{"id":1657,"date":"2026-09-24T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightasinglecandle.org\/?page_id=1657"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:55:20","slug":"our-st-louis-partners-protype","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lightasinglecandle.org\/es\/our-partners\/our-st-louis-partners-protype\/","title":{"rendered":"Our St. Louis Partners Protype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contributions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Light A Single Candle Foundation does not accept contributions. However, we welcome and encourage you to support our Project Partners.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"lpe-host alignwide\" data-amounts=\"show\" data-notice=\"off\" data-view=\"full\" data-intro=\"modal\" data-group=\"both\" data-notes=\"off\" data-zoom=\"fit\">\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"lpe-data\">[{\"name\":\"Beyond Housing\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beyondhousing.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Beyond Housing is a nationally recognized, comprehensive community development organization dedicated to transforming the St. Louis region\u2019s under-resourced communities to create a stronger, more equitable, and prosperous St. Louis for all.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2018,\"a\":20000,\"n\":\"To provide students in the 24:1 Community with academic enrichment, develop their leadership and social skills, and support parental involvement in the child\u2019s education.\"},{\"y\":2019,\"a\":100000,\"n\":\"To expand Beyond Housing\u2019s current Housing Resource Coordination work with a greater emphasis on homeownership acquisition.\"},{\"y\":2020,\"a\":150000,\"n\":\"Expansion of current Housing Resource Coordination work with a greater emphasis on homeownership acquisition. This project has established the groundwork for an accelerated pathway to homeownership for those served.\"},{\"y\":2021,\"a\":150000,\"n\":\"This is an expansion of the successful 2-Year Homeownership Expansion Program that is focused on improving credit scores, increasing savings, and helping move participants into home ownership.  This expansion adds an additional staff member to grow the program over the next two years. In 2021 and 2022, Keys 2 Homeownership moved 34 individuals into homeownership.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":250000,\"n\":\"This funding supported the reoccupying of the grocery store in Pagedale, which provides access to food in an area identified as a food desert.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":392113,\"n\":\"This funding provided support to the Homeownership Expansion Program, Keys 2 Homeownership, that is focused on improving credit scores, increasing savings, and helping move participants into home ownership. This second year of programming helped 28 participants move into homeownership in 2023. In 2024, they were able to move 24 individuals into homeownership.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":451143,\"n\":\"This funding provided support the Keys 2 Homeownership programm, which is focused on improving credit scores, increasing savings and helping move participants into homeownership. They aim to move 54 participants into homeownership.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":186475,\"n\":\"This funding provided support the Keys 2 Homeownership program, which is focused on improving credit scores, increasing savings and helping move participants into homeownership. They aim to move 15 participants into homeownership in 2026.\"}],\"id\":\"beyond-housing\"},{\"name\":\"Black Girls Do STEM\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bgdstem.com\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Black Girls Do STEM is a community-based organization that triggers curiosity through deliberate education, access, and opportunity in STEM in the minds of Black girls. We are an educational equity nonprofit organization working at the intersections of racial\\\/gender equity and STEM educational access.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\",\"Early Childhood\",\"Training \\u0026 Professional Development\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":null,\"n\":\"To provide support to programming focused on education, access and opportunity around STEM and STEM careers to 160 middle school and high school girls.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"To continue to provide support to programming focused on education, access and opportunity around STEM and STEM careers to 160 middle school and high school girls.\"}],\"id\":\"black-girls-do-stem\"},{\"name\":\"Boys \\u0026 Girls Club of Greater St. Louis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bgcstl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The mission of the BGCSTL is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2021,\"a\":45000,\"n\":\"This funding provided support to the Career Readiness and Workforce Development programs that aims to provide approximately 600 teens with strong programming focused on career exploration, skills development, ACT\\\/SAT test prep, and work-based learning experiences to help cultivate strong futures.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":45000,\"n\":\"This provided support to the Career Readiness and Workforce Development programs that aim to provide approximately 700 teens with strong programming focused on career exploration, skills development, ACT\\\/SAT test prep, and work-based learning experiences to help cultivate strong futures.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":45000,\"n\":\"This is a 3rd year renewal to support the Career Readiness and Workforce Development program that aims to provide 500 teens with programming focused on career exploration, skill development, ACT\\\/SAT test prep, and work-based learning experiences to help cultivate strong futures.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":51500,\"n\":\"To provide support for the Workforce Development \\u0026 Career Readiness programming - specifically the St. Louis Internship Program (SLIP) and the Skilled Trades Exploration Program (STEP) - that provides 251 youth, ages 15-18 years old, from under-resourced neighborhoods, equipping them with the tools, training, and opportunities needed to break cycles of poverty and pursue long-term economic mobility.\"}],\"id\":\"boys-girls-club-of-greater-st-louis\"},{\"name\":\"Bridge 2 Hope\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stlbridge2hope.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"We love our children and want what's best for them. Schools are not delivering on the promise to provide a high quality education for all kids. We do not accept things the way they are. In St. Louis, Black and Brown students are not learning the basic math and reading skills they need to be successful in life. Over the past 20 years, the number of kids in the largest district that serves predominantly Black and Brown children has gone down from 100,000 to less than 20,000. Families with money are choosing to send their kids to better schools that offer more support and opportunities. We are mobilizing parents to build a bridge to better schools.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\",\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"The Parent Education Advocacy Academy (PEAA) program will help equip approximately 100 parents with the tools to champion their children's education and excel towards academic success, especially improved literacy levels. This program aims to specifically improve the tutoring student\u2019s literacy levels by at least 16.6% reading at or above grade level, increasing from the baseline of 10%.