Joplin Regional Community Foundation grants $24,750 to 16 nonprofits

The Joplin Regional Community Foundation announced a total of $24,750 in grants to 16 nonprofits through its latest community grant round in December.

The grants, supported by the Duane and Edith Lawellin Legacy Fund and the Cloyd Carlin Charitable Fund, were presented during an event at the Joplin Chamber of Commerce.

The grants were distributed to the following organizations:

• Alliance of Southwest Missouri: $2,000 for school gear and extracurricular support
• Ascent Recovery Residences: $1,100 for technology upgrades
• Bike Walk Joplin: $300 for education campaign kits
• Bright Futures: $2,000 for snack packs
• Crosslines Ministries: $2,000 to support the Green Leadership Academy
• FosterAdopt Connect: $1,250 for soap, diapers and other hygiene products
• Jasper County CASA: $1,800 for an AED machine
• Jaxon’s Badgers: $1,800 for an AED machine
• Joplin Arts District: $2,000 for a mural
• Joplin NALA: $1,000 for Testing for Success
• Kiwanis Club of Joplin: $2,000 for the Take DEFENSE program
• Lafayette House: $2,500 for an HVAC upgrade
• Loving Grace: $1,000 for van maintenance and fuel
• RAISE — Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education: $1,250 for blankets and clothing
• Rapha International: $1,250 for Trauma Therapy Center supplies
• Solace House: $1,500 for a security system and a laptop computer

Following an application process, the recipients were selected by a volunteer committee of citizens in the Joplin region. The program is open each year to 501(c)3 nonprofits and agencies with similar tax-exempt status like schools, government entities and faith-based organizations.

Gifts to the Duane and Edith Lawellin Legacy Fund for Southwest Missouri and the Cloyd Carlin Charitable Fund help increase the amount available for future rounds of the JRCF’s community grantmaking program. Secure online donations can be made to these funds by going to The Joplin Regional Community Foundation was founded in 2006 and is a regional affiliate foundation of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, the region’s largest public charitable foundation serving a network of donors, nonprofit partners and 55 regional affiliate foundations across central and southern Missouri.

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