The Bobby Allison Fund is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for nonprofit organizations and agencies offering services to youth in Greene County, Missouri. Bobby Allison was known as someone who cared a great deal about Ozarks children in need. He demonstrated his caring by personally funding organizations, hospitals, universities, churches, and agencies providing supportive services to families and youth in the Southwest Missouri area. Bobby was particularly passionate about helping children who lacked crucial resources or needed a place to go for support, healthcare, or recreation. Although Bobby Allison passed away in 2022, his legacy of caring and giving continues in The Bobby Allison Fund Stronger Pathways Award. The award is dedicated to financing nonprofit entities offering services to area youth.

Mission

We are dedicated to funding organizations and agencies that offer support services to area youth and families with children.

Vision

Stronger pathways for supporting our youth.

The Bobby Allison Fund offers funding to nonprofit organizations and agencies providing services to Greene County children, youth and families. The Stronger Pathways Award hopes to strengthen and expand the service capabilities of our area’s many wonderful nonprofit organizations so they may better serve children and youth of all ages. The award funding is intended to provide 12 months of financial assistance to qualifying entities. Applications for the next funding period will open in December of 2024 and close January 31st, 2025. The next round of awards will be distributed in June of 2025. For more information on the grant please see the Qualifying Agencies and Award Amount & Funding Period sections. You may also reach out to tfisher@bobbyallisonfund.org for questions.

-Eligible applicants must provide services to children or youth or families with children/youth

-Eligible applicants must have an official nonprofit status (e.g., 501c3) or be a school

-Awarded services provided by the applicant must take place in Greene County or benefit children/youth from Greene County

-Priority will be given to programs offering services to youth in the following areas:

• Mental Health

• Safety

• Access to Care

• Housing/Shelter

• Nutrition

• Healthy Lifestyle

• Children with Disability

Agencies may apply as a single entity or in partnership with other organizations/agencies. The award amount cap for funding multiple organizations under one application will be the same as single organization applicants (see the Award Amount & Funding Period section for award amount details and other specifics).

-Grants may be awarded in amounts of up to $100,000 per applicant.

• Organizations may choose to apply in partnership with other organizations in which case the eligible range of funding will remain the same for said application.

• At least one of the entities applying under an application must have a nonprofit status or be a school/school system.

-The funding period is set to fund 12 months of approved expenses for the awardee. The 2025-2026 funding period is from 7/1/2025 through 6/30/2026.

• Application periods open in December and close at the end of January each year.

• Applicants will need to submit the completed application and budget proposal document.