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  • 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.

  • March 2021

    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

  • Missouri’s Child Advocacy Day (Online)

    An annual event where advocates meet to fight for legislative action on policies that support and uplift Missouri children and families. This year, we will meet online to show that we can still come #Together4MOKids.

  • St. Louis Blues Alumni And YouthBridge Community Foundation Announce The Blues Alumni Assistance Fund

    The Blues Alumni Assistance Fund Will Provide Relief For Local Small Businesses Affected By COVID-19

  • Students See Tangible Impact of Nonprofits through YEP STL!

    “I read every word of the grant applications we receive, because I respect the work and thought that goes into them. We ask a lot of questions,” says Tyler Ray.

  • The Child Center Supporting Healing and Justice

    “When you’re responsible for a caseload of clients in the hundreds each year, anything that takes away from direct services is burning up those precious hours,” says Amy Robins, Forensic Services Program Director for The Child Center.

  • The Courage to Dream, the Skills to Build, the Resources to Own the Future

    Equity, as in ownership, can build social equity, says Michael Woods, co-founder and Executive Director of Dream Builders 4 Equity. “When you give people ownership of their communities, they realize the power they have to change the systems holding them back,” he says.

  • The Gift of Giving, Part II

    Jennifer Hillman knows a simple truth. “When you help others, you help yourself. It’s how I was raised, what my husband and I taught our children and certainly what I’ve experienced through my philanthropic work. The gift is really to me,” she says.

  • Wear Blue on January 11

    National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is recognized each year on January 11th. In recognition of this important day, and throughout the month of January, Blue Campaign hosts several special events and educational activities.

  • When Risks Become Reality

    Nonprofits surviving the pandemic will hopefully emerge wiser, stronger and better prepared for the next time. “It’s critical, because you have to be there for your beneficiaries when they need you.”

  • YEP STL! Grant Awards 2021

    YEP STL! recently presented their 2021 grant awards, totaling $10,000, to eight Greater St. Louis nonprofit organizations.