DEACONESS FOUNDATION AWARDS $100,000 TO ARCHCITY DEFENDERS FOR FREEDOM SUMMER STL This funding from the Foundation’s Policy Campaign Grant will support civic engagement, community organizing, and grassroots advocacy during this critical election year ST. LOUIS, MO – Deaconess Foundation (Deaconess) announces its award of $100,000 to ArchCity Defenders in support of Freedom Summer STL. This...

Deaconess Community, Joy has been on my mind, and I can sense that 2024 will be a season of fruit-bearing. In a recurring column published in The St. Louis American this week I shared the following… The calendar has turned, and the new year is off and running. We have the first months of 2024...

Deaconess Community, As Deaconess has adopted a new strategic framework, we are intentionally reflecting on how each of our practices and policies are interwoven into our strategic aspiration of reaching liberation in seven generations. Deaconess as an organization must interrogate our own hearts as reflected in our internal practices and processes to make sure that...

Policy Campaign Grants Policy Campaign Grants offer up to $100,000 in general operating funding to support timely and urgent issue-based campaigns to advance public policy through grassroots advocacy, civic engagement and community organizing aligned with our desired impacts. Policy Campaign Grants are designed to support expanded capacity to movement infrastructure. This strategy propels our work...