.
Presented from the J. Ross and Maryetta White Memorial Fund was a grant for $1,000 to the Community Clinic of Carthage for prescription medicine for low-income women and children.
At donors’ requests, some of the grant funds administered by the foundation are restricted to specific purposes. The governing board in 2001 created The Carthage Fund, from which grants can be made to any charitable organization serving the Carthage area. That fund now has a balance of more than $132,000, from which 5 percent can be awarded annually. To expand its mission, the board created The Joplin Fund in 2006.
46 funds
The foundation works with individuals and companies to establish donor-advised, designated and field-of-interest funds. The organizations administers 46 funds, with nearly $5.2 million in assets. It is an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, which has assets of more than $140 million.
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