Christian Volunteerism Funding Focus Area
Community Hope Center
To improve the management of the volunteers which provide critical basic needs and support services with a Volunteer Manager.
$27,000
To expand the recruitment and management of 430+ volunteers through a Volunteer Coordinator.
$41,000
Humanitri
To enhance 25 volunteers’ experiences through best practices in recruitment and management by adding a Volunteer Coordinator position.
$44,000
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
To facilitate the efficient and effective management of volunteers through the purchase and implementation of Volunteer Hub, a software application.
$31,000
Mosaic Pregnancy and Health Centers
To improve volunteer management practices by hiring a part time Volunteer Coordinator to recruit additional volunteers and strengthen relationships with area churches.
$28,000
To positively impact the lives of hurting people by encouraging and supporting Christian volunteerism and social service outreach in congregations and the community.
$294,000
Congregation Social Service Outreach Ministry Funding Focus Area
To increase the financial self-sufficiency of 16 low-income households by providing one-on-one financial coaching.
$8,000
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
To bring weekly afterschool/evening and summer youth programming to the Ferguson, Jennings, and Baden community.
$330,000
Christ Memorial Lutheran Church
To provide stability and leadership in the fitness center by hiring an Interim Program Director offering strategic planning, resource development, program expertise, planning, and administrative support during this time of leadership transition.
$33,000
To support the outreach efforts of All Nations Church and the students of University City School District with 200 turkey blessing meals.
$5,000
To increase support to 21 family caregivers of individuals with serious mental illness by providing low-cost, Christian counseling, faith-based support groups, and skills based training.
$14,000
Epiphany Lutheran Church
To support a spectrum of ministry programs working in partnership with Woerner Elementary School and other Lutheran churches including English as a Second Language tutoring, Holly Hills Summerfest, parent education, and a weeklong youth group.
$21,000
Historic Trinity Lutheran Church - St. Louis
To purchase three electronic defibrillators and train 30 members on their use to provide first aid in the event of cardiac arrest at a congregation outreach event.
$5,000
Immanuel Lutheran Chapel
To engage the community through outdoor worship and event to celebrate their 60th anniversary and increase knowledge of their ministries and services.
$1,380
To strengthen the social and community connections and self-sufficiency of older Chinese immigrants by providing partial salaries for the part-time Center Director and consultant for the Light of Christ-St. Louis Community Service Center.
$20,000
Immanuel Lutheran Church & School (St. Charles)
To provide education, resources, and support by hosting a community event "Facing Cancer with Faith, Hope, and Joy."
$5,000
New Beginnings Lutheran Church (Pacific)
To provide community engagement and education opportunities through the Heartland Values and Leadership Series.
$5,000
To serve marginalized Spanish-speaking immigrants through acts of pastoral service, advocacy, social services, weekly Bible lessons, and community gatherings led by a Director of Hispanic Ministry.
$15,000
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
To partner with Criminal Justice Ministry and ArchCity Defenders to reduce barriers for 833 ex-offenders to reintegrate into the community by receiving state idenfitication and/or birth certificates.
$23,000
St. John Church (Ellisville)
To improve the lives of 30 community members seeking assistance from St. John who can be supported by Christ in Action team members and a part-time Social Worker.
$15,500
St. John's Lutheran Church & School (Arnold)
To continue to expand the Care Connections ministry by developing collaborative partnerships, creating opportunities to invite congregational volunteers into the lives of those being served, and strengthening service offerings.
$138,000
St. Lucas Lutheran Church
To provide 40 families with quality Christian early childhood education through start up funding for some modest building modifications, equipment purchases, and a Program Director to oversee the center.
$75,000
St. Matthew Lutheran Church & School (St. Louis City)
To reduce isolation in older adults and hunger in community residents through a weekly senior center program and weekly meal.
$10,000
St. Paul's Lutheran Church - College Hill
To outreach to the College Hill neighborhood through a family friendly music and community event.
$1,500
To create a "third space" for the community by transforming the church basement into a coffee shop, Higher Groundz.
$75,000
Ex-offender and Family Services Funding Focus Area
Anthropedia
To improve the wellbeing of 60 men who are incarcerated with individual and group coaching using the curriculum “Know Yourself.”
$45,000
To support the successful reentry of ex-offenders by providing free legal services that resolve barriers to employment, family reunification, and self-sufficiency.
$60,000
To build resiliency skills and strengthen the relationships of 520 youth with an incarcerated parent by matching them with a Big Brother/Big Sister.
$19,000
To help 30 female ex-offenders improve their long-term success by providing after-program transitional support that includes family reunification, budgeting and employment assistance with ongoing case management.
$18,000
To strengthen core programs and ensure the ongoing quality of services provided by hiring a Director of Programs who will develop organizational program strategy, oversee effective management of programs, and monitor client outcomes.
