Proposal Resources

Learn about the history and vision of the Foundation, our commitment to racial equity, and new grant, mission-related investment, and partnership opportunities.

2019 Funding Strategy
and Opportunities Forum

Deaconess Foundation

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Publications Containing Population Data
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Children of Metropolitan
St. Louis: A Data Book
for the Community

Vision for Children at Risk,
2020 Report

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Missouri KIDS COUNT

Data Book Release, 2020

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The State of America’s Children

The Children’s Defense Fund,
2020 Report

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Children in the States, Missouri

Children's Defense Fund, 2020

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Children in the States, Illinois

Children's Defense Fund, 2020

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Changing States, Building Power on the Frontlines: Missouri

Missouri State Power Audit 2018

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Segregation in St. Louis: Dismantling the Divide Recommendations
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Forward Through Ferguson:
A Path Toward Racial Equity

STL Positive Change, 2015

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Additional Resources Informing Our Work

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Forces For Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Leslie R. Crutchfield,
New York: Wiley, 2012

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Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

D5 Coalition

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Trying Hard is Not Good Enough

Mark Friedman,
PARSE Publishing, 2015

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Many Hands, More Impact: Philanthropy’s Role in Supporting Movements

Manuel Pastor, Jennifer Ito and Madeline Wander, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, May 2016

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Our Kids: The American
Dream in Crisis

Robert Putnam, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015

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Leveraging Limited Dollars

Lisa Ranghelli, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, January 2012

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The Dawn of System Leadership

Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton and John Kania, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2015

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Toxic Inequality

Thomas M Shapiro, New York: Basic Books, 2017

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Smarter Philanthropy for Greater Impact: Rethinking How Grantmakers Support Scale

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, February 2014

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Systems Grantmaking Resource Guide

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, February 2016

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