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"This will support for the literacy tutoring provided by Restore for More to children whose parents are attending the PEAA cohort. The Parent Education Advocacy Academy (PEAA) program will help equip approximately 100 parents with the tools to champion their children's education and excel towards academic success, especially improved literacy levels. The tutoring component will aim 75% of children grades 1-8th to improve by atleast one grade level.\"}],\"id\":\"bridge-2-hope\"},{\"name\":\"Care to Learn STL\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/caretolearn.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The mission of Care to Learn is to provide immediate funding to meet emergent needs in the areas of health, hunger, and hygiene so every student can be successful in school.\",\"focus\":[\"f\"],\"acts\":[\"Food Security \\u0026 Nutrition\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2019,\"a\":4500,\"n\":\"To meet emergent needs in the areas of health, hunger, and hygiene in the Hazelwood school district ages PreK - 12th grade.\"}],\"id\":\"care-to-learn-stl\"},{\"name\":\"Catholic Charities\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ccstl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The shared vision of each of our ministries is that Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis will be a premier leader in community renewal and a visible catalyst for social outreach by connecting with people, parishes, and ministries committed to a meaningful communion of care to those in need across every square mile of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2020,\"a\":160000,\"n\":\"To provide an intensive, long-term case management program that seeks to build on individual strengths and develop assets leading to self-sufficiency and empowering families in north St. Louis neighborhoods for long-term success.\"},{\"y\":2021,\"a\":110000,\"n\":\"This is a second year of funding for an intensive, long-term case management program that seeks to build on individual strengths and develop assets leading to self-sufficiency and empowering families in north St. Louis neighborhoods for long-term success.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":110000,\"n\":\"This is a third year of support for an intensive, long-term case management program that seeks to build on individual strengths and develop assets leading to self-sufficiency and empowering families in north St. Louis neighborhoods for long-term success.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":110000,\"n\":\"Pathways to Progress is an intensive, long-term case management program that seeks to build on individual strengths and develop assets leading to self-sufficiency and empowering families in north St. Louis neighborhoods for long-term success. This year\u2019s programming aims to increase participants annual median income by 5%.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":110000,\"n\":\"\"}],\"id\":\"catholic-charities\"},{\"name\":\"College Bound\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.collegeboundstl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The road to and through college is cluttered with obstacles \u2013 especially for students from under-resourced and overburdened communities. College Bound offers the support and guidance necessary to help first-generation students from low-income backgrounds get TO and THROUGH college.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"To and Through provides in-depth programming to 360 students from their sophomore year of high school through undergraduate completion to increase success of high school and college graduation and ultimately aim to increase the socio-economic status of families in St. Louis. They aim for 100% of students to graduate from high school and for 93% to begin college within 6 months of their graduation.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":70000,\"n\":\"To provide in-depth programming to 360 students from their sophomore year of high school through undergraduate completion to increase success of high school and college graduation and ultimately aim to increase the socio-economic status of families in St. Louis. This program aims for 100% of seniors to graduate high school with atleast 93% matriculating to college and 65% to complete their college degree within 6 years.\"}],\"id\":\"college-bound\"},{\"name\":\"Connections to Success\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/connectionstosuccess.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Poverty is often associated with not having enough money or not having a job, but it\u2019s more complex than that. Poverty involves multifaceted, interconnected factors and can spark a cycle that impacts generations of families. Living in poverty often limits educational and training opportunities for children and young adults, making it difficult to obtain a job with a living wage as an adult or parent. The cycle of poverty has a widespread impact, contributing to issues like crime, unemployment, poor health, domestic violence, isolation and depression. Our mission is to break this cycle by helping people living in challenging situations re-establish hope, get connected with needed resources and implement a plan to reach economic independence.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Employment Readiness \\u0026 Job Training\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2022,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"This supported the Pathways to Success program for 286 beneficiaries in North St. Louis County that provides personal and professional development and assists with job placement, as well as life-skills coaching and goal setting to help break the cycle of poverty for the beneficiaries and their families. In 2022, 50% of participants were already able to gain employment with an average wage of $20.18\\\/hour.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"This is a second year of support to the Pathways to Success program for 300 beneficiaries in North St. Louis County that provides personal and professional development and assists with job placement, as well as life-skills coaching and goal setting to help break the cycle of poverty for the beneficiaries and their families. The program aims to have 75% of participants working full time, earning an average starting wage of $18\\\/hour with 80% increasing their wage by at least $1\\\/hour every year for 3 years.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"This is a third-year request for funding to support the Pathways to Success program for 300 beneficiaries in North St. Louis City that provides personal and professional development and assists with job placement, as well as life-skills coaching and goal setting to help break the cycle of poverty for the beneficiaries and their families. This program aims for 90% of program participants to be working full-time within 9 months of completion, making an average of $18\\\/hr.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":55000,\"n\":\"To support the Pathways to Success program that provides 400 participants with personal and professional development and assists with job placement, as well as life-skills coaching and goal setting, with the goal of 70% obtaining full-time employment with an average wage of $18\\\/hour or more.\"}],\"id\":\"connections-to-success\"},{\"name\":\"Cornerstone Center for Early Learning\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cornerstonecenterstl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Since 1969, Cornerstone Center for Early Learning has helped children and families develop toward self-determination and an improved standard of living by addressing the critical economic and social factors that influence family stability. Providing award-winning, accredited, and licensed education and care for children from all economic backgrounds, we create an inclusive environment where every child can be successful.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Early Childhood\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":5000,\"n\":\"To provide support to 200 children (6 weeks to 5 years of age) and their families with high-quality, comprehensive, and affordable early childhood education programs, in conjunction with complete nutrition education and food support, security and sustainability.