Previous Grants
Spring FY2025 Cycle
as of 5/1/2025
Older Adults Living Independently
Cardinal Ritter Senior Services To offer case management services to low-income seniors living independently in the community. |
$30,000 |
Five Star Senior Center To enhance meals, transportation, and social services for older adults and adults with disabilities.. |
$30,000 |
Housing Options Provided for the Elderly, Inc (HOPE) To expand the case management and relocation assistance program for older adults. |
$35,000 |
Independence Center To provide individualized and group occupational therapy that equips aging adults with serious mental illness to continue living independently. |
$20,000 |
EverTrue, formerly Lutheran Senior Services To expand care management to assist older adults living independently by evaluating their needs and linking them to community resources. |
$25,000 |
Paraquad To provide minor home modifications to older adults with a disability to safely age in place. |
$25,000 |
Rebuilding Together South West Illinois To provide home repair for low-income older adults to safely and independently live in their homes in the Metro East as long as possible. |
$25,000 |
Senior Services Plus To provide home repair for low-income older adults to safely and independently live in their homes in the Metro East as long as possible. |
$22,500 |
The Macoupin Art Collective To provide an opportunity for older adults to forge community, maintain friendships, and practice artistic self-discovery in rural Illinois. |
$13,000 |
The Youth and Family Center To keep older adults active both mentally and physically and provide intergenerational social experiences. |
$20,000 |
Workday Ministry To provide home repair for low-income older adults to safely and independently live in their homes as long as possible. |
$25,000 |
Immigrants & Refugees
Eye Thrive To improve access to quality vision care for children in immigrant and refugee communities. |
$25,000 |
Immigrant Connection North County To help meet the growing need for immigration legal services. |
$22,000 |
iFM Community Medicine To enhance and expand primary health care and supportive services for immigrants and refugees. |
$30,000 |
Immigrant & Refugee Ministry To train volunteers to support immigrants as they navigate the U.S. immigration system. |
$35,000 |
Monarch Immigrant Services (formerly BIAS) To support direct mental health, social, and legal services to immigrant and refugee families in the St. Louis area. |
$35,000 |
Nurses for Newborns To provide culturally competent community health workers for immigrant and refugee families. |
$15,000 |
Human Trafficking Prevention
Crisis Aid International To combat exploitation and human trafficking through prevention, identification, intervention, and responsive services. |
$25,000 |
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Kerengende Foundation To prevent human trafficking and child sexual abuse in the Metro East through outreach, prevention education, and individual support. |
$25,000 |
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Opportunity House To address the housing needs of marginalized young people, addressing one of the most common risk factors of youth sex exploitation. |
$23,000 |
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Rural Well Being
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Advocacy & Coalition-Building
Consumers Council of MO |
$28,000 |
Organizational Capacity Building
Criminal Justice Ministry To develop a comprehensive business systems renovation plan to improve operational efficiency and organizational sustainability. |
$12,500 |
Grand Total 25 Grants $601,000
Fall FY2025 Cycle
as of 11/1/2024
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. |
$20,000 |
Catholic Charities (Carlinville) 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. |
$25,000 |
Collinsville Faith in Action To support free programming for older adults in Southwest Illinois, including social events and benefits assistance. |
$25,000 |
Disability Resource Association, Inc To provide medical and essential service transportation for low-income older adults in Jefferson County, MO. |
$35,000 |
Gateway Housing Service Project To purchase metal wheelchair ramps to grow impact in an efficient, sustainable way. |
$7,000 |
Guardian Angel Settlement Association To support the Graceful Guardians program to help low-income older adults remain independent and combat social isolation through housing and food assistance, case management, workshops, and social events. |
$15,000 |
Jefferson County Community Partnership To offer health and safety enhancing home repair services for low-income older adults in Jefferson County, MO. |
$30,000 |
Jefferson Franklin Community Action Corporation To support the EZMO Transportation program, which provides free rides for seniors over 65 to essential services such as healthcare, food access, and community resources, enabling them to live in their own homes as long as possible. |
$16,600 |
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. |
$30,000 |
Midtown Community Services To support the Midtown Mamas and Men’s Club programs to minimize the impact of isolation by providing a place to socialize, connecting them to resources, and offering opportunities to volunteer. |
$7,500 |
Mission: St. Louis To increase safety and financial security through free home repairs for older adult homeowners living in St. Louis City. |
$16,000 |
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 |
Operation Food Search To support the MetroMarket, a mobile farmer's market that visits places where low-income older adults live and gather, providing access to fresh, affordable, nutrient-dense foods. |
$20,000 |
Rural Parish Clinic - Dental |
$30,000 |
Saint Elizabeth’s Adult Day Care Centers To increase access to adult day care services for individuals and families who do not have financial resources or insurance benefits to cover the cost. |
$15,000 |
Shepherd’s Center of Webster-Kirkwood To support services that assist older adults in remaining independent, intellectually engaged, socially connected and active. |
$15,000 |
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. |
$18,000 |
St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired To ensure older adults living with vision loss receive specialized services and have access to both resources and a community that will enhance their quality of life. |
$25,000 |
The Oasis Institute To increase access to free or low-cost lifelong learning, health and wellness, technology literacy, and civic engagement opportunities for older adults in North St. Louis County. |
$30,000 |
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis To support the Visit-A-Bit program, which matches volunteers with homebound older adults in the Greater St. Louis area, combat loneliness and isolation through social connection. |
$30,000 |
Immigrants & Refugees
Health Protection and Education Service |
$25,000 |
Immigrant Home English Learning Program (IHELP) |
$20,000 |
Immigrant Service Providers Network (ISPN) |
$35,000 |
Immigration Project, Inc. |
$33,000 |
Puentes de Esperanza To provide community outreach, case management, and bi-lingual mental health services for Hispanic/Latino immigrants in Madison, St. Clair, and Clinton Counties in Illinois. |
$37,000 |
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery To provide bilingual crisis intervention, parenting education and case management services for Latinx parents, promoting longer-term family stability. |
$25,000 |
Seed St. Louis To support the International Farm in South St. Louis, a community-based garden designed and operated by immigrant and refugee farmers. |
$10,000 |
St. Francis Community Services To support the Immigration Law Project, providing legal guidance and representation for low-income immigrants in the greater St. Louis region. |
$40,000 |
Washington University in St. Louis To support the Immigration Law Clinic (ILC) which trains tomorrow’s immigration lawyers and provides guidance and legal representation for local immigrants. |
$10,000 |
Improved Economic Mobility
Access Academies |
$50,000 |
LifeWise STL To promote the improved economic mobility of individuals through financial coaching, financial education classes, and wealth and credit building programs provided through a trauma-informed, culturally responsive lens that fosters social capital. |
$50,000 |
Human Trafficking Prevention
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the Parkland |
$15,000 |
The Covering House |
$20,000 |
Advocacy & Coalition-Building
Missouri Council on Aging (MCOA) |
$40,000 |
Organizational Capacity Building |
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Northside Youth and Senior Service Center Organizational capacity building support to continue sustaining services to older adults in North St. Louis City. |
$25,000 |