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Spring FY24 Grant Cycle Now Open
Twice annually, online applications are accepted for consideration from eligible nonprofits through our Responsive Grant and Capacity Building programs. The application must meet our eligibility requirements and filing deadline, and must be for support of a project in one of our focus areas of community need or general operating support if the organization's work is 100% within one of our focus areas. Applications are accepted via our online grant portal HERE.
If this is a new project or you are a new applicant organization, please contact the Marillac Mission Fund staff at 314-733-6500 to discuss your proposal in advance. You may also use the following links to schedule a 30-minute chat with one of our Program Managers, Emily or Katy, to discuss your ideas, ask questions about the process, or just to connect.
The Spring FY2024 cycle application will be due by 11:59pm on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
News
Advocacy Training Opportunity
Empower Missouri is again offering their virtual Advocacy 101 training on Thursday, September 7th - with three sessions to choose from focused on each of their priority issue areas. You will learn about the legislative process in Missouri as well as policy implications in the areas of either affordable housing, food security, or criminal legal reform.
UMSL Home Repair Study Published
From 2020-2022, researchers at UMSL worked alongside St. Louis City departments and the region’s largest home repair providers to shed light on a problem that, until now, has largely been hidden from public view: the enormous unmet need for home repairs for older adults in St. Louis.