Apply for Funding

Description:
General operating grants for Black-led social service and social change organizations to support the provision of direct aid (i.e. food, shelter, financial supports) to people most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and/or efforts to mobilize the most impacted communities to meet social needs

Deadline:
Requests will be evaluated versus immediate relief and long-term recovery needs and other proposals as long as funds are available.

Average Award Amount:
$5,000 - $50,000

Equitable Relief & Recovery Proposal Portal

Description:
One or two-year grants to support public policy advocacy or community organizing efforts aligned with Deaconess policy agenda / strategy screens 

Deadline:
Quarterly Cycle:
January 31, 2020
April 30, 2020
July 31, 2020
Oct 30, 2020

Average Award Amount:
$20,000 per year

Responsive Grant Proposal Portal

Description:
One or two-year grants for Deaconess Impact Partners to sustain capacity-building culture and advance child well-being policy 

Deadline:
July 31, 2020

Average Award Amount:
$15,000 per year

Leadership Grant Proposal Portal

Description:
Market-rate capital investments to expand community and nonprofit access to financial capital 

Deadline:
Mission-Related Investments will reopen for proposals in 2021.

Average Award Amount:
$300,000

Description:
Renewable nursing scholarships and health equity advocacy training for local students with academic excellence and financial need. (Administered by The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis and St. Louis American Foundation) 

Deadline:
April 15, 2020

Average Award Amount:
$10,000 per year

For more information about how to apply, click here. Please contact the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis with questions at info@sfstl.org or (314) 725-7990.