The YouthBridge grant has helped to elevate FamilyForward’s capabilities. We’ve been able to significantly expand service delivery to about 350 advanced levels of training to staff and add services.
YouthBridge Community Foundation has made the first investments of our 25×25 Impact Investing Initiative, which we expect to total $5-6 million over the next five years.
Through the Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), YouthBridge can help clients identify community needs that are a good fit, and organize their giving with a very simple online platform. Their local expertise also is a huge draw.
For many charities that rely on events to achieve annual fundraising goals, the cancellation of 2020’s Met Gala (which raised an estimated $15 million in 2019) came as a blow, signaling that live galas and auctions might not be back anytime soon.
Paul Spearing admits that he was knocked off his seat the first time he met with the YouthBridge YEP (Youth Engaged in Philanthropy) committee.
In the CARES Act, passed on March 27, 2020, Congress eliminated this year’s Required Minimum Distributions from IRAs, 401(k)s, and 457(b) and 403(b) plans.
Honestly, having a personal coach to walk me through organizing, reconnecting and leveraging the contacts we’ve made through the years has been the greatest asset.
YouthBridge has announced that Barbara Carswell, Vice President, will be appointed Chief Executive Officer upon the departure of Michael Howard.
Barbara Carswell to Succeed Michael Howard as CEO • Collaborative Launches $2 Million Regional Racial Healing Fund • A Second Lease on Life • Focusing on the Ties that Bind • Donor-advised funds: Working hard for our community • Important reminders: QCDs and CLATs
Family has been at the center of CFS since its start in 1973 as a foster care/adoption agency. Over the years, the focus of CFS has shifted to family reunification and finding ways to keep the family unit together whenever possible.
“It’s amazing what love can do. We’ll take in a dog that looks completely defeated, but when he realizes he can trust again, his whole demeanor changes.”
Please join YouthBridge Community Foundation as we support this new fund for the St. Louis community: Collaborative Launches $2 Million Regional Racial Healing Fund Funding Will Support Racial Justice Movement in St. Louis ST. LOUIS, MO (June 12, 2020) – Deaconess Foundation, Forward Through … More →
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” – MLK Jr.
Our recent communications have highlighted the unique importance of Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) and Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts (CLATs) in today’s market conditions. Given the critical needs facing our community right now, YouthBridge wants to reiterate the value of these two planning tools.
Donor-advised funds are a popular charitable giving tool. This is a good time to consider a DAF for your clients.
Where All Children Can Reach Their Potential • When College is a Possibility for All • Loved Ones Live on Through Memorial Funds • Responding to COVID-19 – How Can You Help? • Covid-19: A new tipping point for disaster philanthropy? • Charitable lead trusts: A timely revival
“Those of us working to improve child well-being often have setbacks, but you just keep going. Legislation which would support college savings for low-to-moderate income children in Missouri was in its final stages when the pandemic hit.
“Many parents come to us worried that their dreams for their child will not come true – that they won’t be able to share milestones such as high school graduation, marriage, starting a career,” he says. “But as we’re able to break through to their child, they begin to have hope for the future.”
The Immigrant Service Provider’s Network (ISPN) would like to announce the creation of the Immigrant Family Emergency Response Fund. The fund has been created due to the financial repercussions of the COVID19 pandemic and the lack of funding available for immigrants and mixed status families.
YouthBridge Community Foundation has helped honor the lives of two special women and mothers – and carry on their legacy of love – through the establishment of memorial funds.