$92,000
Clark-Fox Family Foundation
To educate 3,000 community members through presentations led by individuals formerly involved in the criminal justice system on the human cost of mass incarceration.
$30,000
To strengthen the agency's long-term sustainability by continued support of the department which is focused on community relations, fundraising, capacity building, collaboration, and community inititives.
$38,000
To assist with the downpayment on the purchase of two 10 unit apartment buildings which will be used to house 10 CJM clients and 10 non-CJM clients.
$60,000
Dream Center of Alton, NFP
To provide 80 ex-offenders with basic needs, discipleship, life skill classes, job training, and job referral and placements upon release from jail/prison.
$30,000
To reduce recidivism rates in 85 ex-offenders through career training, job development, and case management, as well as placement, retention, and supportive services.
$26,000
Fathers' Support Center, St. Louis
To support the successful reentry of 40 ex-offenders impacted by trauma by providing supplemental mental health services for participants in the Training to Work and Family Formation programs.
$45,000
FUSE Corps
To support an Executive Fellow in the St. Louis City Mayor's Office to create a St. Louis Reentry Coordinating Council.
$10,000
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri
To preserve the mother-daughter relationship of incarcerated parents, reduce the trauma of separation, and minimize girls' at-risk behavior through Girl Scouting and provide opportunities for 35+ girls to share positive experiences with their incarcerated mothers.
$15,000
To provide Pastoral counseling, Holy Communion, weekly Bible studies, and adult baptisms to the 3,300+ inmates in the St. Louis County Justice Center.
$80,000
To improve the employment readiness and success of reentry for 25 female ex-offenders and their children with start-up funding for a new home in Lincoln County with services such as, counseling, parenting classes, employment, basic needs, child care, and life skills training.
$48,000
To increase the employment readiness and develop the leadership skills of 100 male ex-offenders by providing Biblically based character and leadership development, pre-employment training, mentoring, and ongoing support to retain employment.
$40,000
To allow a speaker from Beyond Jobs to present at the November General Meeting.
$500
To support the successful reentry of 40 ex-offenders as they graduate from the St. Louis County Justice Center by providing comprehensive wrap-around and substance abuse treatment services.
$25,000
To improve the mental and physical health and continuity of care for 900 Missouri ex-offenders released to the St. Louis area by providing 90 days of prescription medication upon release from prison, until a medical home can be established.
$50,000
Tri-County Advisory Board to Probation and Parole
To enhance opportunities for 35 ex-offenders on probation/parole to remain in society by providing financial assistance to address barriers to success.
$3,000
Supporting Foreign-Born Populations Funding Focus Area
Bread & Roses Missouri
To expand art education to 110 immigrant and refugee youth through summer workshops on topics of economic and social justice within churches and community organizations.
$10,000
Epworth Children & Family Services, Inc.
To support 11 non-English speaking families and children at risk for child abuse/neglect by expanding access to translation services to work with a family therapist.
$17,000
Faith That Works
To provide 30 East African women with sewing training, professional development, and employment opportunities through the Nala project.
$28,000
Immigrant & Refugee Women's Program
To improve the language proficiency, life skills, and self-sufficiency of 400 foreign-born individuals by providing in-home English language education and life skills training.
$20,000
Kingdom House
To strengthen the financial standing and capabilities of 80 immigrant clients through coaching, education, matched savings accounts, and microloans.
$50,000
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
To provide legal services to 50 immigrant families with representation for naturalization and visa applications.
$36,000
Migrant & Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA)
To improve the self-sufficiency and integration of 130 foreign-born individuals by providing legal representation and to offer additional legal workshops and clinics with increased administrative capacity.
$55,000
Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates, Inc. (MIRA)
To help the organization strengthen its capacity to serve as a regional leader in organizing and advocating for the rights of all immigrants.
$34,000
Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates, Inc. (MIRA)
To strengthen the collaboration and coordination of the Immigrant Service Provider Network (ISPN) by recruiting new participants and service providers, curating resources, hosting educational programs, and convening providers.
$20,000
Puentes de Esperanza - Bridges of Hope
To connect 240 immigrant families to services through a Welcome Center, which is a one stop shop initiative providing intake and assessment, crisis intervention, case management, and educational opportunities.
$62,000
Revival School of St. Louis
To enable leaders and collaborative partners of Revival School programming planning and administrative assistance.
$10,000
Revival School of St. Louis
To enable 30 students to identify their God-given gifts and enjoy creative opportunities to develop those gifts through music lessons, arts enrichment, and discipleship.
$21,000
SouthSide Early Childhood Center
To support 20 immigrant parents with one-on-one coaching and weekly case management to increase positive interactions with their children that support healthy child development.
$50,000
St. Francis Community Services
To support immigrants and refugees by providing adult bilingual counseling, transportation, and legal services.