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":7500,\"n\":\"To provide provide support to 200 children (6 weeks to 5 years of age) and their families with high-quality, comprehensive, and affordable early childhood education programs, in conjunction with complete nutrition education and food support, security and sustainability. This will aim for 85% of children meet or exceed the age-appropriate developmental milestones that indicate kindergarten readiness.\"}],\"id\":\"cornerstone-center-for-early-learning\"},{\"name\":\"Cornerstone Corporation\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cornerstonestl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Cornerstone Corporation is a Christian Community Development Corporation that provides an equitable opportunity for quality, affordable housing to those who would not otherwise have it; empowers constituents to grow their capacity to achieve their life goals with dignity; and collaborates with others for community driven development of the West End neighborhood.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Financial Literacy\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2022,\"a\":37125,\"n\":\"This supported a pilot program focused on providing financial coaching and education for 25 individuals in the West End neighborhood. Within the first cohorts of \u201cIn the Black\u201d Fellows, Cornerstone Corporation is aiming for statistically significant increases in net worth, savings, average income, average retirement fund investment, credit score, and decrease in debt-to-income ratio.\"}],\"id\":\"cornerstone-corporation\"},{\"name\":\"Deaconess Foundation\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/deaconess.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Deaconess seeks to create conditions where liberation is the lived reality within seven generations. A ministry of the United Church of Christ, Deaconess has invested more than $96 million to improve the health of the St. Louis community since 1998. Our grants and cultivated relationships support the accelerated change in conditions through policy, advocacy, and\\\/or organizing efforts building and wielding power to transform systems to respond to the will of the people. The Foundation\u2019s advocacy and grantmaking footprint includes St. Louis City, St. Louis, Jefferson, St. Charles and Franklin Counties in Missouri and Madison, St. Clair and Monroe Counties in Illinois.\",\"focus\":[\"o\"],\"acts\":[\"Community Initiative Funds\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2020,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"St. Louis Regional Racial Healing Fund \u2013 To provide support to the Racial Healing + Justice Fund that is focused on promoting healing of community trauma in St. Louis and changing the conditions that reinforce systemic racism through a community-led grantmaking process that supports efforts to develop capacity and infrastructure in the racial justice movement to envision, articulate, and create a transformed St. Louis region through community organization and healing arts.\"}],\"id\":\"deaconess-foundation\"},{\"name\":\"Dream Builders 4 Equity\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dreambuilders4equity.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Dream Builders 4 Equity (DB4E) is working to develop economically sustainable and socially engaged communities by growing equity for youth, businesses, residents, and real estate. We are tackling the vacant home epidemic plaguing the St. Louis region by employing local minority youth and contractors to do large scale community-led development projects - putting money and equity back in the pockets of people within the community while creating workforce development and scaling minority-owned contracting businesses.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\",\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2021,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This project provided the opportunity for youth to participate in Dream Builders Academy where they will receive wages, work experience, professional development training, and mentorship.  This funding also provided renovations for five senior homes in the Hyde Park Community.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":55000,\"n\":\"This is a year 2 renewal grant that provided support for the Summer Academy and mentorship programming for 50+ youth where they receive wages, work experience, professional development training, and mentorship, as well as renovations for 5 senior homes in the Hyde Park Community. Dream Builders 4 Equity aims to have 100% of youth participants continue after high school to continued education, trade school and\\\/or employment.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":139000,\"n\":\"Home Repair for Seniors will provide renovations to 5 senior homes in the Hyde Park Community. This program goes hand in hand with the Summer Academy and apprenticeship program for 50+ youth where they will receive wages, work experience, professional development training, and mentorship. The youth program aims to have 90% of all past and present participants gainfully employed, enrolled in secondary education, or actively pursuing next steps, such as vocational training or internships.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":111500,\"n\":\"This is year 2 of a 3-year request to support the new Youth Program Director role dedicated to DB4E Youth Programming, as well as providing stipends to 10-12 mentors. Senior Homes: This is a 4th year of funding to provide home renovations to 5 senior homes in the Hyde Park Community. This program works directly with their Summer Academy and apprenticeship program for 50+ youth where they will receive wages, work experience, professional development training, and mentorship.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"To provide support to tornado relief efforts.\"},{\"y\":2026,\"a\":107450,\"n\":\"This is year 3 of a 3-year request to support the Youth Program Director role dedicated to DB4E Youth Programming, as well as providing stipends to 13 mentors. This is a 5th year request to provide home renovations to 5 senior homes in the Hyde Park Community. This program works directly with their Summer Academy and apprenticeship program for 55 youth where they will receive wages, work experience, professional development training, and mentorship, aiming for 92% of all engaged youth (143) to be employed or pursuing additional education\\\/training.\"}],\"id\":\"dream-builders-4-equity\"},{\"name\":\"Elevate St. Louis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elevatestlouis.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Elevate\u2019s unique, relationship-based approach employs full-time staff who represent the community they serve. Part teacher, part mentor, part life coach, our dedicated team members make themselves available 24\\\/7 to build relationships with students. The strength of these relationships is developed through four key program components.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2019,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"To help grow the student mentoring program by hiring an additional 4 teacher mentors.\"},{\"y\":2020,\"a\":33400,\"n\":\"Support for cross age mentoring program that serves 285 students to improve success of students in school through graduation.\"},{\"y\":2021,\"a\":33400,\"n\":\"This funding provided support for the cross-age mentoring program that serves approximately 250 students to improve success of students in school through graduation and post-secondary opportunities.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":33400,\"n\":\"Funding for the mentoring component of Elevate that will provide support 4-5x a month for 70 students at McCluer High School. This program is focused on helping 100% of their youth graduate from high school and complete a post-secondary education plan.