YouthBridge Community Foundation, the foundation with a 140+-year history supporting children and youth causes in St. Louis, today announced that it has made the first investments of its 25×25 Impact Investing Initiative, which should total $5-6 million over the next five years. This year, YouthBridge … More →
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. It is an important time to shed light on child sexual exploitation, how it contributes to a modern form of slavery, and what people can do to help prevent it.
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery • City Academy • A Shared Piece of History • Spotlight on Board Director Dan Bean • Order now for next year!
As its name implies, Crisis Nursery is there for children and families in crisis, and in an especially violent summer for St. Louis children, the organization was working overtime.
Before I started at City Academy, our Board Chair described it for me as the most magical place in St. Louis, but said that he couldn’t tell me everything I would feel. I understand now exactly what he meant.
YouthBridge Community Foundation hosted a group of former residents from General Protestant Children’s Home.
YouthBridge Community Foundation featured in the December issue of Chesterfield Lifestyle Magazine. Download Article
Aligning Community Investment with Donor Passion • Walking the Journey with Nonprofits • Collaborating for Systemic Change
Andrew Carnegie said “Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” There’s power in collaboration, strength in unity, and YouthBridge finds hope in both to solve some of our region’s biggest problems.
Kathie Thomas made a promise to God. “I said that I would start down this road if He would provide support and the seed money…and then along came YouthBridge,” says Thomas, Founder of Hope Creates, a nonprofit working to empower young adults in recovery through expressive arts and the development of related entrepreneurial skills.
The Heritage Fund honors YouthBridge’s heritage as a children’s home with grants awarded to nonprofits that provide children the opportunity to reach their full potential.
We Stories Working Toward a New Narrative for St. Louis • When Health Education Works • YouthBridge Awards 2019 Heritage Grants to Two Local Organizations • Family Business Awards 2019 • New YEP Grant Guidelines
Our early experiences provide the building blocks for the adults we will become. Our habits, basic beliefs and attitudes are rooted in childhood. This critical time is when an appreciation of diversity and understanding of race can take hold and lead to a more equitable, integrated society.
YouthBridge Community Foundation has announced that Crisis Nursery and City Academy will each receive a $75,000 grant paid over a three-year period. The grant is awarded to local nonprofit organizations that serve/support children and have received ongoing support from our DAF clients.
HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis, the region’s only children’s museum dedicated solely to health education. HealthWorks! is a 2019 YouthBridge YEP (Youth Engaged in Philanthropy) grant recipient.
In the Arms of Angels • Raising St. Louis’ Ovarian Cancer Awareness • Family Business Awards • Go Cards! • Philanthropy Conference • Grant Opportunity!
Evidenced by the name, Angels’ Arms has a deep admiration for foster parents. “They welcome these children with open arms and assure them that this is their home for as long as needed – no matter what,” says Wilfong. “We provide the homes, but they offer the security a displaced child so desperately needs…an angel looking out for them until their forever home.”
Each September, towns across America turn teal. Teal, the color of ovarian cancer awareness; a symbol of support, advocacy and hope…”teal there is a cure,” as the slogan goes.
YEP STL is now accepting applications • Annie’s Hope Lives On • Youth In Need and the Power of Potential • Ashland Tate • Annual Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute • St. Louis Impact Investing
Erin Strohbehn has a vision in her head of a stream of young people walking across a stage, heads held high, smiling from ear to ear, reaching out for their high school diploma with the enthusiasm of an Olympian grasping a medal.