2027 COMMUNITY CARES GRANT APPLICATION
Opening July 1, 2026
We’re excited to welcome both returning partners and first-time applicants to this year’s Community Cares grant cycle. Please note that the 2027 application has been updated. We encourage you to review it carefully.
Our goal? Partner with you to meet critical needs in Laclede County – whether it’s providing emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence, distributing food to hungry families, helping people rise out of poverty, delivering mental health and drug rehabilitation services, or aiding victims of natural disasters. Community Cares grants are designed to support essential services – not enrichment programs, but the safety nets that help our neighbors survive and rebuild. We look forward to raising funds together and shining a brighter light on your agency’s life-changing work in our community.
The deadline to submit all required documents for consideration is on August 31st. If you are hand-delivering your application packet, it must be brought to our office in the upstairs administrative offices of the Cowan Civic Center located at 500 E. Elm Street in Lebanon, Missouri by 5:00 pm on Monday, August 31 to be considered. If mailing to our PO Box, your completed packet with ALL required documents must be postmarked by August 31, 2026.
We are NOT accepting applications via email or online submission.
Click the links below to download application documents in Word format:
Contact Lebanon Area Foundation at 417-532-8868 or ndautenhahn@LAFcares.org to request the grant documents in PDF format via email.
Grant Workshops
Lebanon Area Foundation is hosting two FREE grant workshops to assist those who are interested in applying for the 2027 Community Cares Grants.
This workshop will be held at the Wallace Building located at 325 Harwood Avenue in Lebanon.
Please call the office at 532-8868 to RSVP.
Thursday, July 23 – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Seats Available
Thursday, August 6 – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Seats Available