The recently renamed Jackson Community Foundation was first established in 1965 as Southeast MO Medical Center, Inc or the SMMC with the purpose of lessening the burden of government for the City of Jackson, Missouri, and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, and the trade area of Jackson, Missouri.
The Jackson Community Foundation works to help the community by providing gifts, donations or below market rent to its service area. JCF’s primary objectives are to provide gifts, services, subsidies and/or facilities that will be available to all members of the public, without regard to their race, religion, color or creed, a place for general public benefit and use. Any monetary profits or other benefits which flow through our organization shall be used solely and exclusively for the furtherance of our purposes.