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Annual Community Support and Impact Grants

Community Support Grants

The Community Foundation of Central Missouri (CFCM) is pleased to offer Community Support Grants from its Community Granting Fund each year. Support Grants help fund new or existing programs where modest financial support can make a positive impact.

Grants are available in amounts of $500, $1,000, and $1,500. Not all applications can or will be funded.

  • The process for Community Support Grants is detailed HERE.
  • The online application link for Community Support Grants can be accessed HERE from June 15 through July 31 each year.

Community Impact Grants

CFCM is also pleased to offer Community Impact Grants to two organizations, each receiving a $5,000 award. These Impact Grants are program/project based and aim to make a significant impact in the mid-Missouri area.

  • The process for Community Impact Grants can be found HERE. Impact Grants allow CFCM to have a greater effect with a more significant allocation.
  • The online application form for an Impact Grant is available HERE from June 15 through July 31 each year.

Examples of 2024 Community Impact Grants

The following three organizations received Impact Grants for their exemplary and creative programming in 2024:

  • Compass, Inc. $5,000 for “Music is for Everyone” Scholarship Fund
  • SEED $5,000 for “QHOPE” Child Development Accounts for Financial Literacy Training certificates
  • **Bright Futures Callaway County $5,000 for “Care Closets” for Fulton Public Schools Students

(** denotes one-time funding available from remaining COVID recovery fund)

Examples of 2024 Community Support Grants

The following organizations received grants in 2024 to help them with their service delivery and operations. Each grant ranged from $500 to $1,500:

  •  Voluntary Action Center (VAC): $1,500 for “Fueling Access: Gasoline Vouchers for Transportation Equity”
  •  Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries: $1,500 for “After-School Music Therapy”
  •  HeartSpace Clinic $1,500 for “Trauma Therapy Scholarships” HCDP 
  •  **CoMo Mobile Aid Collective: $1,500 for “Making a Difference with Street Medicine”
  •  Sleep In Heavenly Peace $1,500 for “Sleep In Heavenly Peace Bed Build ”
  •  Meals on Wheels of Columbia: $1,500 for “Free Meals Benevolent Project”
  • **True North of Columbia, Inc.: $1,500 for “True North’s Emergency Shelter” 
  •  Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association: $1,500 for “Care Fund for Audrain County”
  •  Do Something Right Now, Inc.: $1,500 for “Hogan House Food Pantry & Support Center”
  • *Heart of Missouri United Way $1,500 for “Wellness Basic Needs Kits”
  • The Center Project $1,000: (of requested $1,500) for “Prism Youth Garage” HCDP

(** covered by one-time funding available from remaining COVID recovery fund)

These grants empower local nonprofits to continue their invaluable work, making a lasting impact on the community.