Previous Grants

Spring FY2023 Cycle

as of 5/1/2023

Older Adults Living Independently

ALS Association St. Louis Regional Chapter           
To support direct case management and nutrition services for older adult patients and their caregivers.

 $25,000
Beyond Housing   
To support and enhance services for low-income older adults living in rental housing, thus increasing their quality of life.

 $20,000
Caritas Family Solutions   
To provide supplemental services and eliminate employment barriers for low-income older adults through participation in part-time job training and placement opportunities.

 $10,000
Catholic Charities 
To provide healthy food for older adults living in Macoupin County, IL through the Mobile Food Pantry.

 $10,000
Center for Hearing and Speech  
To provide hearing health care for older adults in the St. Louis metro area, eliminating barriers to social connectedness.

 $25,000
College Hill Foundation
To increase stability and quality of life through critical home maintenance repairs for older adults in the College Hill Neighborhood.

  $39,200
Collinsville Faith in Action  
To support free programming for older adults in Southwest Illinois, including social events and benefits assistance.

 $20,000
Disability Resource Association, Inc  
To provide medical and essential service transportation for low-income older adults in Jefferson County, MO.

 $35,000
Jefferson County Community Partnership  
To offer health and safety enhancing  home repair services for low-income older adults in Jefferson County, MO.

 $30,000
Lincoln County Council on Aging  
To provide food for homebound older adults living in Lincoln County, MO through the "Meals Matter" Program.

 $15,000
Memory Care Home Solutions 
To support in-home personalized care services for individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their family members.

 $35,000
Mission: St. Louis
To increase safety and financial security through free home repairs for  older adult homeowners living in St. Louis City.

 $20,000
North Newstead Association
To provide minor energy efficiency, weatherization, and accessibility home repairs for older adult homeowners residing in North St. Louis City neighborhoods. 

 $30,000
Rebuilding Together South West Illinois
To support home repair and modifications for low-income older adult, disabled and veteran homeowners in Madison County, IL.

 $15,000
Rural Parish Clinic - Dental 
To expand dental care for isolated older adult patients in five rural communities of Missouri.

 $45,000
St. Francis Xavier Church
To support the provision of identification cards and birth certificates for older adults, increasing their access to needed services and greater economic stability.

 $15,000
St. John's Healing Community Board
To provide community education and support services for caregivers and older adults living with dementia in Madison and St. Clair Counties in Illinois.

 $15,000
St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To ensure seniors living with vision loss receive specialized services and have access to both resources and a community that will enhance their quality of life.

 $40,000

Immigrants & Refugees

Bilingual International Assistant Services (BIAS)
To ensure continued availability of multilingual mental health, social, and legal  services to the immigrant and refugee community, as well as addressing emerging service gaps in the sector.

$30,000
Eye Thrive
To offer essential wrap-around vision services for immigrant and refugee children in St. Louis communities through school and community center-based Mobile Vision Clinics.

$25,000
Health Protection and Education Service
To support the Medical-Legal Partnership, identifying health-harming legal needs for low-income immigrant residents of St. Louis, and connecting them to  low-cost legal services.

$22,000
Home Sweet Home
To distribute furniture to immigrant and refugee families.

$10,000
Immigrant Home English Learning Program (IHELP)
To English language learning and supplemental wrap-around services to immigrant and refugee families in the Greater St. Louis Area.

$30,000
Immigration Project, Inc.
To provide legal and social services for immigrant and refugee families living in Southwestern Illinois.

$33,000
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery
To provide bilingual crisis intervention, parenting education and case management services for Latinx parents, promoting longer-term family stability.

$26,500
Seed St. Louis
To support the International Farm in South St. Louis, a community-based garden designed and operated by immigrant and refugee farmers.

$9,000
St. Francis Community Services
To provide comprehensive educational and social services for at-risk immigrant youth in the Bilingual Youth Program.

$24,800
Welcome Neighbor STL
To provide  comprehensive services that connect immigrants and refugees in the St. Louis area,  to people and opportunities that will increase their quality of life.