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":28000,\"n\":\"This funding aimed to help Elevate St. Louis to build capacity and build out their pipeline through the addition staff.\"}],\"id\":\"elevate-st-louis\"},{\"name\":\"Energy Care\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energycare.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"EnergyCare promotes healthier, safer home environments and independent living by providing year-round energy-related services in St. Louis communities for low-income households with persons who are elderly, disabled or chronically ill, and young children.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Poverty Relief\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2017,\"a\":2000,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2020,\"a\":2000,\"n\":\"COVID-19 Relief funding to help provide support to their summer air conditioning program.\"}],\"id\":\"energy-care\"},{\"name\":\"Fathers \\u0026 Families Support Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fatherssupportcenter.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Men and women enrolled in Family Formation Program commit to an extremely challenging full day, six-week program emerging with the abilities and skills necessary to be the actively involved, responsible parents that their children need and deserve. This remarkable program is recognized nationwide as the most effective of its kind. After completing the course, graduates receive follow-up support and services for a period of one year.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Employment Readiness \\u0026 Job Training\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2019,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"To increase parents\u2019, especially fathers\u2019, emotional and financial support of their children and families through child support management, parenting skills, healthy relationships, effective communication, job readiness and employability.\"},{\"y\":2020,\"a\":17500,\"n\":\"To provide operational support that will directly benefit 350 low-income parents who participate in their program.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":27500,\"n\":\"This provided personnel and program support that directly benefited 169 low-income parents who participate in the Family Formation program. In 2022, 169 parents completed the program, with 118 gaining full time employment.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"The Family Formation program graduated 199 participants in 2023, impacting 537 children, and focused on increasing employment rates and income for families. This program aimed to assist at least 60% of unemployed\\\/underemployed parents in obtaining employment earning an average wage of $12\\\/hr. or more.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":100000,\"n\":\"To provide 50 low-income parents with the opportunity to become credentialed to access higher paying careers and improve their economic status and stability. This program aims to increase their annual income by 25% or more, with an average starting at an annual income of $41,600. This program will also provide support to an additional 54 parents who are not yet eligible for credentialing to be connected to full time employment earning an average annual income of $31,200 or more.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":100000,\"n\":\"This is funding for a Y2 of the Employment Development \\u0026 Training Project that focuses on providing 50 low-income parents with the opportunity to become credentialed in order to access higher paying careers and improve their economic status to approximately $41k, while continuing to provide other employment support to an additional 74 parents, to reach an income of $31k.\"}],\"id\":\"fathers-families-support-center\"},{\"name\":\"Finally Safe\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/finallysafe.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Finally Safe\u2014a non-traditional, Montessori-level education center for youth affected by crime and poverty, and those struggling with learning disabilities, and COVID-19 learning loss\u2014will be the first \u201cGo Green\u201d alternative school in St. Louis City. We are a pilot-model facility designed to meet high-environmental standards with student health at the forefront\u2014our features are carefully developed and compatible for 21st century learning and the COVID-19 era\u2014and our structure will reinforce a culture of life and health within the low-income community.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2023,\"a\":10800,\"n\":\"This provided support to the literacy and mentorship programming for 55-65 at-risk youth that aims to decrease the number of individuals reading below grade level from 68% to 43%.\"}],\"id\":\"finally-safe\"},{\"name\":\"Flance Early Learning Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.flancecenter.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Flance Early Learning Center (Flance) is a non-profit, early childhood education center that provides care, pre-school education and wraparound services to children ages 6 weeks to 6 years of age and their parents.  We are located in the under-resourced 63106 zipcode in north St. Louis City.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Early Childhood\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2025,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"This funding helped provide additional support to approximately 125 children at this Early Learning Center through SMILE, their Social Emotional Learning program, that aims for 85% of children to meet or exceed age-appropriate developmental readiness that indicate kindergarten readiness.\"},{\"y\":2026,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"This is year 2 funding for Flance that will provide additional support to approximately 225 children at this Early Learning Center through SMILE, their Social Emotional Learning program, that aims for 85% of children to meet or exceed age-appropriate developmental readiness that indicate kindergarten readiness.\"}],\"id\":\"flance-early-learning-center\"},{\"name\":\"Girls in the Know\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/girlsintheknow.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Girls in the Know works to ensure that every girl knows her self-worth and is empowered to make the right decisions for her safe and healthy growth and development. Knowledge is power, and the more she knows, the more a girl can confidently navigate adolescence, advocate for her needs, and share with and encourage others. Partnering with school districts and community organizations, we empower girls with educational programs and resources, open dialogue, mentorship and continued support during their preteen and teenage years.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2023,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"The Empowerment Workshop Series provides education and mentorship to 700 girls ages 9-13 years old in 30 schools in St. Louis. This program aims to increase their understanding of empowerment, changes occurring in our bodies, and how to identify a trusted adult. Long-term this mentorship hopes to decrease drop-out rates, teen pregnancy and risky behaviors.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"The Empowerment Workshop Series provides education and mentorship to 700 girls ages 9-13 years old in 30 schools in St. Louis. This program aims to increase their understanding of empowerment, changes occurring in our bodies, and how to identify a trusted adult. Long-term this mentorship hopes to decrease drop-out rates, teen pregnancy and risky behaviors.