Previous Grants
Spring 2020 Cycle
| Organization | Project | Award | Description |
| Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services (BIAS) | General Operating Support | $30,000 | To support the provision of mental health, social, and legal services to immigrant and refugee families in the Metropolitan St. Louis Area. |
| Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services (BIAS) | Strategic Planning 2020 | $15,000 | To support organizational capacity development through strategic planning. |
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Collinsville Faith in Action (Collinsville, IL) |
Collinsville Faith in Action General Operating | $25,000 | To provide general operating support for free door-through-door transporation services benefitting older adults 60+ and older adults with disabilities. |
| College Hill Foundation | Homeowner Rehab in the College Hill Neighborhood | $38,500 | To support the rehabilitation of homes in the College Hill Neighborhood, transforming the stability and quality of life of older adults. |
| Covenant House Missouri | Services for Victims of Human Trafficking and those at Greatest Risk | $30,000 | To provide comprehensive services to youth who have experienced human trafficking and those at greatest risk for victimization. |
| Disability Resource Association | Door-Through-Door Transportation to Support Older Adults Living Independently | $35,000 | To provide door-through-door transporation services to older adults and adults with disabilities in Jefferson County. |
| Five Star Senior Center | Senior Transportation Program | $30,000 | To provide older adults and adults with disabilities with reliable and affordable curb-to-curb transportation to medical appointments, necessary errands and recreational activities. |
| Healing Action Network | Healing Action Strategic Planning | $20,000 | To support organizational capacity development through strategic planning. |
| Healing Action Network | General Operating: Coalition Against Trafficking and Exploitation (CATE) | $25,000 | To train and assist service providers across the state in identifying trafficking victims; building trauma-informed, survivor-centered programs, and providing long-term, comprehensive support for survivors. |
| Health Protection and Education Service | Medical-Legal Partnership: Reducing Disparities by Addressing Legal Needs for Vulnerable Populations | $25,000 | To expand programming to include a screening for legal issues that affect clients' health and well-being, particularly for immigrants and non-English speaking populations. |
| Housing Options Provided for the Elderly, Inc. - HOPE | HOPE Fund Development Initiative | $15,000 | To support consulting services for the improvement of organizational fundraising and development. |
| Independence Center | Occupational Therapy to Support Seniors Aging in Place | $30,000 | To support the addition of a part-time Occupational Therapist to provide assessment and interventions for members 60+ living independently. |
| Immigrant & Refugee Women's Program | General operating funds to support in-home English and Life Skills tutoring | $35,000 | To support outreach, recruitment, and retention capacity for volunteers to provide in-home, one-on-one English classes for isolated immigrant and refugee adults in the St. Louis Area. |
| L'Arche St. Louis | Inclusive Care Coordination for Aging Adults with Intellectual Disabilities | $35,000 | To support the development of programming for aging adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to age in place. |
| Memory Care Home Solutions | Dementia Care Intervention | $30,000 | To support programming for caregivers and their loved-ones living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the St. Louis bi-state region. |
| Mission: St. Louis | Home Repair | $25,000 | To serve economically disadvantaged older adults living in the City of St. Louis through the provision of home repair services. |
| Nurses for Newborns Foundation | Immigrant Health Outreach Program | $15,000 | To support the employment of immigrant and refugee community members by providing families with culturally attentive outreach, support, and navigation to healthcare, food, and a safe living environment. |
| Saint Louis Crisis Nursery | Latino Outreach Program (LOP) | $35,000 | To provide trauma therapy, case management, and parenting education in Spanish to Latino families struggling with poverty, domestic violence, and mental health issues. |
| Shepherd's Center of Webster-Kirkwood | Shepherd's Center of Webster-Kirkwood, General Operating Support | $25,000 | General operating support for services that assist older adults in remaining independent, intellectually engaged, socially connected and active. |
| St. Francis Community Services | Spanish Language Mental Health Counseling | $40,000 | To provide bilingual, culturally competent mental health services for emotionally and relationally distressed youth with Spanish-speaking caregivers in St. Louis City. |
| St. John's Healing Community Board (Collinsville, IL) | Empowering Families Living with Dementia/Older Adults Living Independently/General Operating | $25,000 | General operating support to assist older adults with disabilities in maintaining their independence as they live in community. |
| St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Seniors with Vision Loss Living Independently | $33,600 | To ensure older adults living with vision loss receive specialized services and have access to community resources that will enhance their quality of life. |
| Sts. Joachim & Ann Care Service | Stabilizing Seniors to Safely Live Independently | $24,728 | To provide financial assistance and case management services to older adults who are homeless, at-risk of homelessness or in crisis, empowering them to age in place. |
| The Covering House | Reduce the Risk of Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking of Youth with Education and a Mentoring Program | $35,000 | To expand public education programming teaching young people about exploitation, and to introduce a mentor program to increase positive social connections among clients. |
| The Youth and Family Center | Jazzy Seniors | $27,000 | To support the expansion and improvement of programming to positively impact the social-emotional and physical health of older adults aging in place. |
| Under the Same Tree | Refugee Artisan Co-op | $12,000 | To empower women refugees in St. Louis to build community and engage in meaningful income-generating activities. |
| Youth In Need | Youth In Need’s Efforts to Eliminate Youth Human Trafficking | $15,000 | To increase staffing, provide training, and continue services for trafficked and at-risk runaway, homeless, and street youth in the St. Louis region. |
| HealthVisions East St. Louis | Circle of Friends | $32,000 | To support implementation of Circle of Friends programming, aimed at reducing the rates of loneliness and isolation for older adults living independently in East St. Louis. |
| PEACE Weaving Wholeness | The Sankofa Arts and Wellness Village NORC Summer Camp for Seasoned Adults | $88,811 | To provide a multi-week summer day camp for older adults in St. Louis City, including art programming, cultural immersion experiences, and educational lunch-and-learns. |
| Project Present | Project Present | $12,000 | To provide improvisation programming to caregivers and older adults experiencing dimentia or other age-related cognitive decline. |
| Visions for Vets | Visions for Vets | $50,000 | To expand art programming aimed at enriching and perserving the lives of military Veterans in the form of painting, ceramics, sculpting, photography, metal work and much more. |
| Warren County Fine Arts Council | Exploring the Artists within the Senior Citizens of Warren County | $5,000 | To fund collaborative art programming between the Warren County Fine Arts Council and the Warren County Agency on Aging to decrease isolation and increase socialization for older adults in Warren County. |
Fall 2019 Cycle
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