• Agency Fundholder Spotlight: The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast MO

    YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis offers endowment building services to help nonprofit agencies generate income for longer-term initiatives. Delivering access to low-cost, high-quality investment solutions and education on endowments is only the start. YouthBridge assists with the entire process – from establishing an endowment fund … More →

  • Partnership in Action: Donors Supporting Marygrove Through YouthBridge

    If you partner with YouthBridge—through a Donor Advised Fund, Endowment, or other charitable vehicle—you pay a modest fund fee. But here’s the best part: 100% of those fund fees go right back into the community through our Discretionary Grant Program, supporting vetted, high-performing nonprofits and helping them strengthen operations and expand their impact.

  • Donor-advised funds: Flexible, tax-friendly, and just the beginning

    As attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors, you’ve no doubt noticed that financial publications’ coverage of donor-advised funds is increasing. This is no surprise, considering that these popular vehicles can help your clients achieve both their financial and philanthropic goals.

  • Bread and butter strategy: QCDs for clients 70½ and older

    Provisions enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) are prompting renewed focus on strategies that merge tax efficiency with meaningful community impact. Among the most powerful tools in this space for clients age 70½ and older is the Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD.

  • Rare but powerful “charitable exits”: Know it when you see it 

    If your client base includes business owners, you’re no doubt at least generally aware of the benefits of giving closely-held business interests to charity. Beyond that, though, the details may get fuzzy. The key is to be able to recognize the opportunity so you can reach out to YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis team to help you make the most of it for your client.

  • Camp Rainbow Foundation

    The Camp Rainbow Foundation offers free, year-round camp experiences for children and families affected by childhood cancer and blood-related diseases in the St. Louis area. Through seven unique programs, campers build self-esteem, form lasting friendships, and create joyful memories in a nurturing environment—free from the … More →

  • October 2025

    Caritas • Agency Funholder Spotlight: Giant Steps of Saint Louis • 501(c)(3) Essentials: Powering Nonprofits for Early Childhood Success • From Training to Impact: Fundholders Lead the Way • Trick or Treat…How about Trick or TREE! • Now Accepting Scholarship Applications • Two reasons to celebrate charitable giving • Three clients. Three solutions. One common theme. • Inherited IRAs: A charitable solution?

  • Two reasons to celebrate charitable giving*

    For many attorneys, financial advisors, and CPAs, estate planning is part of your client conversations every single month, week, and day of the year. You never hesitate to remind clients to update their wills, trusts, and financial plans as circumstances change in their lives.

  • Three clients. Three solutions. One common theme.

    We’ve rounded the corner into the fourth quarter! As the calendar year draws to a close, you’re likely well aware that charitable giving is not only important to your clients first and foremost as an act of generosity, but also as a powerful tool in tax planning. 

  • Inherited IRAs: A charitable solution?

    Remember the good old days when your clients could withdraw the money they inherited in their parents’ IRAs over the course of their lifetimes, thereby deferring the income tax for as long as possible? This so-called “stretch IRA” was largely eliminated by the SECURE Act of 2019, requiring most non-spouse beneficiaries to withdraw the entire inherited IRA within 10 years, rather than stretching withdrawals over their lifetime.

  • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Giant Steps of Saint Louis

    YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis offers endowment building services to help nonprofit agencies generate income for longer-term initiatives. Delivering access to low-cost, high-quality investment solutions and education on endowments is only the start. YouthBridge assists with the entire process – from establishing an endowment fund … More →

  • Caritas and Human Support Services – Serving Better Together

    Through a Partnership or Merger Grant, YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis made it possible for Caritas Family Solutions and Human Support Services (HSS) to merge—strengthening the safety net for families across Southern Illinois.

  • Investment Report, August 2025

    YOUTHBRIDGE MONTHLY INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE REPORT as of August 31, 2025. Please contact us for more information on the pools, including their component fund and blended benchmarks, the Board of Director’s Investment Committee, or the Investment Policy Statement.

  • Investment Report, July 2025

    YOUTHBRIDGE MONTHLY INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE REPORT as of July 31, 2025. Please contact us for more information on the pools, including their component fund and blended benchmarks, the Board of Director’s Investment Committee, or the Investment Policy Statement.

  • Quarterly Investment Report, June 2025

    YOUTHBRIDGE MONTHLY INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE REPORT as of June 30, 2025. Please contact us for more information on the pools, including their component fund and blended benchmarks, the Board of Director’s Investment Committee, or the Investment Policy Statement.Investment Report, July 2025

  • September 2025

    Endowment Power: Securing Camp Rainbow’s Future • Supporting St. Louis Tornado Relief with Compassion and Strategy • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Camp Rainbow • Student Leadership Opportunity • Now Accepting Scholarship Applications • Heritage Grant Awardees • TBFK Grant Awardee •  YouthBridge Board Expands with Inspiring New Member: Brennan Connor • One Big … More →

  • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Camp Rainbow

    YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis offers endowment building services to help nonprofit agencies generate income for longer-term initiatives. Delivering access to low-cost, high-quality investment solutions and education on endowments is only the start. YouthBridge assists with the entire process – from establishing an endowment fund … More →

  • Endowment Power: Securing Camp Rainbow’s Future

    For many children, summer involves vacations, carefree trips to the playground or swimming pool or perhaps a week spent with grandparents or at summer camp. A child receiving treatment for cancer may not have the same opportunities. Camp Rainbow aims to remedy some of what a patient might miss, as well as provide a community of support.

  • Supporting St. Louis Tornado Relief with Compassion and Strategy

    In the wake of the devastating tornadoes that struck the St. Louis region, YouthBridge Community Foundation has stepped forward with a powerful blend of compassion, strategic action, and long-term vision. As a local philanthropic organization with a deep-rooted commitment to children, youth, and families, YouthBridge has reallocated $100,000 in grant funding to support tornado relief.

  • Floor to ceiling: Four factors that will influence corporate giving now and later

    At YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis, we work with business leaders and business owners to structure charitable giving plans that achieve the company’s goals for its employees and the community. In many cases, corporate giving strategies include donating to local charities, whether directly or through a corporate fund at YouthBridge.