Lydia’s House: $100,00 (grant of $33,333 per year beginning in 2017)
Train unemployed, financially struggling women for work in the culinary field thru Lydia’s Ladle
Almost Home: $7,500
Help young, single moms and their children achieve stable housing, educational success and economic independence through the Foundations to Success Program
Angel’s Arms: $20,000
Prepare foster youth for a successful transition to adulthood once they age out of the system through the Life Launch program
Create a Loop: $18,000
Offer scholarships for one year of rigorous computer science instruction to sixth grade students in St. Louis City public schools
Fit and Food Connection: $19,500
Provide healthy food and nutrition education to low-income families living in north St. Louis with children ages five years and younger
Girls in the Know: $16,722
Offer programming in schools to provide fact-based information that empowers pre-teen girls to make safe and healthy life decisions
Healing Action Network, Inc.: $9,984
Provide transportation services for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation to access trauma-informed therapeutic services as they attempt to rebuild their lives
Megan Meier Foundation: $5,000
Educate and empower high school youth to be leaders against bullying and cyberbullying within their own schools through a Leadership Workshop
Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA): $20,000
Provide pro-bono legal services and access to social resources for immigrant children through the Children’s Immigration Advocacy Project
Sneakers with Soul: $14,000
Provide school age students in the Normandy Schools Collaborative with new, high-quality sneakers at no cost
St. Louis BWorks: $10,000
Give low-income children the chance to earn a refurbished desktop computer system while learning computer skills through the Byte Works Earn-A-Computer program
The SoulFisher Ministries: $25,000
Offer post-incarcerated women safe and stable permanent housing and social services that support successful reentry into society
Urban Harvest: $25,000
Grow healthy food and a healthy community through urban agriculture and education in low-income communities in north St. Louis City and County