2023 Grants

As of 02/28/2023


Christian Faith in Action
Feed My People
To expand information and referral services to food pantry clients and implement best practices with volunteer and staff training.

$30,000

LOVEtheLOU
To offer two LINK internships to serve as mentors for youth in the LIFT program and learn specific skills to enable them to take steps toward a career.

$18,000

Send Me St. Louis
To positively impact the lives of hurting people by encouraging and supporting Christian volunteerism and social service outreach in congregations and the community.

$318,000



Congregation Community Engagement

Cedar Hill Lutheran Church - Cedar Hill
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

Concordia Lutheran Church - Maplewood
To connect with the neighborhood by engaging with neighbors in the local coffee shops and brewery on a weekly basis.

$10,000

Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church - St. Louis
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

Gethsemane Lutheran Church - Lemay
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Arnold
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

King of Kings Lutheran Church - Chesterfield
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

Salem Lutheran Church & School - Affton
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

St. John Lutheran Church - Granite City, IL
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

St. John's Lutheran Church & School - Arnold
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

St. Mark's Lutheran Church & School - Eureka
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

St. Paul Lutheran Church - St. Louis
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Troy, IL
To provide matching funds to support the use of sensory equipment for 75 students served by the Early Childhood Center.

$10,000

St. Paul's Lutheran Church & School - Des Peres
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

Trinity Lutheran Church - Hoffman, IL
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$4,000

Trinity Lutheran Church - Troy
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000

Village Lutheran Church - Ladue
To help meet critical needs in the community and serve as a catalyst for relationship development and community listening - Community Relief Grant.

$5,000



Foreign-Born Populations

Affinia Healthcare, Inc.
To improve access and utilization of healthcare services for more than 1,200 newly arrived immigrants through the employment of one FTE Community Health Worker (CHW) to help connect them to Affinia's medical, dental, behavioral health and other providers.

$63,000

Casa de Salud
To offer healthcare navigation, patient advocacy, and case management through the Guides for Understanding, Information and Access program.

$65,000

Christian Friends of New Americans
To offer tutoring and support to New American children and enable up to 29 children to attend an area Lutheran elementary or high school through the provision of scholarships.

$47,000

Health Protection & Education Services
To reduce barriers to accessing healthcare by providing workplace health screenings to 150 foreign-born individuals.

$21,000

Immigrant Home English Learning Program
To improve the language proficiency, life skills, and self-sufficiency of 450 foreign-born individuals by providing in-home English language education and life skills training.

$24,000

LifeWise STL
To improve the mental health of 170 foreign-born individuals by offering evidence-based mental health services such as, group therapy, individual therapy, case coordination, and targeted referrals.

$66,000

Migrant & Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA)
To increase crisis legal services capacity to better respond to the everchanging legal environment and client needs.

$64,000

St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
To strengthen the collaboration and coordination of the Immigrant Service Provider Network (ISPN) by curating resources, hosting educational programs, convening providers, and supporting shared initiatives.

$35,000

St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
To support IFLCA operations to convene an inter-faith community to accompany the people of Latin America in their work for human rights and social justice.

$20,000

Welcome Neighbor STL, Inc.
To provide intensive wraparound support to newly-arrived refugees through family partnering services with 150 volunteers.

$16,000



Justice-Involved Individuals and their Families

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
To provide comprehensive mentoring services and intensive wraparound support to 300 youth who have at least one incarcerated parent.

$12,000

Criminal Justice Ministry
To support housing, case management, and wraparound services for 65 formerly incarcerated individuals participating in the Release-to-Rent reentry housing program.

$95,000



Lutheran Schools & Organizations

Intersect Arts Center
To develop an Arts and Faith Mentorship Program to deepen the connection between Intersect and congregants at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.

$55,000

Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA)
To more effectively serve area Lutheran school students by offering continuous educational improvement programs and resources through curriculum development, administrator and teacher professional development, marketing and student services.

$55,000

Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
To commemorate and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the LFCS Dinner and Auction.

$40,000



Older Adults Maintaining Independence

Cardinal Ritter Senior Services
To enable 15 grandparents to participate in the Relatives Acting As Parents Program by providing long term support with ongoing case management, financial assistance, support groups, and wellness programming.

$53,000

Human Support Services
To create a welcoming and stigma-free social setting using the Living Room model, a community crisis respite program for 30 older adults with mental illness.

$30,000

Independence Center
To provide 550 older adults living with serious mental illness with comprehensive services including, psychosocial rehabilitation, healthcare home/wellness program, community support, and occupational therapy through the Young at Heart program.

$20,000

Lutheran Senior Services
To provide 74 older adults with Aging Answers' care management services and access to chaplaincy services, to expand spiritual care to 110 older adults in affordable housing communities, and to conduct 20 focus groups to develop spiritual care plans for each affordable housing community.

$80,000

Memory Care Home Solutions
To support 400 families with a loved one with Alzheimer’s and Dementia by providing in-home assessments, case management, and occupational therapy to improve safety and quality of life.

$47,000

Missouri EnergyCare, Inc.
To ensure older adults are able to remain safe and healthy at home by providing weatherization, education, and equipment.

$15,000



Community Involvement Grants
Philanthropy Missouri
To provide annual support for 2023.

$15,000



Grand Total

41 Grants
$1,393,000