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, through 2003, the Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $5,000,000 to selected charities in the Springfield, Missouri area.

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), and providing economic assistance to the elderly.

Mrs. Musgrave believed in providing a "hand up, not a hand out."

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In addition to the primary areas see on the left (Children, Nursing & Elderly) the Musgrave Foundation has been a generous supporter of the arts and other projects which enhance the betterment of the community.

Barring exceptional circumstances, the Musgrave Foundation limits the geographic area of non-profit organizations it supports to Greene County, Missouri and counties that share a border with Greene County.

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