\"}],\"id\":\"girls-in-the-know\"},{\"name\":\"Guardian Angel Settlement Association\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gasastl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Guardian Angel Settlement Association serves under-resourced children and families in St. Louis City and County through two main programs: The Early Childhood Education program is a licensed Head Start provider where children ages 0-5 build a strong foundation for future success. The Social Stability program provides a food pantry; housing assistance; case management; and self-sufficiency workshops.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Early Childhood\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2025,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"To support Guardian Angel's Early Education Center that provides youth 0-5 with quality care and education, aiming for 85% of children to meet or exceed the age-appropriate developmental milestones.\"}],\"id\":\"guardian-angel-settlement-association\"},{\"name\":\"HOME WORKS!\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/teacherhomevisit.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"HOME WORKS! (HW!) was founded in St Louis, MO, in 2007 to advance children's academic success by partnering with families and teachers to improve student academic achievement by building relationships between school and home. HW! began in a handful of schools, growing to serve 116 early childhood, elementary, middle, and high schools in urban, suburban, and rural districts and charter schools. Now, more than fifteen years later, HW! continues to provide teachers and schools in low-income communities with the expert professional development, tools, and financial support needed to bridge the gap between school and home and engage parents as powerful partners in their children\u2019s learning. Through Home Visits, Parent-Teacher Workshops, and School Events, nearly 1,000 students annually experience improved attendance, classroom behavior, and academic proficiency. Our impact is clear; when parents and teachers work together kids succeed!\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This program focuses on improving educational outcomes for approximately 500 students annually through teacher and parent visits in the home, educational workshops, and family dinners, to strengthen the parent teacher relationship. Education outcomes will aim to have 55% of students at or above grade level for both reading and math.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":117207,\"n\":\"This funding will support the implementation of HOMEWORKS! programming at Old North Academy, benefiting approximately 200 students. The program aims to increase the number of students achieving grade-level proficiency in math and reading.\"}],\"id\":\"home-works\"},{\"name\":\"Jobs for Americans Graduates Missouri\",\"url\":\"jag-missouri.org\",\"desc\":\"JAG-Missouri empowers students to overcome barriers, graduate high school, and pursue meaningful careers or education. Through mentorship, academic support, and real-world career experiences, we equip Missouri\u2019s youth with the skills, confidence, and opportunities they need to build strong, successful futures.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2026,\"a\":20000,\"n\":\"To support the Pathways to Promise program that equips 550 middle and high school students in St. Louis with academic tutoring, financial literacy, career readiness, and mentorship. The program addresses systemic barriers such as poverty, learning gaps, and lack of adult guidance, aiming to improve graduation rates, post-secondary enrollment, and workforce readiness.\"}],\"id\":\"jobs-for-americans-graduates-missouri\"},{\"name\":\"Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jausa.ja.org\\\/about\\\/index\",\"desc\":\"At Junior Achievement we believe in \\\"possible.\\\" Each day, we work to help young people discover what\u2019s possible in their lives. We do this by helping them connect what they learn in school with life outside the classroom. We let them know it\u2019s possible to invest in their future, to gain a better understanding of how the world works, and to pursue their dreams. We show them that it\u2019s possible for tomorrow to be a better day.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Financial Literacy\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2017,\"a\":28000,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2018,\"a\":28000,\"n\":\"To provide JA programs to students throughout 5 schools in St. Louis City and North St. Louis County, providing experiential hands-on activities helping students understand the basics of business, economics, and civics.\"},{\"y\":2020,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"Support for financial literacy program for 1,600 low-moderate income students to encourage achievement of goals and to prepare students for future success.\"},{\"y\":2021,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"This project provided financial literacy programming for 1,706 low to moderate income students that is focused on business, economic and personal financial concepts to encourage achievement of goals and to prepare students for future success.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"This support provided financial literacy programming for 1,600 low to moderate income students focused on business, economic and personal financial concepts to encourage achievement of goals and to prepare students for future success. In 2023, 91% of participants stated that Junior Achievement helped them in school and life, with 93% stating they believe they can create their own future.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"This funding will provide financial literacy programming for 1,510 low to moderate income students focused on business, economic and personal financial concepts to encourage achievement of goals and to prepare students for future success. This program aims to increase students\u2019 knowledge by 20%.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":40000,\"n\":\"This funding will support financial literacy programming for 1,770 low- to moderate-income students, equipping them with essential knowledge in business, economics, and personal finance.\"}],\"id\":\"junior-achievement-of-greater-st-louis\"},{\"name\":\"Justine PETERSEN\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/justinepetersen.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Justine PETERSEN furthers the legacy of Justine M. Petersen, a pioneer in advancing financial asset development among low and moderate-income individuals and families. Ms. Petersen melded the disciplines of social work and banking to yield partnerships that would allow individuals access to mainstream financial products and services. As an organization, Justine PETERSEN serves as a port of entry to mainstream finance, equipping and empowering individuals and families with the necessary knowledge, tools and products necessary to build intergenerational assets and wealth.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2021,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This is a pilot program focused on helping to provide a line of credit to small contractors that are unable to access financing through banks and other traditional financial institutions, as well as the wrap around services to be successful.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This is the second year of the Contractor Line of Credit program. This program provided 11 small contractors that are unable to access financing through banks and other traditional financial institutions with a line of credit. These contractors were successful in 65 jobs being retained and 21 additional jobs being created. Furthermore, 86% of businesses were able to improve their business revenue by 10%.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This is a 3rd of funding to provide lines of credit and wrap around services to 10 small contractors in St. Louis, as well as continue to provide this support to the 14 contractors from the past 2 years, to see an increase in revenue, credit score and job creation.