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  • Believe #6 opening at Halls Ferry Intermediate School in Ferguson-Florissant School District. Photo credit: Levi Matthews

    ‘Change Happens When You Believe,’ Says Julius Anthony

    YouthBridge is an active partner and provides support for collaborative community initiatives. As part of our ongoing commitment to youth literacy and its role in developing strong citizens and communities, YouthBridge provided a grant for The Believe Project in partnership with St. Louis Public Schools and St. Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature.

  • These three factors are a big deal in gifts of S Corp stock to charity

    S Corporation, or limited liability company? That’s a question many family businesses grapple with in their formative stages.

  • Five pointers for gifts of life insurance to charities

    “Incidents of ownership” are three powerful words in estate planning where life insurance is concerned.

  • Advisors’ fiduciary obligations can get personal

    With charitable bequests on the rise, and the possibility that more clients will be subject to Federal estate taxes in the future, many attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors are refreshing their recollections on the requirements of advising and administering taxable estates where one or more charitable organizations are a beneficiary.

  • Photo: North Side Community School

    North Side Community School – a Community of Support

    The YouthBridge YEP (Youth Engaged in Philanthropy) STL! program provides a platform for area students to learn about and impact programs or projects serving children and youth. The group annually reviews and awards grants totaling $10,000 to multiple local nonprofits. This month, we highlight YEP STL! grantee North Side Community School.

  • Recovery and Resilience Grantee Announcements

    YouthBridge Community Foundation has selected three organizations from the Greater St. Louis area to participate in a Risk Assessment Cohort.

  • ‘Green is Good for Us,’ Says Green Building Council

    Emily Andrews is concerned with the future of the planet for the sake of the humans that occupy it. “We’re really talking about the future of us,” she says. Dedicating her career to environmental protection, she’s spent the last 15 years serving as Executive Director of the Missouri Gateway Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.

  • 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.