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.
“If not 501(c), then what?”: Cautioning clients about crowdfunding
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?
2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency
YouthBridge Community Foundation earned a 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency! Now, everyone can see our strategy, metrics, and achievements. Check out our updated profile.
Advisor Turns Passion into Purpose
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.”
April 2021
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
April showers: Puddles to avoid as you navigate tax deadline extensions
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.
Church without Walls Shares a Love without End
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.
Engaging Communities to Lead the Change – A Big Idea
Change happens with awareness, action and, according to Charli Cooksey, “the audacity to sustain radically different behaviors and beliefs together.” ~ Charli Cookse, Founder
Generate Health awarded three-year Think Big for Kids grant
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.
Giving together: Factors to consider when representing couples
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.
Ice breakers: Three easy openers to talk about philanthropy
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?
Immigrant Fund a Stopgap for Unserved Families
The pandemic and its casualties have brought to light the vulnerabilities of many of our neighbors.
In sync on giving: Lawmakers from both parties support expansion of CARES Act deduction
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.