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This is a 4th year of funding to provide lines of credit and wrap around services to 10 small contractors in St. Lous, as well as continue to provide this support to the 24 existing contractors from the past 3 years. This program aims to see an increase in annual revenue, credit score and job creation.\"}],\"id\":\"justine-petersen\"},{\"name\":\"LifeWise STL\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lifewisestl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Rooted in our foundation as Kingdom House since 1902, our mission is to help individuals and families achieve economic well-being by providing high-impact, relationship-based programming and by addressing systemic barriers to their success.\",\"focus\":[\"e\",\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\",\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2016,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2018,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"Renewed funding for a Financial Coach to serve low-income and ethnic minorities living in St. Louis City in a Financial Stability Services program.\"},{\"y\":2019,\"a\":150000,\"n\":\"To provide funding for a Financial Coach to serve low-income and ethnic minorities living in St. Louis City in a Financial Stability Services program.\"},{\"y\":2020,\"a\":30000,\"n\":\"Support of the Family Financial Recovery Fund to assist families served by LifeWise that are most financially impacted by COVID19. These families do not qualify for any government-sponsored financial assistance by virtue of their income level and immigration status and have lost every source of household income. The Family Financial Recovery Fund is critical for supporting them as they pay rent\\\/utilities, and remain in safe housing, over the next three months.\"},{\"y\":2021,\"a\":210000,\"n\":\"This is a second year of funding for the Economic Mobility Programming that provides financial coaching services, match funding and asset building programs.  This year's programming expanded to include Child Savings Accounts, IDAs and Matched Savings for Independence Accounts and aims to serve 375 beneficiaries.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":200000,\"n\":\"This is the third year of support for the Economic Mobility Programming that provides financial coaching services, match funding and asset building programs for a total of 550 beneficiaries. This program aims to help participants increase savings by at least $400, reduce debt by an average of $250, and increase credit scores by an average of 25 points.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":300000,\"n\":\"Economic Empowerment: The LifeWise Economic Mobility Programming provides financial coaching services, match funding and asset building programs for a total of 680 beneficiaries. The Economic Wellness Program will create approximately $803,100 in savings that were not there before, increasing the participant\u2019s economic well-being as a result of participation in activities to increase their financial literacy, supportive financial positive behavior change, and provide access to financial products.\\n\\nCollege Readiiness: LifeWise Academy is a program for high schoolers focused on preparing them for graduation and post-secondary education through academic support and tutoring, FAFSA \\u0026 scholarship prep, college visits, and alumni support. This year\u2019s LifeWise Academy aims to improve 75% of youth in 1 course grade, maintain or show gains in literacy skills for 75% of youth, and have 95% of seniors accepted into post-secondary education or work force programming\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":384350,\"n\":\"Continual support of the Economic Mobility Programming that provides financial coaching services, match funding, and asset building programs for a total of 680 beneficiaries. This will create approximately $1,104,300 in savings that were not there before,  increasing the participant's economic wellbeing as a result of participation inactivities to increase their financial literacy, support positive financial behavior change, and provide access to financial products.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":685000,\"n\":\"To provide support for the Economic Mobility Programming that provides financial coaching services, match funding and asset building programs for a total of 615 beneficiaries, creating approximately $1,124,700 in savings.To support LifeWise's Economic Wellness Office build-out. To support tornado relief efforts.\"},{\"y\":2026,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness: Year 3 of supporting LifeWise Academy program for 130 highschoolers that works to prepare them for graduation and post-secondary education through academic support and tutoring, FAFSA \\u0026 scholarship prep, college visits, and alumni support.\"}],\"id\":\"lifewise-stl\"},{\"name\":\"Lift for Life Gym\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/liftforlifegym.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"We lift Weights. You lift us. Our Mission: to offer a safe, engaging after-school environment for St. Louis City children to strengthen their bodies, enrich their minds, develop healthy social relationships and learn to make positive life choices.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\",\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2014,\"a\":1500,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2015,\"a\":5000,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2016,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2017,\"a\":11500,\"n\":\"\"},{\"y\":2018,\"a\":15000,\"n\":\"To offer two, ten-week sessions \u2013 one in the fall\\\/winter of 2018-19 and one in the spring of 2019 \u2013 that will serve a total of 30 Clay elementary school students who attend LFL Gym. 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This program aims for at least 75% of seniors to graduate from high school and enroll in higher education or vocational training, and for 100% of participants to advance to the next grade level in school.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":48975,\"n\":\"To enable Lift for Life Gym to hire a Program Manager for their Teen Engagement \\u0026 Mentorship program, which serves 40 youth aged 13-18 years.\"}],\"id\":\"lift-for-life-gym\"},{\"name\":\"Literacy and Hope Foundation\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literacyandhope.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Literacy and Hope is a Christian organization whose message is based on the Bible. It is motivated by the love of God. We focus on two areas: Sharing God\u2019s love through His Word and meeting the needs of this community by moving individuals from illiterate to literate with our programs. The literacy problem spreads across many areas including, reading, money management, parent advocacy, and parenting. Literacy and Hope was formed to address these challenges in our community.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\",\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2025,\"a\":14700,\"n\":\"To support the implementation of the Reading Intervention Program to 20 K-3rd grade students who are testing Below Basic at Mullanphy Elementary \\u0026 Momentum Gravois Park. 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We are proud of what has happened in our city through LOVEtheLOU, and we are excited about what will continue to happen as we grow and develop.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":35000,\"n\":\"To provide the LIFT program to 50 youth ages 12-25 years old with the goal of shifting them from a survival mindset to flourishing, including a focus on high school graduation, employment, and financial stability.