Cassville Senior Center received $1,500 from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks through Hearld Ambler Fund for Senior Centers Grant Program.

The grant will allow the center to repair and replace drywall and apply new paint in its restrooms.

The grant is part of the CFO’s recent field-of-interest grantmaking, totaling $19,500, which is supported by endowed field-of-interest funds established by donors to support specific areas of need.

“We are grateful to connect the passions of our donors to nonprofits meeting very distinctive needs in our region,” said Winter Kinne, president and CEO of the CFO. “Field-of-interest funds are one of the many tools that we use to fulfill the charitable goals of our donors.”

Field-of-interest funds are established with the CFO by donors who wish to advance a cause that they are passionate about without designating the recipient. Several funds make single annual grants, while others — like those that support cancer patients and their families, such as the Paisley Collins Memorial Foundation and the Shelly Sachs Foundation — provide support throughout the year. For more information, visit cfozarks.org/specialty.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is the region’s largest public charitable foundation serving donors, nonprofit partners and more than 50 regional affiliate foundations — including the Cassville Community Foundation — with assets totaling $427 million as of June 30, 2023. The CFO’s mission is to improve the quality of life for everyone in central and southern Missouri through resource development, community grantmaking, collaboration and public leadership.