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 Community Foundation has announced the appointment of financial advisors Jennifer Belmont Jennings and Byron Caskey to its Board of Directors.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
What if your clients make donations to entities that don’t fall under a specific section of the Internal Revenue Code, but feel “charitable” nonetheless because the dollars are helping people in need?
YouthBridge Community Foundation earned a 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency! Now, everyone can see our strategy, metrics, and achievements. Check out our updated profile.
David Foster has turned a personal journey into a specialized service. The financial advisor and founder of Gateway Wealth Management says the company was born in 2014 out of his personal interest in philanthropy and “using my excess to help others.”
The Child Center Supporting Healing and Justice • The Gift of Giving, Part II • YEP STL! 2021 Grants • Give your favorite mothers the gift of helping their favorite charity grow! • Professional Advisor’s Corner
Your clients most certainly are aware that the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have extended the federal income tax filing and payment deadline for the 2020 tax year from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021.
Love only has power when it’s put into action, and so that’s what we’ve done – go outside the church walls to meet people where they are and spread the infinite love of God.
Change happens with awareness, action and, according to Charli Cooksey, “the audacity to sustain radically different behaviors and beliefs together.” ~ Charli Cookse, Founder
YouthBridge Community Foundation has awarded a three-year Think Big for Kids Grant to Generate Health in the total amount of $240,000 for the Preventive Services Network.
YouthBridge Community Foundation can help as you work with a couple to design a charitable giving plan that will create rewarding philanthropic experiences for both partners.
Many advisors really want to bring up charitable giving in client meetings, especially while updates to tax and estate plans are underway. Indeed, many advisors believe they have a responsibility to raise the issue. But how?
The pandemic and its casualties have brought to light the vulnerabilities of many of our neighbors.
Four Republican Senators, four Senate Democrats, a House Democrat, and a House Republican have introduced legislation to expand the increased charitable deduction cap for non-itemizers to up to one-third of the standard deduction.
Church without Walls Shares a Love without End • New grant program • St. Louis Blues Alumni fund • Go Blue Day • New Donor Portal • Professional Advisor’s Corner