Recent Grants
2006 Partnership Program Grants
as of 12/31/2006
| People Served | Through | Awarded | Amount |
| Recruit 2,250 Lutheran volunteers to work with residents to build a playground, renovate three homes, build three new homes, and conduct other betterment efforts, affecting the lives of 400 people in the Lansdowne community of East St. Louis. | Acts 1:8 Mission Society | Oct-06 | $25,000 |
| To connect immigrants to community resources. | African Mutual Assistance Association of Missouri (AMAAM) | Apr-06 | $5,000 |
| Educate 220 faith leaders and 400 families at 10 area churches to recognize the signs of Alzheimer's/dementia, provide social and spiritual care for those affected by the disease, and connect to appropriate services. | Alzheimer's Association, St. Louis Chapter | Oct-06 | $15,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Alzheimer's Association, St. Louis Chapter | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To provide door alarms alerting caregivers that a loved one with Alzheimer's has left the house unattended. | Alzheimer's Association, St. Louis Chapter | Feb-06 | $645 |
| To support financial capacity building for nonprofits. | Area Resources for Community & Human Services (ARCHS) | Jun-06 | $1,000 |
| Distribute new, durable school clothing for 2,200+ students attending 17 public schools in St. Louis City and County. | Assistance League of St. Louis | Jun-06 | $5,000 |
| To support leadership in the community. | Basket of Hope | Apr-06 | $1,000 |
| Kids Forever outreach to children (past programs). | Bethesda Lutheran Church | Dec-06 | $1,870 |
| To improve the health and well-being of 600 people living in Hyde Park and surrounding neighborhoods by building and equipping a new exercise center, providing health education classes, and offering fitness/Bible study small groups. | Bethlehem Lutheran Church - St. Louis | Oct-06 | $92,500 |
| To empower the first 16 families and prepare for an additional 84 families in the new Salisbury Park housing development surrounding Bethlehem Lutheran Church to have long-term housing stability by providing support services that include, referrals, personal mentoring, advocacy and neighborhood gatherings. | Better Living Communities | Feb-06 | $45,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To connect an additional 60 youth of an incarcerated parent to a caring adult through the faith-based Amachi program by creating a challenge giving initiative to secure donations of $1,000 or more from new or increased gifts. | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri | Oct-06 | $20,000 |
| Building renovation to assist the congregation to continue to serve 1,000+ people each year through a variety of community-based programs. | Calvary Lutheran Church | Jun-06 | $5,000 |
| To assist in funding for field trip expenses during the 2006 seven-week summer program for St. Louis area special-needs children. | Camp Happy Day | Apr-06 | $1,000 |
| To help 150 women transition from the criminal justice system back into society by pairing them with a mentor and providing incentives for staying in the program and achieving mutually agreed-upon goals. | Center For Women In Transition | Oct-06 | $15,000 |
| To provide professional-needs assessment for community engagement. | Christ Memorial Lutheran Church | May-06 | $5,000 |
| Convening Lutheran clergy for collaboration. | Christ Memorial Lutheran Church - Affton | Sep-06 | $955 |
| To provide funding to address contemporary issues in medical ethics. | Concordia Seminary - St. Louis | Jun-06 | $3,000 |
| To provide support for the Lutheran Guild for Urban Renewal. | Concordia Seminary - St. Louis | Mar-06 | $5,000 |
| To help ex-offenders re-enter society successfully by providing bus tickets to reach job sites and other important appointments. | Criminal Justice Ministry-SVDP | Dec-06 | $5,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Deaconess Parish Nurse Ministries | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To assist in the construction and start-up expenses for Partridge Place Apartments, an 18-unit apartment building for people living with HIV/AIDS. | Doorways | Feb-06 | $20,000 |
| To continue providing faith-based outreach to the Baden neighborhood in collaboration with two other congregations through a parish nurse offering home visits, health counseling and education, and referrals. | Ebenezer Lutheran Church - St. Louis | Dec-06 | $2,500 |
| To enhance outreach and ministry efforts in the Fox Park neighborhood by replacing the congregation's heating and cooling system. | Emmaus Lutheran Church - St. Louis | Dec-06 | $10,000 |
| To provide ccllaborative funding with two other St. Louis foundations plus match by federal government resources to provide capacity building for 25 faith-based and community-based organizations in the St. Louis region. | Faith & Health Consortium aka Strong Partners Initiative | Jun-06 | $20,000 |
