MFA Oil Foundation Awards grant to Three Rivers Endowment Trust

Jan 22, 2015
Joe Miller, Southeast dispatch manager for MFA Oil Company, presents a check on behalf of the MFA Oil Foundation to Michelle Reynolds, development officer for Three Rivers College. The grant will assist with the upgrade of one of the ITV classrooms at the new Sikeston Academic Building.

Joe Miller, Southeast dispatch manager for MFA Oil Company, presents a check on behalf of the MFA Oil Foundation to Michelle Reynolds, development officer for Three Rivers College. The grant will assist with the upgrade of one of the ITV classrooms at the new Sikeston Academic Building.

The MFA Oil Foundation, based in Columbia, has awarded a grant to the Three Rivers Endowment Trust, to be applied toward the cost of purchasing and mounting new TVs in an ITV classroom at the Sikeston Academic Building.

The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since it was established in 1998, the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in grants.

MFA Oil President and CEO Mark Fenner described the MFA Oil Foundation as “a program that allows our company to give support back to the rural communities that are the foundation of our business. The grants the Foundation awards help support many youth programs and organizations active in addressing and solving community problems and improving the quality of life.”

The Three Rivers Endowment Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization that receives and manages donations on behalf of Three Rivers College. The Endowment Trust provides a mutually beneficial means for individuals and businesses to partner with the college. For information on donating to scholarships, building projects, or other college needs, contact Endowment Trust Executive Director Emily Parks at 573-840-9077.