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"To provide support to the LIFT program for 50 youth ages 12\u201325, with the goal of helping participants move from a survival mindset to a flourishing future. The program emphasizes high school graduation, meaningful employment, and long-term financial stability, and includes mentorship, internships, and support for youth-led ventures to foster personal and professional growth.\"}],\"id\":\"lovethelou\"},{\"name\":\"Mission: St. Louis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.missionstl.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Mission: St. Louis a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves people in communities disproportionately impacted by generational poverty. Our mission is to empower individuals for social and economic growth through relationship and opportunity. We achieve this through an array of programming, services, and resources focused in five initiative areas: workforce development, education, housing, crime reduction, and community development.\",\"focus\":[\"o\"],\"acts\":[\"Community Initiative Funds\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":122000,\"n\":\"To provide support as they work to create a redevelopment plan for the North Grand Corridor community, as well as reinvision their headquarters.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":30000,\"n\":\"To support tornado relief efforts.\"}],\"id\":\"mission-st-louis\"},{\"name\":\"North Grand Neighborhood Services\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ngns.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"NGNS strives to develop our community with dignity, creating a safe place for our neighbors to live, work, and play. We envision a future where area residents have worked cooperatively to reverse the cycle of poverty, violence, and neglect that has plagued our community for decades, creating in its place a healthy, sustainable, and vibrant community.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2023,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"This funding supported the renovation of 1 property in an effort to decrease the vacant buildings and nuisance properties in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"This funding supported the renovation of 1 property in an effort to decrease the vacant buildings and nuisance properties in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.\"}],\"id\":\"north-grand-neighborhood-services\"},{\"name\":\"Northside Community Housing\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northsidecommunityhousing.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The mission of Northside Community Housing, Inc. is to provide high quality housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income area residents and to create opportunities for them to improve their lives and revitalize the community.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"To provide renovations to 5 individuals who are purchasing the homes that they have been renting for 15 years.\"}],\"id\":\"northside-community-housing\"},{\"name\":\"Northside Youth \\u0026 Senior Services\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nsyssc.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"At Northside Youth and Senior Service Center, we serve youth and seniors in the St. Louis community, helping them to reach and retain their full potential and life goals.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":10000,\"n\":\"To provide afterschool programming to 50 students in grades K through 5th grade at Peabody Elementary, including academic enrichment which focuses on improving the reading and math grade levels for each student.\"}],\"id\":\"northside-youth-senior-services\"},{\"name\":\"NPower Missouri\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.npower.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Located on the campus of St. Louis Community College, NPower Missouri provides FREE technology training and development to young adult job seekers, offering an alternative fast-track to tech jobs with employers committed to hiring diverse IT talent.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Employment Readiness \\u0026 Job Training\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2021,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This project provides technical training skills, professional development, social support, job placement, and lifetime access to an active and supportive alumni network for 115 participants in St. Louis, MO.\"},{\"y\":2022,\"a\":75000,\"n\":\"This program provided technical skills training, professional development, social support, job placement, and lifetime access to an active and supportive alumni network for 77 participants in St. Louis, MO. Of the 77 participants in 2022, 37 have already gained full time employment with an average of salary of approximately $40,000.\"},{\"y\":2023,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This is a 3rd year of support for the Tech Fundamentals Program that provides technical training skills, professional development, social support, job placement, and lifetime access to an active and supportive alumni network for approximately 100 participants in St. Louis, MO.  This program aims to have 85% of graduates obtain full-time employment earning an average of $19\\\/hour.\"},{\"y\":2024,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This is a a 4th year of support to provide technical training skills, professional development, social support, job placement, and lifetime access to an active and supportive alumni network for approximately 100 participants in St. Louis, MO, with the goal of increasing graduates' income to atleast $35,000 in their first placement.\"},{\"y\":2026,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"This is a 5th year of support to provide technical training skills, professional development, social support, job placement, and lifetime access to an active and supportive alumni network for approximately 100 participants in St. Louis, MO, with the goal of increasing graduates' income to at least $35,000 in their first placement.\"}],\"id\":\"npower-missouri\"},{\"name\":\"Oasis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/st-louis.oasisnet.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The Oasis Institute\u2019s mission is to promote healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles, and meaningful volunteer engagement. A core focus is empowering older adults to serve as tutors and mentors, improving literacy, math skills, and overall academic success for children while strengthening communities across generations.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2026,\"a\":75000,\"n\":\"provide weekly one-on-one math and reading tutoring to more than 2,200 K\u20133 students across the St. Louis region, with at least 90% of participating students demonstrating measurable academic growth, while also increasing student confidence, engagement, and long-term school success.\"}],\"id\":\"oasis\"},{\"name\":\"Operation Food Search\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.operationfoodsearch.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Operation Food Search's mission is to heal hunger with innovative and collaborative solutions that provide food today and help create a hunger-free tomorrow.\",\"focus\":[\"f\"],\"acts\":[\"Food Security \\u0026 Nutrition\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"This provides general operating support to assist Operation Food Search in meeting the food need in St. Louis.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":35000,\"n\":\"To advance Operation Food Search\u2019s comprehensive hunger relief strategy, including food distribution, community partnerships, mobile markets, and nutrition education to ensure consistent, equitable access to healthy food for families across the region. To provide support to the tornado relief efforts.\"}],\"id\":\"operation-food-search\"},{\"name\":\"Per Scholas St. Louis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/perscholas.org\\\/locations\\\/st-louis\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Per Scholas St. Louis currently offers technology training to residents throughout St. Louis, MO. We will connect graduates directly with job opportunities upon graduation.