$134,500
St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
To educate and help churches respond to refugees and immigrants in their community by assisting in discernment, equipping through training, and providing opportunities for engagement.
$22,500
St. Louis University
To improve immigrant and refugee health through family health screenings; a summer academy focused on health care professions and basic health literacy; and education workshops.
$21,000
Lutheran Education Funding Focus Area
Christian Friends of New Americans
To allow 27 children of New Americans attend an area Lutheran elementary or high school by providing scholarship and tutoring assistance, as well as supportive services for their families.
$54,600
Eagle College Prep Endeavor
To address the mental health needs of 115 students at EAGLE Prep Gravois Park with a part time school-based Counselor providing crisis intervention, individual counseling, group presentations, and consultations/referrals.
$29,000
Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA)
To more effectively serve 9,000 area Lutheran school students by offering continuous educational improvement programs and resources through curriculum development, administrator and teacher professional development, marketing and student services.
$67,000
Lutheran High School Association
To open a new middle school to be co-located with Lutheran North High School serving grades 6-8 for at least 70 students in North St. Louis City and County.
$125,000
STEM2U Youth Programs
To provide innovative and enhanced learning opportunities to 48 students at Lutheran High St. Charles through "Project Lead the Way" with pre-engineering classes, a mobile computer lab, professional development, and matching grants to help replicate the program to three other area high schools.
$109,000
St. John Church (Ellisville)
To create a flexible and highly customized experience for 30 students by transforming classrooms and teaching styles to a Project-Based Learning Environment.
$108,000
Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation
To provide 159 students with a quality Lutheran education by providing scholarships to low-income children residing in the City of St. Louis.
$40,000
Older Adults Independence Funding Focus Area
ALS Association - St. Louis Regional Chapter
To build skills and strengthen strategies to better define measureable success and impact of services for clients through participation in a consultant led program Operation Outcomes.
$1,500
Cardinal Ritter Senior Services
To enable 35 older adults to remain in their home with ongoing case management.
$50,000
Caritas Family Solutions
To increase the ability of 77 low-income older adults to obtain and retain employment in area nonprofits and public agencies by providing support services, training, and evaluation incentives.
$34,000
Collinsville Faith In Action
To reduce the social isolation of 160 older adults by providing transportation assistance, social gatherings, home visits, information and referral assistance, and respite care for families.
$20,000
Davis Tax Foundation
To accurately prepare 800 federal and state taxes for low to moderate income families to save on fees, gain financial knowledge and receive refunds.
$5,000
Emmaus Homes
To provide intentional spiritual care case management (via a Chaplain) to 85 older adults with developmental disabilities.
$29,000
MindsEye Radio
To decrease isolation and depression in older adults who have lost their eyesight through audio broadcasts of local and national news, entertainment, and faith-based materials.
$30,000
Other Grants
Bring Me A Book St. Louis
To provide book bus bookmobile services and book box home library program to 127 Eagle Prep-Gravois Park students.
$5,000
Gateway Center for Giving
To provide annual support for 2018.
$14,000
LOVEtheLOU
To plan and implement a community development initiative STL LIVE in partnership with area churches and volunteers to transform a neighborhood, one block, one house at a time and provide stability, leadership, and local champions.
$30,000
Lutheran Development Group
To provide affordable housing and support for low income residents of South St. Louis City by hiring a Community Coordinator and Property Management Specialist.
$159,000
Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
To celebrate the shared history of Lutheran Hospital and the 150th anniversary of LFCS.
$50,000
Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
To purchase two tables for the Promise Ball.
$4,000
Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis
To provide $85 subsidy to Global Leadership Summit attendees from area non-profits and churches.
$1,445
Lutheran Hour Ministries
To support volunteer management and congregation social service outreach community training efforts.
$5,000
Lutheran Senior Services
To celebrate the shared history of Lutheran Hospital and the 160th anniversary of LSS.
$60,000
Lutheran Senior Services
To purchase two tables at the LSS Anniversary Celebration.
$3,200
Lutheran Services in America
To provide annual support for 2018.
$2,500
Network for Strong Communities
To create a new program offering which will enable nonprofits, especially smaller and faith based organizations, to access customized planning and consulting services through a cost-effective cohort model.
$20,000
R3 Development NFP
To prepare 18 low-income youth for economic independence through Christ-centered vocational training, mentoring, volunteer service, leadership development, and discipleship.
$40,000
Siebert Lutheran Foundation
To hire a consultant to support work of the Network.
$2,500
St. Louis Community Foundation
To support the ongoing evaluation of a youth employment initiative, to assess impact on the employment status and educational outcomes of youth participants of STL Youth Jobs.
$10,000
We Raise Foundation
To thank We Raise Foundation for use of their conference room.
$200
Grand Total
91 Grants
$3,699,825