A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out
Imagine being able to touch the lives of people you'll never know 10 years... 50 years...even 100 years after your death. That is precisely what Jeannette L. Musgrave did with the formation of her Foundation in 1984. From its inception, to date in 2008, the Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $8,000,000 to selected charities in the Springfield, Missouri area. The most recent grant recipients were announced in this June 4 press release.
Who was Jeaneatte L. Musgrave?
Born in 1901 in Fort Scott, Kansas, Jeannette L. Musgrave would later marry Edward F. Musgrave and become his assistant in his Springfield dental practice beginning a lifelong love of nursing and health care.
Dr. Musgrave inherited a sizable sum from his family's oil leases in Oklahoma and Texas, which passed to Mrs. Musgrave upon his death in 1970. Having no children, Mrs. Musgrave formed her Foundation in the later years of her life.
Those who knew Jeannette say there were three primary areas that she felt deeply committed to:
- Under-privileged children
- Helping people with scholarships (particularly young women
entering nursing)
- Providing economic assistance to the elderly
Mrs. Musgrave believed in providing a "hand up, not a hand out."
Featured Grantee
Since 1938, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield
have been in the forefront of youth development,
working with young people from at-risk, economic, social, and family circumstances.
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