Charitable giving is always an important strategy to discuss with your clients. Many high net worth individuals are philanthropic, of course, and charitable gifts reduce taxable income and avoid estate taxes. Charitable giving strategies are particularly relevant as you and your clients address the possibility of increases in … More →
In honor of National Philanthropy Day on November 15th and this season of Thanksgiving, this month YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis sheds more light on a grant program and recent grant award that were influenced by our generous fundholders. The Heritage Grant, a … More →
You’re busy as 2024 draws to a close! The YouthBridge team is committed to researching, curating, and keeping you up-to-date on the latest trends and developments that could impact your clients’ charitable giving strategies. If you only have 60 seconds, we recommend scanning these three … More →
Our goal at The Noir Bookshop is to get books into the hands of the community any way we can, and eradicate book deserts. Join us in introducing ONYX, a free public book vending machine aimed at providing free books to children in St. Louis.
Wyman – Making a Difference for Over a Century • Scholarship Application Closing Soon • Give the Gift of Giving • Lunch with Leaders, Featuring Barbara Carswell • Into the great unknown • Event tickets: Beware of the split • At a loss for words? Tips … More →
Axes PT Foundation, a donor-advised fund, provides financial contributions to Greater St. Louis area charities nominated and selected by Axes employees. The goal of Axes PT Foundation is to continue supporting the needs of many local charitable entities that are giving back to a wide range of causes.
It is not easy to find 126-year-old organizations today, and when you do, very few are more relevant now than when they began. Wyman Center, commonly called Wyman, fits that category. YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis celebrates its recent $75,000 Heritage Grant to … More →
Humans crave certainty, and that is certainly not what we have right now during election season, especially where taxes are concerned. Your clients who support charitable causes may be wondering how the election outcomes might impact their philanthropic plans. You’re probably wondering that, too! Of course, no … More →
Many of your philanthropy-minded clients certainly enjoy attending fundraising events for their favorite charities. Especially as community events start ramping up this fall, you’ll want to be aware of a little wrinkle in the IRS rules that may surprise your clients so much that they … More →
Attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors certainly are not strangers to tough questions. Indeed, the mix of money, family, and mortality is a potent combination that almost always creates an emotionally-charged planning environment, whether the matter at hand is tax planning, updating wills and trusts, or structuring … More →
Growing Capacity at Mission: St. Louis • Student Leadership Opportunity • Now Accepting Scholarship Applications • Capacity Building Grants • Heritage Grant Awards • Lunch with Leaders, Featuring Barbara Carswell • Charitable planning can help ease client procrastination • Closely-held stock is having a moment … More →
Founded seventeen years ago by Executive Director, Josh Wilson, Mission: St. Louis exists to empower individuals for social and economic growth through relationship and opportunity. At its core is the belief that poverty is addressed at the individual level, with dignity at the center. Josh explained, “We want to remove barriers to ensure that people can flourish.”
Procrastination is a drain in ways that go far deeper than the incomplete task itself. We know this intellectually, but it can be so hard to break the procrastination habit. It seems that the more daunting the task, the harder it is to tackle.
Giving stock is an important strategy for any private business owner to explore. Not only can these gifts help implement a business succession plan that calls for transferring the business to the next generation if that is your client’s goal, but gifts of stock can also help your business owner client achieve charitable goals and avoid estate tax.
The team at YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis keeps a finger on the pulse of current events and legal developments that could impact the way you work with your charitable clients. Below are three notable items that you’ll likely want to keep in mind this fall.
This donor-advised fund provides scholarships to African-American high school seniors at St. Louis Public Schools who will be attending an accredited four year college or university.
Celebrating National Nonprofit Day – August 17 • Reminder: Gateway Children’s Charity Grant Application closes August 16 • Now Accepting Progress 64 Entrepreneurial Scholarship Applications • Counting pennies: How to counsel frugal yet charitable clients • Charitable giving helps parents pass wealth to children • … More →
Over the years, you’ve no doubt experienced a wide range of what clients perceive as “wealthy.” You’ve likely also observed that clients have different assumptions about what it takes to be a “philanthropist.” The interplay between a client’s perception of personal wealth and charitable giving capacity … More →
What does National Nonprofit Day mean to YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis? It could be called our birthday—and the birthday of every U.S. nonprofit organization! On August 17, 1894, the Tariff Act of 1894 was signed into law. This law provided exclusions from … More →
How much is too much? That’s a question many parents ask as they structure lifetime gifts and bequests to children in their financial and estate plans. Wealthy clients are sometimes concerned that leaving millions of dollars, or even hundreds of thousands, to their children could backfire and hinder their … More →