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New Economic Mobility Research

Growing up in a thriving community dramatically improves children’s outcomes through social interactions; new data from Opportunity Insights shows how community-level changes reduced Black-white gaps in economic mobility but amplified gaps by parental income. More…


Grantee Spotlight: Deaconess Nurse Ministry

Deaconess Nurse Ministry has been an MMF grantee since 2004. This Grantee Spotlight tells more about the case management work they do with older adults in St. Louis through local food pantries. More…


StoryMap

Inspired by our FY 2022/2023 Strategic Direction, MMF staff conducted an analysis to better understand where and how to best invest future MMF funds and organizational capacity in order to continue providing support where there is a proven need. This County Comparison Analysis used existing primary and secondary data to learn more about the 12 counties within our service region with the least MMF funding presence. More…


Fall FY25 Applications open now

Applications for Responsive and Capacity Building grants are now open in our online portal. Applications are due by 11:59pm on Thursday, August 1st, 2024. New this year is a Small Organization Responsive Application for organizations whose budget is under $500,000 (for the current fiscal year) AND/OR that are entirely volunteer-led (no paid staff). Click to learn more. More…


Looking Forward: Perspectives on later life from earlier in life

Students at Washington University in St. Louis discuss what they are looking forward to about growing older, what their concerns are about getting older and what challenges we face due to population aging. More…