Agency Fund Spotlight: Parkway Alumni Association

YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis offers endowment building services to help nonprofit agencies generate income for longer-term initiatives. In addition to providing access to low-cost, high-quality investment solutions and education on endowments, YouthBridge provides assistance for the entire process – from establishing an endowment fund to financial reporting to create the greatest impact. YouthBridge also provides matching funds each year to child-serving nonprofits that start or add to their endowment!

Organizations with endowment funds at YouthBridge are called Agency Fundholders. To shine more light on these meaningful relationships we will spotlight one Agency Fundholder each month. We begin with Parkway Alumni Association (PAA) which established its endowment at YouthBridge in 2022. PAA encourages communication among alumni and fosters programs which serve and support the Parkway School community, Sandy Riutcel, PAA Executive Director, answered our questions.

Q. Do you have any exciting updates about Parkway Alumni Association?

A. Our scholarship program continues to grow. We oversee eight scholarships, including scholarships for sixth grade students attending Outdoor School, Parkway teachers continuing their education, and graduating seniors furthering their educational experience.

Q. Tell us about upcoming opportunities we should know about.

A.  PAA is hosting our annual trivia night on March 22 and a golf tournament on September 13. Proceeds help fund teacher and staff recognition programs and the Granting Dreams program for students. Learn more.

Q. What has your relationship with YouthBridge meant to your agency?

A. Our relationship with YouthBridge has allowed us the opportunity to offer our donors the option to endow funds. We have been able to grow our endowment and restricted funds, which has made more funds available to support recognition, scholarship, and grant programs.