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 2026 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 seven Missouri FFA chapters and ten 4-H clubs to support projects that benefit an agricultural community and/or promote community development. The 2026 BOAC grant recipients are:
FFA Chapter
- California FFA, California (Moniteau County)
- Otterville FFA, Otterville (Cooper County)
- Memphis FFA, Memphis (Scotland County)
- Elsberry FFA, Elsberry (Lincoln County)
- Willow Springs FFA, Willow Springs (Howell County)
- West Plains FFA, West Plains (Howell County)
- Dora FFA, Dora (Ozark County)
4-H Club
- Show Me 4H Club, California (Moniteau County)
- 4 C’s 4H Club, Boonville (Cooper County)
- Liberty Leaders 4H Club, Edina (Knox County)
- Shafter 4H Club, Linneus (Linn County)
- Foundation Creation 4H Club, Maysville (DeKalb County)
- Wranglers 4H Club, Maysville (DeKalb County)
- Drake 4H Club, Owensville (Gasconade County)
- Double S 4H Club, Hermann (Gasconade County)
- Patton 4H Club, Marquand (Bollinger County)
- Ripley County 4H Club, Doniphan (Ripley 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 2026 BOAC Completion Notice is Aug. 1, 2026.