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Employment Readiness \\u0026 Job Training\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":20000,\"n\":\"This will support Per Scholas\u2019 technical training to approximately 150 low to moderate income individuals with the intent to help graduates attain $22\\\/hour or more, doubling their pre-training wage.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"To  provide support for Per Scholas St. Louis' technical training to approximately 150 low to moderate income individuals with the intent to help graduates attain $21\\\/hour or more, doubling their pre-training wage.\"}],\"id\":\"per-scholas-st-louis\"},{\"name\":\"Prosperity Connections\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prosperityconnection.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Through our financial education and coaching, we help St. Louisans build the confidence, knowledge, and skills to enhance their financial well-being.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Financial Literacy\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"Programming is focused on providing financial education to 1200 people in St. Louis in an effort to increase financial knowledge, credit scores, savings, assets and decrease debt. This program aims to increase credit scores for 19% of clients by an average of 60 points.\"},{\"y\":2025,\"a\":125000,\"n\":\"To support Phase 1: Research \\u0026 Development of Pathways to Prosperity, a multi-phase initiative by Prosperity Connection to design an evidence-based investment readiness program that helps low- and moderate-income St. Louis residents build long-term wealth through accessible, equitable investment opportunities.\"}],\"id\":\"prosperity-connections\"},{\"name\":\"Ready Readers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.readyreaders.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"At Ready Readers, we send trained volunteers into classrooms in low-income communities to read aloud to young children, sparking imaginations and building early literacy skills in preparation for kindergarten. We stock classroom shelves with new, high-quality books and provide books for each child to keep and enjoy at home. Together with our community partners, we provide literacy-related experiences to extend kids\u2019 love of reading beyond the classroom walls.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Early Childhood\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2023,\"a\":30000,\"n\":\"Storytime Program provides weekly story times to 1000 classrooms and 15,000 children ages 0-5 years old. 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Our work often goes beyond each home. Local affiliates who are rooted in the community work closely with community residents and leaders to revitalize our communities. Together, we create and execute plans to address some of the needs of each specific community. Through our work, we are also positioned to address the long-term recovery of communities struck by natural disasters. We commit to our neighbors in need and help them rebuild in the months and years following a disaster.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Asset Building \\u0026\\\/or Homeownership\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2024,\"a\":18000,\"n\":\"This funding would help provide home repair for 100 homeowners who are older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities. 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Operating under Restore St. Louis and New City Fellowship, we equip youth with marketable skills, character development, and a vision for a hopeful future rooted in service, dignity, and community transformation.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"College \\u0026 Career Readiness\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2025,\"a\":25000,\"n\":\"To provide support the Harambe Youth Training Program that gives 150 youth 12-18 years old hands on tuckpointing job training experience and mentorship, as well as free tuckpointing services to to seniors in St. Louis City.\"}],\"id\":\"restore-st-louis\"},{\"name\":\"Restored for More\",\"url\":\"restored4more.com\",\"desc\":\"Restored For More exists to empower youth from the at-risk communities of St. Louis through tutoring and mentoring.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Literacy \\u0026 Tutoring\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2026,\"a\":5000,\"n\":\"To expand its Linking Arms tutoring program by hiring a part\u2011time Administrative Assistant which enables the organization to recruit, train, and support a growing network of community tutors serving K\u20133 students in under\u2011resourced St. Louis Promise Zone schools.\"}],\"id\":\"restored-for-more\"},{\"name\":\"Rung for Women\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rungforwomen.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"Learn new skills. Accelerate your career. Too many women are unfulfilled, unhappy, and underpaid in their jobs, but afraid to take the leap into the unknown. We designed a program to guide motivated women through a process to start working in exciting careers and get paid what they\u2019re worth.\",\"focus\":[\"e\"],\"acts\":[\"Employment Readiness \\u0026 Job Training\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2022,\"a\":50000,\"n\":\"This programming aims to recruit, train, and employ under resourced women in the St. Louis metro area and find employment opportunities in highly technical jobs. The goal of this program is to provide training and assistance to enter a new career field and increasing income by at least 10%.\"}],\"id\":\"rung-for-women\"},{\"name\":\"Salvation Army Midland Division\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/centralusa.salvationarmy.org\\\/midland\\\/divisional-headquarters\\\/\",\"desc\":\"The Salvation Army believes in faith put into action and making life better for others. Our services meet physical, emotional and spiritual needs to rebuild lives and create lasting change. Help is given freely and without discrimination, while preserving the individual's dignity. We're here to change lives, one at a time.\",\"focus\":[\"c\"],\"acts\":[\"COVID-19 Relief\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2020,\"a\":20000,\"n\":\"Provided COVID- Relief Funding towards food support to assist with the dramatic increase in the volume of families requesting food support at their 6 STL service centers.\"},{\"y\":2021,\"a\":6667,\"n\":\"COVID-19 funding that provided additional food to the Salvation Army food pantries, Mobile Mart, mobile food bus, and special food distributions, allowing them to reach approximately 1000 individuals.\"}],\"id\":\"salvation-army-midland-division\"},{\"name\":\"SIRV STL\",\"url\":\"\",\"desc\":\"The St. Louis Initiative to Reduce Violence is a grassroots effort involving St. Louis communities, law enforcement, non-profit organizations, faith-based organizations, schools, and community leaders dedicated to supporting, designing, and implementing solutions to curb violence in the St. Louis region.\",\"focus\":[\"y\"],\"acts\":[\"Mentorship\"],\"grants\":[{\"y\":2015,\"a\":2500,\"n\":\"\"}],\"id\":\"sirv-stl\"},{\"name\":\"St. Joseph Housing Initiative\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.stjosephhousing.org\\\/\",\"desc\":\"At St. Joseph Housing Initiative, we know that people need safe, peaceful home environments to thrive and owning one\u2019s home is a major step forward in the path of financial independence. 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\\u003Cspan\\u003E\\u003Cb\\u003EPrototype\\u003C\\\/b\\u003E \u00b7 Golamac concept for Light a Single Candle Foundation \u00b7 Data as entered in Kumu, September 2026. 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