Previous Grants
Spring FY2026 Cycle
Made possible with funding from the Marillac Mission Fund & CPPS Mission Fund
In keeping with our mission focused on serving the most vulnerable communities, all grant awards are targeted to support persons experiencing poverty.
as of 5/1/2026
Older Adults Living Independently
| College Hill Foundation To provide minor home repairs and housing assistance resources to older adults living in the College Hill neighborhood. |
$25,000 |
| Collinsville Faith in Action To provide free transportation assistance, home repairs, and Medicare counseling for older adults in Madison and St. Clair Counties. |
$35,000 |
| Crown Center for Senior Living To provide community-based case management to area older adults with limited financial resources so they can continue to live independently. |
$40,000 |
| Disability Resource Association, Inc. (DRA) To provide transportation services to older adults with disabilities in Jefferson County. |
$40,000 |
| Easterseals Midwest To provide comprehensive hearing healthcare for older adults residing in the Greater St. Louis area. |
$25,000 |
| Gateway Housing Service Project To provide metal ramps for older adults residing in St. Louis City and County. |
$30,000 |
| Guardian Angel Settlement Association To provide case management, life-skills workshops, transportation, social opportunities, food security, and health and financial wellness support to older adults in St. Louis. |
$30,000 |
| Jefferson Franklin Community Action Corporation To provide transportation and increase access to community resources to older adults in Jefferson and Franklin Counties. |
$20,000 |
| Memory Care Home Solutions To provide personalized care plans for area families managing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias at home through their Dementia Navigation program. |
$35,000 |
| Midtown Community Services To minimize the impact of isolation in older adults by expanding their Midtown Mamas and Men's Club programs, offering field trips, workshops, social activities, and food access. |
$15,000 |
| Operation Food Search To offer weekly markets that provide fresh, affordable, nutrient-dense foods to older adults. |
$25,000 |
| Presentation Arts Center To reduce social isolation by offering visual, fine, and performing arts education and programming, such as craft workshops and weekly art classes to older adults. |
$10,000 |
| Shepherd's Center of Webster-Kirkwood To offer services and programs that help older adults to remain independent, intellectually engaged, socially connected, and physically active. |
$25,000 |
| St. Francis Xavier Church To help older adults obtain the documentation needed to achieve greater independence and economic stability through their ID and Birth Certificate program. |
$25,250 |
| St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired To provide vital services for older adults from the bi-state area experiencing vision loss through occupational therapy services, support groups, and assistive technology training. |
$35,000 |
| Sustainable Housing & Equitable Development (SHED) To expand their Volunteer Home Maintenance Program which provides minor home repair services to older adult homeowners in University City. |
$15,000 |
| The Oasis Institute To offer classes for older adults at their new center at Northwest Plaza in St. Ann, with an increased focus on fall prevention, health and exercise, and technology literacy. |
$35,000 |
| University of Missouri St. Louis - Aging Gracefully Program To address the unique mental health needs of older adults through social and emotional support in the form of individual and group counseling. |
$30,000 |
Immigrants & Refugees
| Health Protection and Education Service To conduct health screenings and educational events for immigrants in trusted spaces, including navigation to essential resources and referrals to primary and specialty care to those in need. |
$35,000 |
| Immigrant Home English Learning Program (IHELP) To provide free, individualized English tutoring to immigrant and refugee families in the St. Louis community. |
$25,000 |
| Immigration Project, Inc. To support legal and social services programming for immigrant communities in the Marillac Mission Fund region of Illinois. |
$33,000 |
| Lolly's Place, Inc. To expand their Hispanic education and outreach programs and create a family literacy workshop series. |
$25,000 |
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Puentes de Esperanza |
$50,000 |
| Saint Louis Crisis Nursery To support their Latinx Outreach Program by providing crisis intervention, case management, and parenting education entirely in Spanish for underserved families with children ages 0-12. |
$25,000 |
| Seed St. Louis To support their International Farm, an urban agriculture site for underserved immigrant families that enables them to grow culturally meaningful crops, strengthen household food security, and generate income. |
$10,000 |
| Washington University in St. Louis To grow their Immigration Law Clinic's Legal Fellow Program, increasing their capacity to represent local immigrants and provide free, high-quality legal services to their clients. |
$15,000 |
| Welcome Neighbor STL To respond to the growing and urgent needs of Afghan refugees in St. Louis, connecting them with the people and opportunities that will empower them to build and live their best life. |
$40,000 |
Human Trafficking Prevention
| The Covering House To continue providing services for youth survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation and educate the community at large in pursuit of prevention. |
$35,000 |
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Rural Well Being
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Advocacy & Coalition-Building
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Missouri Public Health Institute |
$21,500 |
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Seniors Count, fiscally sponsored by EverTrue |
$50,000 |
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St. Louis Integrated Health Network |
$50,000 |
Organizational Capacity Building
| Memory Care Home Solutions To support a consultant-led capital campaign feasibility study to assess organizational readiness, evaluate philanthropic support, and develop early-stage fundraising tools needed to launch a successful campaign for their Innovation Hub. |
$15,000 |
| Rebuilding Together STL To develop a business plan with the help of a consultant to ensure long-term growth, vision and mission achievement. |
$25,000 |
Grand Total 36 Grants $1,028,750
Fall FY2026 Cycle
Made possible with funding from the Marillac Mission Fund & CPPS Mission Fund
as of 11/1/2025
Older Adults Living Independently
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Oral Care for Older Adults Program - A.T. Still University To provide older adults in St. Louis City with oral health education and screening while addressing common barriers to accessing treatment. |
$35,000 |
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To support care management services for older adults in the Metro St. Louis area. |
$25,000 |
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To strengthen the Social Services team in order to enhance older adults' health and social needs, enabling them to live independently. |
$40,000 |
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To establish a community garden at a low-income senior housing facility in north St. Louis. |
$25,000 |
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To provide formerly incarcerated older adults with affordable transitional housing and wrap-around services as they transition toward independence. |
$40,000 |
