Our Approach
Why it matters
One in five children in the St. Louis region lives in poverty. This increases to two in five for Black or Brown children. Deaconess envisions a community that values the health and well-being of all children and gives priority attention to the most vulnerable. This community only thrives if the allocation of power and distribution of resources, benefits, opportunities and burdens are not predictable by, nor predicated on race.
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Recent News
January Newsletter | In America, Without Sanctuary
Without Sanctuary no one wants to discuss the war the war in america on everyone black or brown or poor there’s no refuge from the war so i live …Learn More
December Newsletter | In This Season of Advent
First giving honor to God from whom all blessings flow, and then to our ancestors on whose shoulders we stand, for if they had not been, we would not be. …Learn More
November Newsletter | Our Path Forward: Leading Through Transition
Deaconess Community, It is my honor to join Deaconess Foundation as the interim president and chief executive officer. I appreciate the warm and encouraging welcome messages. During this period of …Learn More
OUR PARTNERS
We support and learn from our region’s
leading community organizations.
Partner Highlight
Missouri Health Care for All
Missouri Health Care for All (MHCFA) is the only permanent, statewide organization in Missouri focused solely on grassroots mobilization on health..Read more
Action St. Louis Tenant Organizing
Action St. Louis is the Deaconess Foundation’s Reverend Buck Jones Memorial Grant for Tenant Organizing partner, Rev. Starsky Wilson, president..Read more
St. Francis Community Services
St. Francis Community Services received a Responsive Grant for “Justice for Immigrant Youth & Families.” While St. Francis has done..Read more
2020 Public Policy Campaign Partners
During the Just 4 Kids Community Conversation on November 18, 2019 we announced an investment of $100,000 to support a..Read more
East St. Louis Moms Testify Before U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Parents United for Change, a chapter of Deaconess Foundation’s Just for Kids Anchor Institution, Community Organizing Family Issues (COFI) has..Read more
Powerful Work from Our Partners
Deaconess Foundation envisions a community that values the health and well-being of all children and gives priority attention to the most..Read more
Forward Through Ferguson
After the death of Michael Brown, Jr. on Aug. 9, 2014, “Ferguson” came to symbolize racial strife and inequality in..Read more
Missouri Jobs with Justice
Missouri Jobs with Justice’s (JwJ) mission is to organize Missourians to build transformative power for social, racial, and economic justice..Read more
Jamaa Birth Village
Jamaa Birth Village is a 501(c)3 non-profit Maternal Health organization located in Ferguson, Missouri serving the greater St. Louis metro..Read more
Neighborhood Leadership Fellows
Neighborhood Leadership Fellows is an advanced leadership training program of University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Missouri Extension (MU Extension)..Read more
Dutchtown South Community Corporation
Dutchtown South Community Corporation (DSCC) is a community development corporation started and led by neighborhood residents serving four southeast St...Read more
St. Louis American Foundation
The St. Louis American, the only African-American newspaper continuously published since 1928 and the longest continuously published weekly newspaper in..Read more
Gamaliel of Illinois
Gamaliel of Illinois‘ mission is to be a multi-issue, multi-racial faith-based network of regional organizations dedicated to building a powerful..Read more
St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
The St. Louis Interfaith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA) envisions a world in which partners reach across economic, political, and..Read more
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