Loved Ones Live on Through Memorial Funds
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.
Charitable lead trusts: A timely revival
Among the many factors swirling together in the pandemic marketplace are (1) historically low interest rates and (2) historically high needs for increasing charitable giving to support organizations dealing with the health crisis.
Covid-19: A new tipping point for disaster philanthropy?
The community foundation provides context and education for your philanthropic clients at all levels of giving and across the full range of charitable interests. The global Covid-19 pandemic in many ways has likely united your clients and other donors in a collective effort to support people in the communities they love.
April 2020
YEP STL! Grant Awards 2020 – via Zoom! • FamilyForward Sharing New Way of Thinking about Child Development • The Power of We • Welcome Martha Vosse to Our Board of Directors • Moonshot Award • 2020 Guidestar Platinum Seal
The Power of We
WEPOWER’s mission is to activate the community in leading the policy changes we believe – and what residents have expressed to us – are necessary to improve outcomes.
YouthBridge Welcomes Martha Vosse to Board of Directors
YouthBridge has announced the appointment of Martha Vosse to its Board of Directors.
FamilyForward Sharing New Way of Thinking about Child Development
Just as abuse and neglect negatively impact the developing brain, therapy can alter the brain toward healing, recovery and the development of healthier functioning.
YEP STL! Grant Awards 2020 – via Zoom!
YEP STL! shows we can still work together (but separately!) to serve our community. On April 5th, YEP STL! presented their 2020 grant awards, totaling $10,000, to seven organizations.
Moonshot Awards 2020
Moonshots are bold attempts at a better future. The 2020 Moonshot nominees are trying audacious things to move our region forward, whether those efforts are ultimately successful or not.
A special message to advisors
Meeting the ever-changing needs of our community has always been an integral part of our mission as a community foundation.
What’s in the CARES Act for philanthropy?
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) unlocks $2 trillion in funds for American individuals and businesses impacted by COVID-19. Here’s what the Act includes to help stimulate charitable giving…
2020 Guidestar Platinum Seal
YouthBridge just earned a 2019 Platinum Seal by adding information to our Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar.
YouthBridge Community Foundation Establishes Recovery Fund in Response to COVID-19
An advocate, counselor, cheerleader, partner. YouthBridge Community Foundation has stood beside, behind and out in front of nonprofits for 15 years to “protect these vital community assets,” says Michael Howard, YouthBridge CEO.
Four tips for advisors (to address COVID-19)
There is certainly (and understandably) no shortage of news about COVID-19. We’ve compiled a few of our top tips to help streamline your information-gathering efforts as you assist your clients with charitable priorities…
March 2020
COVID-19 Response • Helping charities now • Youth In Need Champions Funding for Children’s Mental Health Services
• Living Earth Day 365 Days a Year • Annual Report 2019
Helping charities now
CEO Michael Howard explains the challenges keeping up their noble work despite the COVID-19 challenges.
Living Earth Day 365 Days a Year
That’s the impetus of earthday365 – to help people make sustainability an everyday commitment through education, engagement and empowerment
Youth In Need Champions Funding for Children’s Mental Health Services
If approved, this measure would bring essential mental health services to an estimated 120,000 children and youth in the county.
Corporate philanthropists get relief from SALT cap on charitable donations
Businesses frequently make cash donations to charitable organizations. But what happens to the deductibility of those donations under the state and local tax limitations imposed by the 2017 tax law?
Watch out for compliance pitfalls as clients favor gifts of hard-to-value assets
If volatile market conditions persist, gifts of hard-to-value assets may become popular substitutes for appreciated stock gifts.