Press Releases: 2024 Policy Campaign Award & Second Cohort Application Open for the Institute for Black Liberation

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 summer marks the 60th anniversary …

The St. Louis Regional Health Commission and Deaconess Foundation Launch Grant Fund for Organizations Serving Seniors in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois

The Fund’s community advisory board is now accepting funding proposals for organizations addressing transportation, safety, and health navigation support for seniors in the region ST. LOUIS, MO (October 9, 2023) – The St. Louis Regional Health Commission (the RHC), in partnership with Deaconess Foundation, today launched a $350,000 Seniors Community Revitalization & Development Fund (Seniors Community Fund) to support services …

St. Louis Regional Racial Healing + Justice Fund Invests a Historic $800,000 in 42 Black and Brown-led Organizations in the St. Louis Region

In its third cycle, the Community Governance Board is dispersing the largest sum of grants in the Fund’s history to support education, arts, maternal health, youth mentorship, urban farming, and more ST. LOUIS, MO (July 26, 2023) — The Community Governance Board (CGB) of the St. Louis Regional Racial Healing + Justice Fund announced that it is investing a historic $800,000 …

Deaconess Foundation Awards $100,00 to Advance Public Policy Change in Social and Emotional Wellbeing for Youth, Paid Sick Leave, and Increased Wages

Alive & Well Communities and Missouri Jobs with Justice will each receive funding to advance systemic change through grassroots advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement ST. LOUIS – Deaconess Foundation (Deaconess) announced the recipients of its 2023 Policy Campaign/Collaborative Grant to advance sustainable systemic change in key issue areas, namely social and emotional wellbeing for youth, paid sick leave and …