Nonprofit Spotlight

The United Way Maximizes Their Impact

The United Way’s allocation process aligns resources with the community’s greatest needs. One of the…

New Name for a Proven Community Presence – COMO Youth Works

In an August board meeting this year, it was decided that the nonprofit formerly known…

Heart of Missouri CASA Volunteers Advocate for Foster Children

When a child enters the foster care system, they are appointed a team of people…

Coyote Hill: More Than a Safe Place

For more than 25 years, foster children in Mid-Missouri have found a safe place to…

An Economical Resource for Church Leaders

When Dr. Rod Casey, director of the Theological Education Initiative (TEI), first came to Columbia,…

EnCircle Technologies Merges With Woodhaven

EnCircle Technologies is celebrating their fifth anniversary and looking at plans for a merger.  *Editor’s…

SEED Success Fights Poverty One Student at a Time

Columbia Public Schools and a fledgling not-for-profit called SEED Success partnered up in May to…

Heritage Academy: Developing Educational Excellence

In Heritage Academy’s front office at Calvary Baptist Church, visitors will see a double-photo black…

Veterans of Foreign Wars Offers a Comfort for Comrades

“At some point in time, you’ll need me as bad as I’m going to need…

Columbia Public Schools Foundation Provides a Solid Foundation

Hap Hairston recalls that when the Columbia Public Schools Foundation was founded, he was the…

City of Refuge Helps Refugees from Around the World

By the end of 2016, 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide because of persecution,…

The Caring People: Providing Care to Single Moms

In 2002, JoDee Herschend, a Springfield resident, had a powerful dream that drove her to…