Nonprofit Spotlight

Columbia Public Schools Foundation: Opening Up Education

Imagine you are a high school student attending the True/False Film Festival for the first…

PACE: Life’s Biggest Role

PACE — an acronym for Performing Arts in Children’s Education — sets high expectations for…

Diversity Awareness Partnership: Dialogue on Diversity

When Veterans United’s manager of diversity and inclusion programs, Loreli Wilson, first took her position,…

The Community Montessori: Equal Education for All

In 2009, The Community Montessori consisted of 10 students and one instructor inside a house…

Central Missouri Community Action: Women Mean Business

After discovering there was only a week left to apply for a small grant through…

Job Point: On Point

In 1965, Missouri senators Stuart Symington and Edward V. Long made a $9,000 donation to…

Rainbow House: Growing Up Safe

Rainbow House gives children more than just a shelter. 

Grassroots Agriculture

Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture connects people to food.

Roots N Blues Foundation: They’ve Got the Blues

Bringing American roots to the classroom.

Rain: Surrounded by Care

Rain helps AIDS patients and their families.

The Red Cross: Bigger Than Blood

When the American Red Cross comes to mind, most people think of blood donations. But…

OATS: Reliable transportation for all

In 1971, the White House held its first Conference on Aging in Washington, where inspiration…