But how does an organization keep this flame burning brightly for generations to come? By teaming up with YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis and launching a YouthBridge Endowment Fund, Cornerstone ensures resources for day-to-day needs, creative programs, unforeseen challenges, and visionary projects.
At YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis, we’re honored to work with hundreds of individuals, families, and businesses who support a wide range of charitable causes. The generosity and commitment across generations and demographics inspire our team every single day. March is an especially … More →
At YouthBridge Community Foundation, we value the role you play in helping individuals and families make the most of their charitable giving. That’s why we’re committed to providing regular updates on legal and policy developments that may impact your clients. In two recent rulings, the … More →
YouthBridge Heritage Grant Propels College Bound Forward • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Quest Scholarship Fund • YouthBridge is hiring! • Sudden life changes: Charitable giving can help clients get through it • Postmarks, rule changes, and remedies for clients’ 2025 charitable gifts • Worth a look: Charitable gifts of real estate
Powered by Fundholders. Driven by Impact. The Heritage Grant at YouthBridge Community Foundation of St. Louis is a catalyst for transformation, funded through YouthBridge fundholder fees. This invitation-only grant provides up to $30,000 annually over three years to child or youth serving organizations that are … More →
We are looking for a new Director of Donor Initiatives. This role is responsible for program-related donor relations and services.
As an attorney, CPA, or financial advisor, you are no stranger to witnessing the ripple effects of life’s unexpected curveballs. If you represent a client over many years, you’re very likely at some point to help the client through a serious illness, a loved one’s death, business challenges, marital dissolution, strained relationships with children, or all of the above.
If your client base includes philanthropic individuals and families, you’re likely aware that gifts of real estate are an option to fund charitable giving. Real estate is the largest asset class in the world, yet various industry sources suggest that only 3% of charitable giving … More →
If you were surprised to read about the ripple effect of a seemingly small change in the U.S. Postal Service regulations late last year, you were not alone! Here’s what you need to know, including potential remedies for your clients whose 2025 charitable deductions may … More →
Message from CEO • Think Big for Kids Grant: Turn the Page STL Ignites Literacy in St. Louis • CASA Jefferson County • Announcing YouthBridge Community Foundation 2025 Grant Program • What’s new in the numbers: A checklist for charitable tax rules in 2026 • Keep going: Why donor-advised funds are still essential • Case study: A QCD conversion in action
The YouthBridge Think Big for Kids grant truly lives up to its name, providing grants designed to stimulate innovative thinking and fund big ideas from nonprofits that serve children and youth in our community.
Well before 2025 made way for 2026, you were no doubt already tracking the various IRS thresholds that are subject to adjustment, as well as the new tax laws’ impact on planning techniques. But have you thought about how each of these thresholds might relate to your clients’ charitable giving?
For many CPAs, estate planning attorneys, and financial advisors, the end of 2025 brought a whirlwind of charitable planning activity among high-earner clients. That’s because many taxpayers wanted to maximize the tax benefits of their charitable donations before…
If you know the basics of Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) but have a hard time envisioning exactly what to say and do when they come up in a client conversation, you are not alone! Whether you are an attorney, CPA, or financial advisor, at some point you will find yourself in the middle of a QCD conversation.
Partnership in Action: YouthBridge Heritage Grant Supports Christian Activity Center • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) • Progress 64 West and YouthBridge Award P64 Entrepreneurial Scholarships • Gateway Children’s Charity Invests in the Future of St. Louis Children • 2025 action required: Last call for current tax rules • A key to client retention: Consider charitable planning • Planning for clients’ incapacity: Why charitable intentions matter
As you counsel clients through year-end tax planning, YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis encourages you to remind them that 2025 presents a critical window of opportunity for charitable giving before major provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) take effect on January 1, 2026. The new law could significantly reshape the tax treatment of charitable contributions in ways that may reduce the tax value of gifts made after this year.
Retaining clients is a cornerstone of long-term business success, no matter the profession or industry. As the saying goes, keeping an existing client—and earning additional work from that client—is far easier and more cost-effective than securing a new client. For professionals who work in estate, tax, and financial planning, this principle becomes especially important during one of the most delicate stages of engagement: the period following a client’s death.
The team at YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis is honored to work with attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors to help clients turn generosity into lasting impact. Of course, as you work with your charitable clients, you routinely determine the best way to incorporate philanthropic intentions into wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations. But how frequently do you document clients’ charitable intentions explicitly as part of incapacity planning?
YouthBridge’s Heritage Grant reflects our deep commitment to partnering with donors. This $75,000 unrestricted award recognizes child and youth serving nonprofits that have earned sustained fundholder support. Recipients demonstrate both a strong organizational foundation and a clear vision for expanding their capacity and impact. Previous grants from the Wayne C. Kaufmann Charitable Foundation, administered by YouthBridge, positioned the Christian Activity Center in East St. Louis (CAC) to receive a Heritage Grant this fall.
Partnership in Action: Donors Supporting Marygrove Through YouthBridge • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast MO • Rebuilding Hope: YouthBridge Renews $250K Impact Investment in North City Revitalization • Donor-advised funds: Flexible, tax-friendly, and just the beginning • Bread and butter strategy: QCDs for clients 70½ and older • Rare but powerful charitable exits: Know it when you see it