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

Puentes de Esperanza
To provide affordable bilingual programming, resources, case management, legal guidance, healthcare connections, counseling, therapy, and support services in the Metro East.

$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

   

Rural Well Being

CHADS Coalition for Mental Health
To expand the services of their Social Emotional Wellbeing Program in the St. Clair School District, providing school-based mentoring for K-12 students to build protective factors, increase student access to support, strengthen resilience and school culture, and ensure consistent, preventative mental health care.

$30,000

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois
To expand girls' access to overnight camp and outdoor programming where poverty, geographic isolation, and limited transportation otherwise restrict participation.

$25,000

The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri
To provide access to free, evidence-based mental health therapy by licensed clinicians for children and families who have experienced abuse, exploitation, and/or violence and live in Lincoln and Warren Counties.

$24,000


Advocacy & Coalition-Building

Missouri Public Health Institute
To provide rural local public health agencies with sustainable skills and practical guidance to improve community health planning, foster stronger coalitions, and better address complex and evolving public health challenges.

$21,500

Seniors Count, fiscally sponsored by EverTrue
To continue educating voters about the community-led ballot initiative seeks to improve the health, nutrition, and quality of life of people who are 60 years of age or older in St. Louis County through a five cent per $100 assessed property tax increase in November 2026.

$50,000

St. Louis Integrated Health Network
To support their ongoing building of a Community Care Hub that will serve older adults in St. Louis City and County, bringing healthcare and social services together so people have access to services that address their social determinants of health.

$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

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

Aging Advantage Inc 

To support care management services for older adults in the Metro St. Louis area.

$25,000

Circle of Care St. Louis

To strengthen the Social Services team in order to enhance older adults' health and social needs, enabling them to live independently.

$40,000

Claudie's Urban Gardens 

To establish a community garden at a low-income senior housing facility in north St. Louis.

$25,000

Criminal Justice Ministry

To provide formerly incarcerated older adults with affordable transitional housing and wrap-around services as they transition toward independence.

$40,000

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

Gateway Housing First

To support low-income, older adult tenants with increased physical activity and reduced social isolation with intergenerational programming.

$40,000

ITNGateway

To provide affordable transportation to low-income older adults living independently in St. Charles County and St. Louis County.

$30,000

L’Arche St. Louis

To support specialized programming for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to age in place.

$28,000

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

Project Present

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

Provident Behavioral Health

To provide telephonic support to older adults experiencing loneliness and social isolation to help reduce their anxiety and depression symptoms.

$15,000

Rebuilding Together-St. Louis

To provide minor home repairs for low-income older adults living independently across St. Louis City and County.

$50,000

Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co.

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

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

St. James St. Vincent DePaul Society

Supporting monthly food distributions and emergency utility assistance for rural older adults and their caregivers.

$25,000

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

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

Casa de Salud

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

Forai

To expand refugee artisan training, home-based employment opportunities, English classes, and promotion into administrative roles.

$25,000

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

Girls on the Run St. Louis

To provide youth development programming that promotes physical wellbeing, leadership, and community-building, for immigrant and refugee girls within targeted school districts.

$25,000

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

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

Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry 

To support culturally appropriate food purchases for immigrant and refugee families in the Ritenour School District.

$10,000

St. Francis Community Services 

To deliver immigrant-focused programs designed to help participants  overcome barriers to stability and well-being.

$50,000

Vitendo 4 Africa 

To provide health education, mental health support, and culturally relevant wellness practices for African immigrants in the St. Louis region.

$30,000

Women in Charge

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

 

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

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

Eden's Glory

To support community education programs, individual and group therapy, and a residential home.

$15,000

Healing Action Network, INC.

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

The Care Service 

To strengthen food pantry operations and meet rising demand for food assistance across St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren counties.

$50,000

St. Anthony's Food Pantry 

To sustain comprehensive food pantry services while also advancing urgent facility improvements that will ensure safety, efficiency, and long-term sustainability.

$50,000

St. Louis City Senior Fund 

Senior Support Team responding to older adult victims of the recent tornado

$5,000

Invest STL 

Northside Resilience Fund for tornado relief

$25,000

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri 

Tornado relief legal clinics

$15,000

St. Peter Claver Parish 

Tornado Assistance

$5,000


Rural Well-being

Family Forward 

Supporting trauma assessments and trauma-informed occupational therapy services Jefferson County.   

$18,500

Organizational Capacity Building

 

FIA Collinsville: Faith in Action 

To refresh the existing Strategic Plan and complete an organizational rebrand.

$14,300

The Care Service 

To develop a fundraising plan.

$25,000


Grand Total                42 Grants               $1,320,800