The El Dorado Springs Affiliate Grantmaking Program, administered through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for the El Dorado Springs Community Foundation, is open to qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations and other IRS-approved entities, including government entities, school districts and churches, serving El Dorado Springs in Cedar County, Missouri.
Funding: The controlling CFO page currently contains a material internal discrepancy: the grant card says Up to $2,500, while the detailed guidelines on the same page state that the total amount one applicant can request is $3,000. Atlas does not resolve that conflict by assumption. Applicants should confirm the current maximum with CFO before finalizing a budget.
Deadline: October 15, 2026. The controlling public listing does not publish an exact cutoff time or time zone.
Purpose and eligibility: The program supports organizations and projects that enhance the lives of El Dorado Springs residents and provide innovative solutions for existing and emerging community needs. Eligible applicants are qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations or other IRS-approved entities, including government entities, school districts and churches, serving El Dorado Springs.
Match, costs and forms: The current public listing does not state a mandatory match or cost-share requirement and does not publish a categorical eligible-cost or ineligible-cost schedule. Atlas therefore does not assume that healthcare technology, equipment, subscriptions, implementation services or other specific cost categories are allowable without funder confirmation. Applications are handled through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks grant portal.
Contacts: The official listing identifies Kay Forest at kforest2009@hotmail.com and 417-321-4815 for program questions, and Latesa Carter at lcarter@cfozarks.org and 417-864-6199 for application-process or technical questions.
Atlas fit: Atlas Opportunity Score: 72/100. N9+ Fit: 58/100 conditional. A legitimate healthcare use could exist if an eligible El Dorado Springs organization proposes a clearly documented local care-access, patient-assessment or community-health project and CFO confirms that the relevant technology and project costs are allowable. The current public guidelines do not expressly authorize the Nonagon N9+ device and platform or technology/equipment costs, so Atlas will not represent those costs as approved without confirmation. QC Healthcare/other Dr. Miltie Fit: 20/100 conditional. Dr. Miltie, LLC is not a direct eligible applicant under the published eligibility language.
Applicant targeting: Cedar County Memorial Hospital is a plausible local healthcare organization for further eligibility research because it serves El Dorado Springs, but Atlas has not yet independently verified from controlling organizational records that it falls within the grant’s required IRS-approved applicant classes for this program. No applicant-specific outreach or Deal should be created until that eligibility point and project cost allowability are confirmed.