Building Our American Communities (BOAC) Grant Program

Each year, the Building Our American Communities (BOAC) Grant Program provides grants to Missouri 4-H clubs and FFA chapters for projects aimed at developing and advancing Missouri’s rural communities. Recipients of the 2025 BOAC program have been chosen and are listed below.

Projects may include improvements to existing facilities, grounds or buildings used by local organizations in the applicant’s community. Past BOAC grant projects have included improvements for local fairgrounds, community vegetable gardens, rural intersections and parks, as well as renovations for damaged and aged public use structures in rural communities, including those used by local 4-H and FFA groups.

BOAC grants of up to $500 have been awarded to 11 Missouri FFA chapters and nine 4-H clubs to support projects that benefit an agricultural community and/or promote community development. The 2025 BOAC grant recipients are:

FFA Chapters

  • West Platte FFA Chapter, Weston (Platte County)
  • Centralia FFA Chapter, Centralia (Boone County)
  • Ashland FFA Chapter, Ashland (Boone County)
  • Hartville FFA Chapter, Hartville (Wright County)
  • Aurora FFA Chapter, Aurora (Lawrence County)
  • Ste. Genevieve FFA Chapter, Ste. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve County)
  • Fredericktown FFA Chapter, Fredericktown (Madison County)
  • Hermann FFA Chapter, Hermann (Gasconade County)
  • Owensville FFA Chapter, Owensville (Gasconade County)
  • Versailles FFA Chapter, Versailles (Morgan County)
  • California FFA Chapter, California (Moniteau County)

4-H Clubs

  • Rising Stars 4H Club, Amity (DeKalb County)
  • Colony 4H Club, Edina (Knox County)
  • Pershing’s Pride 4H Club, Linneus (Linn County)
  • Ste. Genevieve Small Animal 4H Club, Perryville (Ste. Genevieve)
  • Paton 4H Club, Marquand (Bollinger County)
  • Jeffriesburg 4H Club, Beaufort (Franklin County)
  • Bay Community 4H Club, Hermann (Gasconade County)
  • Kountry Kids 4H Club, Versailles (Morgan County)
  • Show Me 4H Club, California (Moniteau County)

Up to 12 4-H BOAC grants and 12 FFA BOAC grants (two in each of the six districts) are awarded annually.

The deadline to submit the 2025 BOAC Completion Notice is Aug. 1, 2025.