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Deaconess Faith Community Nurse Ministries To expand case management and health screening services to low-income older adults through food pantries in Jefferson County. |
$35,000 |
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To support low-income, older adult tenants with increased physical activity and reduced social isolation with intergenerational programming. |
$40,000 |
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To provide affordable transportation to low-income older adults living independently in St. Charles County and St. Louis County. |
$30,000 |
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To support specialized programming for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to age in place. |
$28,000 |
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Northside Youth And Senior Service Center To provide affordable transportation to low-income older adults living on the northside of St. Louis City. |
$40,000 |
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To facilitate improv sessions with older adults experiencing early stages of dementia as a way to teach communication strategies to both professional and family caregivers. |
$25,000 |
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To provide telephonic support to older adults experiencing loneliness and social isolation to help reduce their anxiety and depression symptoms. |
$15,000 |
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To provide minor home repairs for low-income older adults living independently across St. Louis City and County. |
$50,000 |
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To support the distribution of free, locally grown produce weekly to homebound older adults in the Spanish Lake area of St. Louis County. |
$40,000 |
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St. Andrew's Charitable Foundation To help low-income seniors remain independent in their own homes by providing physical and emotional assistance, home repair, and healthy food options. |
$40,000 |
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St. James St. Vincent DePaul Society Supporting monthly food distributions and emergency utility assistance for rural older adults and their caregivers. |
$25,000 |
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St. John's Healing Community Board To provide adult day care onsite and community support to older adults with dementia and adults with disabilities living in the Metro-East community. |
$40,000 |
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St. Louis Health Equipment Lending Program (HELP) To promote independence by growing a network of community-based sites to increase access and availability of free home medical equipment for older adults. |
$30,000 |
Immigrants & Refugees
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To deliver healthcare, behavioral health, and case management to under and uninsured immigrants and refugees across the region with cultural and linguistic sensitivity. |
$50,000 |
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To expand refugee artisan training, home-based employment opportunities, English classes, and promotion into administrative roles. |
$25,000 |
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Gene Slay’s Girls and Boys Club of St. Louis To expand place-based afterschool programs at St. Frances Cabrini Academy and St. Cecilia Catholic School. |
$20,000 |
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To provide youth development programming that promotes physical wellbeing, leadership, and community-building, for immigrant and refugee girls within targeted school districts. |
$25,000 |
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International Institute of St. Louis To provide English language instruction, workforce development and job placement, case management and basic needs assistance, healthcare navigation, and small business lending for refugees in the St. Louis region. |
$50,000 |
| Kindness Begins with Me
To support permit and practical driving and English classes for refugees. |
$25,000 |
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Migrant and Immigrant Community Action (MICA) Project To provide pro bono legal services, case management, and community education for immigrants and refugees in the St. Louis region. |
$50,000 |
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To support culturally appropriate food purchases for immigrant and refugee families in the Ritenour School District. |
$10,000 |
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St. Francis Community Services To deliver immigrant-focused programs designed to help participants overcome barriers to stability and well-being. |
$50,000 |
| To provide health education, mental health support, and culturally relevant wellness practices for African immigrants in the St. Louis region. |
$30,000 |
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To expand the English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adults, offering 1:1 instruction and mentorship, and reducing barriers to participation. |
$20,000 |
Improved Economic Mobility
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St. Louis Internship Program (SLIP) & Workforce Readiness Comprehensive career readiness programming that equips high school students in St. Louis with work readiness training, paid internships, and year-round career development activities. |
$50,000 |
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Tabernacle Community Development Corporation Advancing neighborhood revitalization and economic mobility in North St. Louis City through new home construction, co-location of supportive services, and increased corporate presence. This support allows the organization to transform the neighborhood while inviting long-term residents to participate, fostering long-term stability and generational opportunity. |
$50,000 |
Human Trafficking Prevention
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To support community education programs, individual and group therapy, and a residential home. |
$15,000 |
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To hire a Training Specialist to increase access to high-quality, trauma-informed human trafficking prevention education and expand professional development capacity across Missouri. |
$40,000 |
Response to Human Need
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To strengthen food pantry operations and meet rising demand for food assistance across St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren counties. |
$50,000 |
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To sustain comprehensive food pantry services while also advancing urgent facility improvements that will ensure safety, efficiency, and long-term sustainability. |
$50,000 |
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Senior Support Team responding to older adult victims of the recent tornado |
$5,000 |
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Northside Resilience Fund for tornado relief |
$25,000 |
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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Tornado relief legal clinics |
$15,000 |
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Tornado Assistance |
$5,000 |
Rural Well-being
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Supporting trauma assessments and trauma-informed occupational therapy services Jefferson County. |
$18,500 |
Organizational Capacity Building |
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FIA Collinsville: Faith in Action To refresh the existing Strategic Plan and complete an organizational rebrand. |
$14,300 |
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To develop a fundraising plan. |
$25,000 |