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Spring FY24 Grant Cycle Open Now!

In order to give organizations plenty of time to work on applications before the busy end-of-year fundraising season, MMF has opened the Spring FY24 grant cycle two weeks early. Applications will be due by Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 11:59pm. Please reach out to MMF staff with any questions. More…


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. More…


Ambulance Deserts

Access to timely ambulance service is an essential part of the emergency medical system. Yet ambulance access varies widely with significant gaps across the country. New research from the Maine Rural Health Research Center identifies places and people that are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, known as an ambulance desert. Without ambulance services nearby, these are dangerous areas to have an accident. More…


Catchafire Capacity Building Opportunity

Beginning in August, MMF partners- the Missouri Foundation for Health and St. Louis Community Foundation- will be offering nonprofits in the St. Louis region a fully funded, year-long membership to Catchafire, a virtual capacity-building resource that saves organizations time and money. More…


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. More…