$25,000

Veterans

CyberUp
To provide cybersecurity education, certification, and professional placement for St. Louis veterans in the LevelUp Training program.            

$20,000

Human Trafficking Prevention

Covenant House Missouri 
To support operations to continue their essential human trafficking prevention and response for youth who are runaway, trafficked, and at-risk of or experiencing homelessness.

$35,000
The Covering House
To provide services and improve quality of life for youth survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation through community-based services and community education.

$35,000

Advocacy & Coalition-Building

Alzheimer's Association
To establish an Alzheimer’s Community Action Network (CAN) to improve the state of Alzheimer’s and dementia diagnosis, care and risk reduction in the local Hispanic community.

$15,000

Immigrant Service Providers Network (ISPN)
To support the Immigrant Service Providers Network, which provides networking and educational opportunities for organizations that support foreign-born individuals and their families.

$35,000

Grand Total                33 Grants               $819,500

Fall FY2023 Cycle

Older Adults Living Independently

Criminal Justice Ministry
To provide 30 formerly incarcerated older adults with affordable transitional housing as they build plans toward independence.

$38,767
Deaconess Faith Community Nurse Ministries
To expand case management and health screening services to low-income older adults through food pantries in St. Louis City and County.

$28,000
HavenHouse St. Louis
To provide lodging, meals, transportation, and supportive services to older adults and their caregivers traveling to St. Louis for medical care.

$10,000
ITNGateway
To provide affordable transportation to low-income older adults living independently in St. Charles County and St. Louis County.

$27,135
Missouri EnergyCare, Inc.
To ensure older adults are able to remain safe and healthy at home by providing weatherization, energy audits, and equipment.

$15,000
Northside Youth And Senior Service Center
To provide affordable transportation to low-income older adults living on the northside of St. Louis City.

$30,000
Places for People
To provide individualized occupational therapy services for older adults with serious mental illness.

$30,000
Project Present
To facilitate improv sessions with older adults experiencing early onset Alzheimer's or dementia and teach communication strategies to caregivers.

$16,500
Rebuilding Together-St. Louis
To provide minor home repairs for approximately 28 low-income older adults living independently across St. Louis City and County.

$30,000
Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co.
To distribute free, locally grown produce weekly to 50 homebound older adults in Spanish Lake in St. Louis County.

$36,500
St. Andrew's Charitable Foundation
To provide minor home repairs to 50 low-income older adults living independently across St. Louis City and County.

$34,280
St. Louis Health Equipment Lending Program (HELP)
To provide free home medical equipment for 1,092 older adults living independently across St. Louis City, St. Louis and Jefferson Counties.

$25,000
STL Village, Inc.
To provide up to 25 low-income older adults with free membership in the STL Village program and therefore increase access to free transportation, minor home repair, technology assistance, social activities, and other services.

$10,000

Immigrants & Refugees

Casa de Salud
To deliver high-quality clinical and behavioral health care to 3,000 under and uninsured immigrants and refugees across the region.

$50,000

Forai 
To expand paid leadership opportunities for artisan immigrant and refugee women, developing their professional networks, and entrepreneurial skills.

$10,045

International Institute of St. Louis
To provide English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction for 200 immigrant and refugee adults in the St. Louis region.

$25,000

Migrant and Immigrant Community Action (MICA) Project
To provide pro bono legal services, case management, and community education for over 700 immigrants and refugees in the St. Louis region.

$40,000

Puentes de Esperanza
To increase awareness about women's health issues and provide healthcare navigation for Latina immigrants living in southwest Illinois.

$42,066

Veterans

St. Francis Community Services
To provide legal assistance and case management services to low-income veterans, and to expand community outreach and education on issues impacting veterans.

$25,000

Human Trafficking Prevention

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the ParklandTo train and supervise CASA volunteers in their support and advocacy of youth in foster care who are at increased risk for human trafficking in Washington County, Missouri.

$30,000

Advocacy & Coalition-Building

The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri 
To coordinate a multi-disciplinary coalition response to the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and to build awareness about human trafficking within the Northeast Missouri community.

$30,492

Grand Total                21 Grants               $583,785