Building Lasting Impact: How YouthBridge and GRC Grow What Matters • AGENCY FUNDHOLDER SPOTLIGHT: Gifted Resource Council • Think Big for Kids Grant Awarded to Lincoln County Rescue Board • Child Welfare Capacity Building 2026 Grantees • YEP STL! 2026 Grantees • YouthBridge Supports Tomorrow’s … More →
YouthBridge and First Bank: Investing in Young Leaders AGENCY FUNDHOLDER SPOTLIGHT: Earthday365 2026 Family Business Speaker Series • Save the Date: Progress 64 Entrepreneurial Scholarship • Welcoming Julia Lucas to the YouthBridge Team • Serving charitable clients: Dual strategies emerge • Transferring a private foundation • Remind clients to communicate • Case study: Charitable giving in a down market
Cornerstone Center for Early Learning: Building a Sustainable Future with YouthBridge • AGENCY FUNDHOLDER SPOTLIGHT: Cornerstone Center for Early Learning • Women and philanthropy: Four insights to inform your practice • Documentation is no joke and coffee is not milk: Two important tax rulings • Case study: Business owners exit with a family legacy
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
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
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
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
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?
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 • Barbara Carswell Moderates Powerful Dialogue on Community Investment • Barbara Carswell Shares Philanthropic Insights at AFP Conference • YouthBridge Board Expands with Inspiring New Member: Brennan Connor • One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Three big picture pointers • Tongue twister: OBBBA, IRAs, QCDs, and FAQs • Floor to ceiling: Four factors that will influence corporate giving now and later
YouthBridge Grant Expands Kerengende’s Reach • Time Well Spent: How Riviera Ell’s Internship Deepened Her Purpose—and Amplified YouthBridge’s Impact • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Annie’s Hope • Now Accepting Scholarship Applications • Our Board Just Got Stronger • Timing is everything: Mapping out clients’ 2025 charitable giving plans • Quiet types: Spotting clients who prefer to give anonymously • Gifts of artwork: Worth a look, but be careful
The Green House Venture – Education and Ecology • Agency Fundholder Spotlight: Sherwood Forest • YouthBridge Welcomes Riviera Ell • GCC Grant Application closes July 31 • Now Accepting P64 Scholarship Applications • Charitable mindset: What are clients thinking? • Start with numbers: A case study for charitable clients
The Philanthropy Lab – Shaping the Next Generation of Humanitarians • AGENCY FUNDHOLDER SPOTLIGHT: Christian Family Services • YouthBridge’s 2024 Annual Impact Report • Changing of the Guard • Grant Opportunity: Gateway Children’s Charity • Save the Date: Progress 64 Entrepreneurial Scholarship • More questions than answers: Pending tax legislation • Easier than you might think: Moving a donor-advised fund to YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis • Donating business interests: Why a fund at YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis is the ideal recipient
New Agency Partnership: Giant Steps of St. Louis • AGENCY FUNDHOLDER SPOTLIGHT: Jefferson County Library Foundation • YEP STL! 2025 Grants Awarded • Child Welfare Capacity Building Grants • Gateway Children’s Charity Grant Opportunity • Save the Date: Progress 64 Entrepreneurial Scholarship • Charitable remainder trusts: What, where, who, why, when, and how? • A happier alternative? Moving from a private foundation to a donor-advised fund • Philanthropy: It’s a marathon, not a sprint
Celebrating National Volunteer Month • Treasures Come in Many Forms • AGENCY FUNDHOLDER SPOTLIGHT: earthday365 aka St. Louis Earth Day • 2025 Family Business Speaker Series • Progress 64 Entrepreneurial Scholarship • Trust matters: Your clients’ go-to resource for community impact • Weighing the options: Private foundation or donor-advised fund?
St. Louis Area Diaper Bank – Meeting Women’s Unique Needs • St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness • 2025 Family Business Speaker Series • YouthBridge Recognition • National Youth Grant Opportunities • Tax time blues: Why is this so hard? • Generational shifts: Fulfilling clients’ charitable wishes • Caught by surprise? In case you missed it, here’s what’s going on
Happy New Year • Powering Partnerships: YouthBridge Awards Partnership/Merger Grant to Pathways to Independence • Agency Fund Spotlight: Parkway Alumni Association • Announcing YouthBridge Community Foundation 2025 Grant Program • Reminder: YEP STL! Grant applications due January 17 • Digital giving cards are now available! … More →
Lutheran Elementary School Association – Providing Priceless Gifts • Congratulations to the 2024 Gateway Children’s Charity grantees • Progress 64 West and YouthBridge Award P64 Entrepreneurial Scholarships • YEP STL! Now Accepting Grant Applications • Saint Louis Story Stitchers Mental Health Campaign • Reminder for Donor-Advised … More →
Giving Thanks for the Power of Philanthropy and Unleashing Potential • YouthBridge Congratulates Gateway Children’s Charity on its New Leader • Give the Gift of Giving • National Philanthropy Day • Three insights worth a quick peek • What now? Why the elections won’t immediately … More →
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 →
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 →