W.R. Memorial Trust awards hundreds of thousands of dollars to dozens of nonprofits
JOPLIN, Mo. — Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be benefiting local nonprofits after a big announcement Friday morning.
The W.R. Corley Memorial Trust awarded $279,000 to 58 agencies in the area.
That’s everything from $20,000 for the KCU Joplin Dental School and $15,000 for Lafayette House – to dozens of smaller awards for groups like Bright Futures, Habitat for Humanity and the Area Agency on Aging.
This is the fifth year funds have been distributed, now totaling more than a million dollars overall.
The full list of recipients can be found below:
Angel Guild of Joplin $4,000
Area Agency on Aging, Region X $5,000
ArtCentral $2,000
Ascent Recovery Residences $3,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jasper & Newton Counties $2,500
Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri $5,000
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks $5,000
Bright Futures Joplin $10,000
Bright Futures Neosho $10,000
Carl Junction Helping Hands Ministries $3,000
Carthage Crisis Center $4,038.21
Children’s Center of Southwest Missouri $3,875
Children’s Haven of Southwest Missouri, Inc. $5,000
Community Clinic of SWMO $6,000
Community Support Services of Missouri/CSS Early Learning Center $2,500
Connect2Culture $5,000
Creative Learning Alliance $3,500
Crosslines Ministries of the Joplin Area $5,000
Economic Security Corporation $5,000
Fostering Hope $5,700
Freeman Health System $5,000
George Spiva Center for the Arts $5,000
God’s Resort $2,300
H.O.P.E. 4 You – Breast Cancer Foundation $7,500
Hearts and Hammers $5,000
Higher Power Garage $5,000
Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity $5,000
Joplin Dental School $20,000
Joplin Family YMCA $3,000
Joplin Historical Society for the Joplin Historical & Mineral Museum $3,000
Joplin Humane Society $5,000
Joplin Kiwanis $1,000
Joplin NALA Read $2,500
Joplin Rotary $1,000
Joplin Trails Coalition $1,500
Lafayette House $15,000
LifeChoices Health Network $5,000
Loving Grace $3,000
Medical Loan Closet of Joplin $3,500
Minnie Hackney Community Service Charitable Foundation $5,000
Missouri Southern Foundation $20,000
MSSU Lion Co-op Center for Nutrition Security $5,000
Neosho Area Habitat for Humanity $5,000
Neosho Schools Charitable Foundation $4,000
One Joplin $2,000
Post Art Library $3,000
Pro Musica $5,000
RISE Neosho $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States $2,000
Salvation Army of Jasper & Newton Counties $5,000
Solace House of the Ozarks $750
The Alliance of SWMO $3,000
The Help Center $3,000
The Next Step – Joplin $3,000
Vision Carthage $5,000
Watered Gardens $5,000
Webb City Farmers Market $4,000
Wildcats Glades Nature Group $5,000
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