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  • IFM Community Medicine Bringing Healthcare Where it is Needed

    A family practitioner and medical educator with over 35 years of experience, Dr. Campbell started IFM in 2000 as a way to take healthcare services directly to the most disadvantaged communities in St. Louis, and offer services at little to no cost.

  • August 2021

    IFM Community Medicine Bringing Healthcare Where it is Needed • ‘Green is Good for Us,’ Says Green Building Council • YEP STL! Now Accepting Student Applications • Recovery + Resilience Grantee Announcements • Professional Advisor’s Corner

  • “Insider giving” and seats at the table: A team approach is essential to crafting an effective philanthropy plan

    As corporate valuations soar, you may be getting more frequent questions from executives at publicly-traded companies about the tax benefits of transactions involving highly-appreciated stock. Proper planning is critical to optimize the tax aspects of a transaction, but no advisor should go it alone.

  • Outside the box: Legacy combinations you might overlook

    As you’re developing estate plans for your charitable clients, remember that YouthBridge Community Foundation is happy to help structure a hybrid gift in which a personal component is paired with a charitable component.

  • Donor privacy: Ongoing concern for a common client priority

    In an era of social media and intense polarization of rhetoric, it’s no wonder so many charitable individuals and families choose to give to their favorite causes anonymously. And, bolstered by the Supreme Court’s decision last month in favor of donor privacy this trend is likely to continue.

  • July 2021

    Nurses for Newborns Setting the Standard for Nurse Home Visiting • IHELP Creating Immigrant Connections • Case study: How to spot a prime CRT opportunity • Planned giving starts now: Talking points for lifetime charitable gifts • Recent updates and rulings

  • IHELP Creating Immigrant Connections

    “You’d be amazed at how well our volunteers can communicate with their students without yet speaking the same language,” says Julie Fox, Executive Director of Immigrant Home English Learning Program (IHELP), formerly the Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Program. “It’s about connecting on a primal level … More →

  • Nurses for Newborns Setting the Standard for Nurse Home Visiting

    Time and again, the newborn nursery nurse at St. Anthony’s Medical Center in South St. Louis County (now Mercy South) would see newborns that had just been released from the hospital return to the emergency room with preventable injuries and illnesses.

  • An eye on the law: Recent updates and rulings

    Our team at YouthBridge Community Foundation stays on top of tax cases, IRS rulings, and legislation that could impact the advice and counsel you provide your clients on matters involving charitable giving. Here are a few current highlights and reminders we recommend you skim. Electronic … More →

  • Planned giving starts now: Tips and talking points for lifetime charitable gifts

    According to 2020 statistics released in June 2021 as part of the Giving USA report, Americans’ bequests to charity totaled nearly $42 billion last year.

  • Case study: How to spot a prime CRT opportunity

    Imagine that a client sits down at your conference room table and begins the meeting something like this:  “I’ve got a prime tract of land I bought for $200,000 just 10 years ago, and now I am sure I could sell it for $2 million because the market is so hot…

  • June 2021

    Generate Health a Champion of Family and Community • Blues Alumni Assistance Fund Grants Announced • New Board Members • Now accepting applications for two grant opportunities! • Professional Advisor’s Corner

  • Generate Health a Champion of Family and Community

    Generate Health is leading the charge to improve outcomes in infant mortality and maternal health for black and brown families through a Home Visiting Collaborative.

  • Blues Alumni Assistance Fund Grants Announced

    In partnership with The St. Louis Blues Alumni, YouthBridge is pleased to announce the first round of grantees for the Blues Alumni Assistance Fund, which provides relief for small businesses throughout the St. Louis community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • YouthBridge Appoints New Board Members

    YouthBridge Community Foundation has announced the appointment of financial advisors Jennifer Belmont Jennings and Byron Caskey to its Board of Directors.

  • May 2021

    Unleashing Every Child’s Potential • AAFA-STL Celebrates 40-Year Tradition of Innovation • We’re thinking BIG for kids! • YouthBridge welcomes two new Board Members • Now accepting applications for two grant opportunities! • Professional Advisor’s Corner

  • AAFA-STL Celebrates 40-Year Tradition of Innovation

    Forty years ago this year, two allergists working in St. Louis area hospitals were overwhelmed by the number of children coming into the ER with asthma attacks because they lacked access to simple treatments, such as inhalers.

  • Unleashing Every Child’s Potential

    Merely weeks into her new role as Vice President of Philanthropy at Unleashing Potential (UP), Verletta Cole faced a mountain of uncertainty in the form of a global pandemic. She was grateful, she says, to have the support of YouthBridge and its Nonprofit Recovery and Resilience grant program.

  • IRAs, field-of-interest funds, and designated funds: Don’t overlook these powerful tools

    Designated funds and field-of-interest funds may not always be top of mind when you are developing philanthropy plans for your clients and their families, but they are extremely valuable tools in certain circumstances.

  • “501(c) what?”: Sorting through jargon to determine deductibility

    When tax season rolls around each spring, a new crop of questions may arise concerning clients’ gifts to various organizations and whether those donations qualify as tax-deductible charitable contributions.