2025 Grants Awarded: Round 1

Agency/Purpose
Amount
Mary Daniels Foundation
$25,000.00
To provide basic needs services to survivors of domestic violence.
Maryville University of St. Louis
$25,000.00
To provide program support for the KidTalk Outreach program which provides free speech-language therapy services.
Memory Care Home Solutions
$15,000.00
To provide dementia care services and education to families in Jefferson County.
NAMI St. Louis
$10,000.00
To support the Crisis Intervention Team program in Jefferson County.
New Directions Ministry
$20,000.00
To provide financial assistance and case management services to clients who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
Nurses for Newborns
$55,000.00
To provide nurse home visits to underserved families in Jefferson County.
OATS, Inc.
$100,000.00
To support transportation services in Jefferson County.
OATS, Inc.
$89,000.00
To purchase new buses for the Jefferson County transportation program.
Operation Food Search
$10,000.00
To purchase bar coding software to increase operating efficiency.
Our Lady's Inn
$5,000.00
To provide shelter and supportive services for Jefferson County women and children.
Our Little Haven
$70,000.00
To support the Coordination of Medical Services, Accelerated Permanency Support and Diligent Relative Search programs in Jefferson County.
Parents as Teachers - Festus
$30,000.00
To provide program support and to purchase incentives to increase participation in health screenings.
Partners In-Kind
$50,000.00
To provide psychological evaluations for high-risk youth in Jefferson County.
Pathways to Independence
$6,000.00
To support services for Jefferson County residents with cognitive disabilities.
Pay It Forward Baby Ministry
$10,000.00
To provide program support for the basic needs program.
Peace Pantry
$30,000.00
To purchase equipment for the food pantry.
Pink Ribbon Girls
$25,000.00
To provide meals and rides to treatment for Jefferson County individuals and families where there has been a diagnosis of breast or gynecological cancer.
Pony Bird, Inc.
$50,000.00
To renovate the agency's facility.
PreventEd
$60,000.00
To support substance abuse prevention and counseling services.
Provident, Inc.
$90,000.00
To support mental health services in Jefferson County.
Redemption Church
$15,000.00
To purchase food and for general operating expenses of the food pantry.
Rocky Creek Youth Ranch
$8,522.80
To purchase bed frames.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis
$20,000.00
To support services for Jefferson County families who have a seriously ill child.
Rural Parish Clinic of Archdiocese of St. Louis
$45,000.00
To support medical and dental clinics in Jefferson County.
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery
$34,000.00
To support the case management and basic needs program.
Sneakers with Soul
$5,000.00
To provide program support for the basic needs program.
Society of St. Vincent DePaul - Good Shepherd in Hillsboro Conference
$10,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Society of St. Vincent DePaul Our Lady Conference
$10,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Fenton
$7,500.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul - St. John's Conference
$15,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need and to support the food pantry.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul at Holy Family
$15,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Anthony's Church in High Ridge
$10,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish
$10,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Special Olympics Missouri
$5,000.00
To support services for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Jefferson County.
St Joseph SVdP, Imperial
$10,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
St. Andrew's United Methodist Church
$7,500.00
To provide program support for a prom for individuals with special needs.
St. John's Lutheran Church and School
$20,000.00
To support mental health services, wellness services and the Foster Kids' Fun Night program.
St. Louis Area Foodbank
$35,000.00
To support monthly mobile food distribution events.
St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness (SLOCA)
$5,000.00
To conduct an outreach campaign on ovarian cancer in Jefferson County and to provide financial assistance to ovarian cancer patients.
St. Patrick Center
$25,000.00
To provide program support for the homeless prevention program for Veterans in Jefferson County.
Sunnyhill, Inc.
$50,000.00
To purchase generators for the assisted living facilities.
The Arya Foundation
$5,000.00
To provide adaptive equipment to Jefferson County children.
The Covering House
$40,000.00
To purchase a backup generator for the agency's facility.
The Curators of the University of Missouri
$100,000.00
To provide psychological evaluations for high-risk youth in Jefferson County.
The James II Project
$25,000.00
To provide program support and to assist with expansion to a Festus location.
The Salvation Army - Arnold Corps
$25,000.00
To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Tri-County Veterans in Need Team, Inc
$7,500.00
To provide general and financial assistance to local Veterans.
Upward Smiles, Inc.
$125,000.00
To support dental services.
Veterans Community Project
$20,000.00
To support housing services for Jefferson County Veterans.
Wesley United Methodist Church
$5,000.00
To provide program support for the basic needs program.
Wyman Center, Inc.
$15,000.00
To provide program support for the Wyman Leaders program in Jefferson County.
Zion Lutheran Church Pevely
$7,500.00
To support the basic needs program and to provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in need.
Total for 2025
$3,158,305.79