CPPS Mission Fund
The Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of O'Fallon Mission Fund is supporting MMF focus areas, with an emphasis on immigrants.
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Designed for Stability.
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New Research shows a housing program helped kids escape poverty — by changing who they befriended
Recently published research from Raj Chetty with Opportunity Insights at Harvard shows that a public housing program helped kids escape poverty — by changing who they befriended.
St. Louis Magazine, through its Economic Mobility Lab in partnership with the James S. McDonnell Foundation, also published a story highlighting how this has worked locally.
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Aug 12, 2025, 11:27 AM
Opportunity Insights Features Marillac Mission Fund
The mission of Opportunity Insights (OI) is to identify barriers to economic opportunity and inform scalable solutions that will empower people throughout the United States to rise out of poverty and achieve better life outcomes. They accomplish this mission by conducting interdisciplinary, big data research on the determinants of economic opportunity and translating this research to accessible and relevant public goods to support scalable policy change. They recently featured Marillac Mission Fund in a report on how communities across the country are using the research to drive impact.
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Mar 11, 2025, 9:59 AM
Government Funding Cuts Put Nonprofits at Risk
Nonprofits are the cornerstone of vibrant, resilient communities, providing day-to-day services and critical supports when disasters strike. In communities nationwide, nonprofits provide groceries, meals, and shelter to people experiencing housing and food insecurity. They take care of the young and the elderly, run suicide prevention hotlines and intervention services, and provide job training. Nonprofits organize after-school tutoring programs and manage free and low-cost medical clinics in rural, suburban, and urban communities. They help people gather, share stories, and organize community groups.
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Mar 11, 2025, 9:47 AM
Immigration Policy Tracking Project
The Immigration Policy Tracking Project catalogues every known Trump administration immigration policy, attaches the source documents, and highlights all new policies. Entries are organized by date and subject, searchable by key terms, filtered by 1.0 and 2.0 terms, and continually updated to report on current status. IPTP is a project of Professor Lucas Guttentag working with Stanford and Yale law students and supported by a team of leading national immigration experts.