August 2025
YouthBridge Grant Expands Kerengende’s Reach • Time Well Spent: How Riviera Ell’s Internship Deepened Her Purpose—and Amplified YouthBridge’s Impact • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Annie’s Hope • Now Accepting Scholarship Applications • Our Board Just Got Stronger • Timing is everything: Mapping out clients’ 2025 charitable giving plans • Quiet types: Spotting clients who prefer to give anonymously • Gifts of artwork: Worth a look, but be careful
YouthBridge Grant Expands Kerengende’s Reach
YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis seeks every opportunity to strengthen organizations serving youth in need. This August, during Black Philanthropy Month, we highlight the Kerengende Foundation—recent recipient of a YouthBridge Child Welfare Capacity Building Grant.
Intern Spotlight
This summer, YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis welcomed Riviera Ell, a Pershing Fellow in Nonprofit Leadership through Washington University’s Center for Career Engagement. From day one, Riviera brought energy, curiosity, and a deep commitment to youth and community.
Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Annie’s Hope
This month we feature Annie’s Hope, an Agency Fundholder since 2014. We connected with Amy LaBelle, Philanthropy Director.
Gifts of artwork: Worth a look, but be careful
If you’ve noticed a surprising uptick in recent years among your younger clients investing in artwork, it is not your imagination! A survey of 1,007 U.S. high net worth individuals (each with at least $3 million in investable assets) found that 83% of respondents aged 43 and under said they currently own or would like to own art—compared with only 34% of those older than 43.
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