Early indications are that at least 15 communities are interested and will participate and two Community Foundation affiliates, the Greater Seymour Area Foundation and the Hickory County Community Foundation have already established arts endowments.|ret||ret||tab|Īnother form of collaboration, private-private funding, may become a reality in southern Missouri if a pending grant proposal is accepted. |ret||ret||tab|Īffiliates of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and arts councils in the Ozarks attended a meeting on Aug. |ret||ret||tab|Įntitled the Greater Ozarks Arts Initiative, it extends the initiative to the area surrounding Springfield. Phase 2 of the Missouri Cultural Trust endowment building program has just been launched by SAAC and Community Foundation. Aton Memorial/SAAC Capacity Building Fund contributed significantly to the private match.|ret||ret||tab| Springfield became a model for the state with the local program, in which SAAC provided an umbrella fund allowing small arts organizations to participate, and arts supporters Rob, Sally and Tom Baird and Nancy Aton, through the Thomas H. Of special significance is the broad-based participation by arts organizations, a dozen of which were able to take advantage of this beneficial program. Roseann Bentley, a member of the Missouri Senate and the Missouri Cultural Trust Board, and myself, representing Community Foundation of the Ozarks, which holds many of the local arts endowment funds. |ret||ret||tab|Ĭhecks representing first-year earnings from these funds were presented at the Landers Theatre by June Hamra, a member of the Missouri Arts Council and representatives from the Springfield Area Arts Council.
This program has gained national attention for its progressive model, but, perhaps more importantly, is generating excitement in communities throughout Missouri, whose local arts programs will receive the funding needed to grow and thrive." |ret||ret||tab|Īrea arts and arts related organizations added to existing endowments or established new endowments totaling $1.2 million, which has been matched by a set-aside of approximately $600,000 within the Missouri Cultural Trust.
|ret||ret||tab|Ī brochure prepared by SAAC last year said, "By 2008, the Missouri Cultural Trust aims to raise a total of 20 million dollars in public and private monies to stabilize funding of the arts in communities statewide. The goal is to stabilize funding for the arts through long-term endowments utilizing state funds to leverage local and private investments in the arts. The opportunity to participate resulted from the Missouri Arts Council and the Missouri State Legislature program creating the Missouri Cultural Trust. 5, when the Springfield Area Arts Council announced the first grants from last year's very successful Missouri Cultural Trust pilot program to build arts endowments in the Springfield area. The power of endowment and the strength of public-private cooperation was celebrated on Oct.
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