Missouri Resources

Missouri Funders

Community Foundation of the Ozarks

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) was established in 1973 with the mission to improve quality of life for individuals living in Missouri’s communities in the mountainous Ozark region. The Foundation is based in Springfield, Missouri, with satellite offices in West Plains and Cape Girardeau. The Foundation has local affiliates in 53 communities in southern and central Missouri.

Regions: CFO serves central and southern Missouri, with a particular focus on rural communities.

Issues Supported: CFO focuses primarily on health and education initiatives, often through a rural lens. For example, CFO partnered with the Missouri Foundation for Health to fund a multi-year program addressing the unique health needs in rural communities that CFO’s affiliate foundations serve.

Grant Process and Application: Grant application deadlines may vary depending on the grantmaking program. Find out more information about the application process and available grant opportunities by visiting the Foundation website.

Grant-Making Per Year: In FY 2019, CFO provided grants in the amount of $17.8 million.

Recovery and Supportive Housing Grantee Example: Ascent Recovery Residences in Joplin, Missouri, is a grantee that provides recovery housing and support for men struggling with substance abuse.

Missouri Foundation for Health

The Missouri Foundation for Health is based in St. Louis, Missouri and was established in 2000. The Foundation was created with the funds resulting from the conversion of Blue Cross Blue

Shield of Missouri to a for-profit organization. The Foundation’s mission is to help Missouri’s communities thrive by addressing all factors that influence health.

Regions: The Missouri Foundation for Health serves all areas of Missouri, with some focus on rural areas. In partnership with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, the Foundation supports a multiyear grant program – the Rural Ozarks Initiative – to address health needs in Missouri’s rural communities.

Issues Supported: The Foundation addresses all issues impacting health, including access to health care services, addiction services, behavioral health, infant mortality, and suicide prevention.

Grant Process and Application: The Missouri Foundation for Health utilizes an online application system and deadlines vary. Find out more information about the grant application process by visiting the Foundation website.

Grant-Making Per Year: In FY 2018, the Missouri Foundation for Health provided grants in the amount of $50 million.

Recovery and Supportive Housing Grantee Example: Ascent Recovery Residences in Joplin, Missouri, provides recovery services to men struggling with substance abuse. Ascent provides residential recovery support and living programs, to help clients maintain sobriety and develop life skills.

Missouri Opioid Settlement Funds

Total Settlement Funds in Missouri

• $458 million

Fund Distribution

• 60% to the state through the Opioid Addiction Treatment and Recovery Fund
• 40% to local governments

Timeline

• Funds from three distributors will be paid over 18 years
• Funds from Johnson & Johnson will be paid over 9 years
• Payments were expected to begin in early April 2022

Application Process

• Not established

Spending So Far

• NA

Key Contacts

• Missouri Office of the Attorney General Eric Schmitt, 573-751-3321

Key Links

• Missouri Memorandum of Understanding
• Office of the Attorney General News Release

How About Your County?

To get a quick overview of the resources available in your county, including gaps that may need to be addressed, visit the Recovery Ecosystem Index Map developed through a partnership between the Fletcher Group Rural Center Of Excellence, the NORC Walsh Center at the University of Chicago, and East Tennessee State University.

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