Darr Family Foundation

10/12/2026

Congratulations to The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. on their groundbreaking. We are excited to be a part of building a place to serve our most vulnerable children and provide space for healing. 🩵💙💚

09/24/2026

What an incredible morning! A huge thanks to the Darr Family Foundation Board, Bill and Virginia Darr and our friends at Community Partnership of the Ozarks for their leadership and vision! Thousands of families will benefit from this program and we are truly happy to be a part of it. 👏🏻 🥳

09/23/2026

Tomorrow is the day! Come celebrate with us!

GROWING TOGETHER AT THE O’REILLY CENTER FOR HOPE!

Community Partnership of the Ozarks is excited to celebrate the growth of the Darr Family Foundation HUB, bringing even more resources and opportunities together for local children and families.

Join us for a come-and-go Open House to explore the newest additions:

• 10 additional office spaces
• New playground
• 36-slot Kids Inn Child Care facility

Thursday, Sept. 24 | 9–11 a.m.
O’Reilly Center for Hope (1518 E. Dale St., Springfield)

Together, we’re building resilient children, healthy families and strong neighborhoods & communities.

Free and open to everyone!

08/24/2026

Join us!!

𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐔𝐁 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 & 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒!
Community Partnership of the Ozarks is excited to celebrate the continued growth of the Darr Family Foundation 𝐇𝐔𝐁 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎’𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞!

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭. 𝟐𝟒 | 𝟗–𝟏𝟏 𝐚.𝐦. | 𝐎’𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞

Join us for a come-and-go 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 and see how this growing space is bringing resources, programs, and partners together to better serve children and families.

Tour the HUB and see what’s new!
10 additional office spaces & updated windows
A new playground
A new 𝟑𝟔-𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Come celebrate this exciting milestone and discover the many resources available, all in one welcoming location!

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!

07/22/2026

We are so excited to be a part of this two year project to expand literacy initiatives to our littlest learners!

The Springfield-Greene County Library Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from the Darr Family Foundation to support Ladders to Literacy, a new initiative that will strengthen school readiness through equipping childcare providers with early literacy education tools.

Building on our nationally recognized Racing to Read framework, this two-year initiative will partner with childcare classrooms across Greene County to help make reading and early literacy part of children's everyday experiences.

We're grateful to the Darr Family Foundation for investing in our community's youngest learners and helping create more opportunities for children to thrive.

06/25/2026

We are excited to partner with Harmony House and their Family Advocacy program!

A special thank you to the Darr Family Foundation - for their generous funding towards our incredible Family Advocacy Program! Through their support, our team will be able to provide new educational and fun programming, and engaging materials for the families and students in shelter. 📚The Family Advocacy Team has already been planning for the 2027 year as well!

Thank you, Darr Foundation for your impactful support towards our shelter. We’re so thankful for your partnership! 💜

03/10/2026

Happy Birthday, Bill!

We celebrated in epic fashion over the weekend with a ribbon cutting at the William H. Darr College of Agriculture!

Two new facilities expanding small animal education and ag innovation opportunities were dedicated on the 1st Annual Darr Difference Day.

We are honored at the Darr Family Foundation to make every day a Darr Difference Day.

03/03/2026

The BIG CHECK made two stops today!

We are so incredibly honored and proud to be a part of the capital campaign for Children's Smile Center and The Child Advocacy Center, Inc.! Both organizations are providing critical resources and care to our local kids, and these gifts will help increase capacity in their new locations. We are grateful for their work.

A huge thanks to our board member Tom for taking the lead on our check presentations today!

03/02/2026

We had to dust off the big check for this! Tomorrow, we have two check presentations for $100,000 each! 🤗 Stay tuned for pictures.

11/06/2025

Let’s do it! 💪🏻 Local philanthropy is pooling resources to help our neighbors during this food crisis.

Every dollar donated to Ozarks Food Harvest in November will be matched up to $40,000!

A huge thanks to Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Musgrave Foundation for coming along side of us. We are stronger together!

Right now, your gift to Ozarks Food Harvest will be DOUBLED thanks to a challenge grant from our generous community partners! That means every dollar you give will make TWICE the impact to fight hunger in southwest Missouri.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks , the Darr Family Foundation , and the Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation are challenging you to meet this $40,000 match. Will you give now at https://ozarksfoodharvest.org/donate-federal-shutdown/?

Ozarks Food Harvest is responding to the longest federal shutdown in history at a disaster-level scale. We need your help to ensure every family in southwest Missouri has food on the table.

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