Missouri · Nonprofit
BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD
BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,112 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($50,954). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $49k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $616k
What Bonebrake-McMurtrey Foundation Ltd does
Mission
Nurture understanding and appreciation of nature and culture through experiences at the bonebrake center of nature and history.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The bonebrake center of nature and history offers the general public living nature, culture, and history activities, recources, opportunities, and experiences, appealing to all ages and diverse interests. Beginning in 2018, several dozen programs were developed and have been presented, most of which have been presented on-site, although some programs were presented off-site at school facilities, to professional groups, and seniors. Many of these programs were designed by educators to be grade-equivalent. All programs were presented by volunteers, including trustees. The facilites are also rented out, at nominal rates or free of charge, to encourage experiences on, and expand interest in, the bonebrake center. The outdoor facilites, 12+ acres including a water spring, trails, wild and native flower gardens and trees, a prairie, and a cook's log cabin, are open to the public, free of charge, during daylight hours. Although formal records cannot be maintained regarding walk-on visitors, the number is substantial and is known to include special occasions groups, including weddings, graduation parties, and general photography shootings.
$24,533 spent93% of program spendingOzark kids (ok) connection was developed and implemented during 2008 by trustees of the bonebrake center of nature and history. The programs are designed to encourage children to have outdoor experiences, by weaving together the study of nature, history, and culture of the ozarks through service projects and other experiences. During 2011, the program was expanded to include ages 5 through 15 (grades k-8). The ok connection programs at the bonebrake center encompass two full-day programs during the summer and mini-courses at other times. Local area schools have become involved in the ok connection programs, either at the bonebrake center, at the respective school, or both. The programs are personalized to be grade-equivalent.
Several programs at the bonebrake center combined and expanded to a three-day camp for children ages 5 to 12. The goals of discovery camp are to aid the children in developing a love for learning, while developing an attitude of respect for nature, culture, and the arts. Discovery camp is an educational camp providing the children with enthusiastic outdoor experiences, coupled with art and cultural programs presented by experts in diverse varieties of studies, including geodes, fly fishing, compass navigation, flintknapping, and herpetology. The 12+ acres of woods, prairie, and flowers, coupled with the water spring, a small running stream and ponds, allow the children to make personal observations of their studies. Discovery camp culminates in an evening of activities for the children, their families, and friends.
Effective january, 2023, the board of trustees approved the creation of memorial scholarships, based on the level of income paid by the community foundation of the ozarks from earnings on endowed funds which it maintains for the bonebrake center. Since the memorial scholarships are based on the earnings generated by cfo for the bonebrake center, the amounts of the scholarships will vary from year to year, based on a pre-determined formula approved by the board. The endowed scholarships are in memory of two extremely important individuals in the creation, maintenance, and popularity of the bonebrake center. One individual, dr. Macdonald bonebrake, had the foresight to envision the development of his home property for the benefit of salem, dent county, and surrounding areas. The other individual, libby b. Sanders, an original trustee, was instrumental in developing and conducting programs for the bonebrake center, contributing an inordinate amount of time at the bonebrake center acting also as the unpaid executive director. Most unfortunately for the bonebrake center and all the people she touched, libby succumbed to covid after a surgery.
$1,841 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,374.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $435k to $615k (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $8k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 80% · 2019 91% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
76% of BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $16k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
24%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD?
- BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,112 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($50,954). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $67,112 in grants to BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,954 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BONEBRAKE-MCMURTREY FOUNDATION LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing