TBFK grant recipient – Health Equity Works
YouthBridge awarded a $35,000 Think Big for Kids grant to Health Equity Works in support of the Missouri Child Development Account Coalition.
Creating Ready Readers
Each week, hundreds of volunteers experience the adventure of reading with about 10,000 preschoolers across the St. Louis region, as part of Ready Readers’ mission to prepare children entering Kindergarten in low-income communities with the skills to be ready to read.
YouthBridge Pledges New $5-6 Million Investment in St. Louis Community
YouthBridge Community Foundation, the foundation with a 140+-year history supporting children and youth causes in St. Louis, today announced that it has made the first investments of its 25×25 Impact Investing Initiative, which should total $5-6 million over the next five years. This year, YouthBridge … More →
When Health Education Works
HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis, the region’s only children’s museum dedicated solely to health education. HealthWorks! is a 2019 YouthBridge YEP (Youth Engaged in Philanthropy) grant recipient.
In the Arms of Angels
Evidenced by the name, Angels’ Arms has a deep admiration for foster parents. “They welcome these children with open arms and assure them that this is their home for as long as needed – no matter what,” says Wilfong. “We provide the homes, but they offer the security a displaced child so desperately needs…an angel looking out for them until their forever home.”
From Wall Street to Main Street
With the 25×25 Impact Investing Initiative, YouthBridge Community Foundation has pledged to provide investment capital to improve the quality of life for children and families in our community.
February 2019
Laser Focus on Mission Stands Apart • 13th Annual Family Business Speaker Series • Cindy Blake to Mentor Local Business Women Community • Michael Howard interviewed on KTRS 550am
Green Building Council
U.S. Green Building Council-Missouri Gateway Chapter believes that everyone deserves to live, work, and learn in a green and healthy building.
Guardian Angel Settlement Association
Helps those in poverty by improving the quality of their lives and achieving economic independence.
Immigrant Family Emergency Response
The Immigrant Family Emergency Response Fund, a pooled fund created collaboratively by local foundations and nonprofit organizations, addresses the financial repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of funding available for immigrant families.
Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Program (IRWP)
Our mission is to increase the independence to reduce isolation of immigrant and refugee women (and men) by teaching them basic English and practical living skills in the security of their own home.
Jefferson County Library Foundation
Honoring the Life of Annie Carter Mersmann by supporting programs to support grieving kids at Annie’s Hope.
Lift for Life Academy Foundation
Lift For Life Academy (LFLA) is an independent, public charter school committed to providing a safe, nurturing and academically challenging learning community for at risk youth.
Living Well Foundation
Teaches people of all ages how to lead healthy, happy productive lives and avoid or reverse preventable illness.
Investing in Community: Impact Initiative
YouthBridge is demonstrating our belief in our community’s potential by investing 25% of our portfolio in projects with local and regional impact by the year 2025.
Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA)
Supports Lutheran Elementary School Association’s programs, scholarships and operations.
Bradley Bunte Scholarship
Need-based tuition assistance to families desiring Christ-centered, academically-focused Lutheran elementary education.
Marita Anne Marrah Endowment Fund
CASA of Jefferson County is an organization that provides one-on-one court advocacy to abused, neglected, or abandoned children who are dependents of the juvenile court in Jefferson County, Missouri.
The Nathaniel Brady Memorial Foundation
The goal of Nate’s Foundation is to assist adolescents and young adults to thrive into adulthood.
Pony Bird
Providing quality care to non-ambulatory persons of all ages with significant intellectual and physical disabilities.