| To support the St. Louis Interfaith Community Explorations Program (SLICE) helping youth experience leadership, civic engagement, and coalition building. | Faith Beyond Walls | Mar-06 | $1,500 |
| To utilize and add more volunteers to the core group of 105 Lutheran pastors and healthcare professionals as they meet the physical health care needs of the uninsured and underinsured in St. Louis. | Faith-Based Health Care Initiative | Feb-06 | $50,000 |
| To sponsor the What's Right With St. Louis! Program. | FOCUS St. Louis | Feb-06 | $15,000 |
| To sponsor the What's Right with the Region! program. | FOCUS St. Louis | Dec-06 | $2,500 |
| To provide a forum for area Lutheran clergy to dialogue and network as well as create one voice during seasons of concern, joy, and sorrow. | Forum of Lutheran Clergy of Greater St. Louis | Nov-06 | $570 |
| To recruit caring, nurturing foster and adoptive parents in Illinois (metro-east area). | Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition | Dec-06 | $5,000 |
| To increase health outcomes of more than 1,200 economically disadvantaged children, ages 5-14, annually by providing dental exams and oral health education through 500 professional volunteers serving as dentists, hygienists and dental assistants. | Give Kids A Smile | Feb-06 | $27,000 |
| To provide consultancy to go from listening to sustained service. | Glendale Lutheran Church - Glendale | Jan-06 | $1,000 |
| To assist with safety, handicap compliance, and with providing a climate of comfort for staff and clients served by support for new administrative office of newly merged organizations. | Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless | Jun-06 | $9,500 |
| To increase the long-term viability of Lutheran Ministries Association, Friend of Moms and Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless by implementing a Management Service Organization (MSO) structure that will provide management, administrative, accounting, fund raising, volunteer, human resource and legal support for the three ministries. | Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless | Feb-06 | $55,000 |
| To increase the self-sufficiency of 600 families by creating five new MORE Time Dollar Exchange stores in north and far south St. Louis City, increasing participation in Neighborhood College courses, and expanding volunteer involvement. | Grace Hill Settlement House | Oct-06 | $100,000 |
| To provide summer camp for 100 children diagnosed with cancer and their siblings, thereby providing needed recreation, as well as development of coping skills, positive self-image, communications skills, and positive emotional management. | H.I.S. K.I.D.S., Inc. | Jun-06 | $8,000 |
| To assist in funding a camp director (declining formula) as the camp implements greater programming and more camp-day usage. | Heit's Point Lutheran Camp | Oct-06 | $150,000 |
| To provide funding for the merger of Friend of Moms, Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless, and Lutheran Ministries Association. | Humanitri | Jun-06 | $195,000 |
| To provide an eight-week summer camp for 90 at-risk children in grades K through 5 living in the Hyde Park neighborhood focusing on health, wellness and safety in collaboration with Bethlehem Lutheran Church. | Hyde Park Outreach (formerly Friedens Haus) | Jun-06 | $8,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | International Lutheran Laymen's League aka Lutheran Hour Ministries | Sep-06 | $3,000 |
| To assist in expansion of paid staff to serve 500 International students living in the St. Louis community, recruit 15 new volunteers to serve such students, establish a presence at one new college campus, and establish an office near an existing ministry campus. | International Student Ministry, St. Louis | Oct-06 | $45,000 |
| To improve the quality of life for more than 2,300 children and adults with autism and their families and respond to the growing number of families requesting services by launching a new challenge major gifts donor program to secure donations of $1,000 or more from new or increased gifts. | Judevine Center for Autism | Oct-06 | $30,000 |
| To ensure the viability of the parochial school ministry of three Lutheran congregations (Messiah, St. Johns and Trinity) by continuing the school association (now named King of Glory Lutheran Elementary School). More than 200 children and their families in South St. Louis are served. | King of Glory Lutheran School | Sep-06 | $100,000 |
| To provide special-needs children and their families in west St. Louis county the support services necessary to participate in worship services, Sunday School and church functions. | King of Kings Lutheran Church - Chesterfield | Feb-06 | $16,000 |
| To provide a pilot intervention strategy to improve neighborhoods in Lemay by recruiting 30-50 volunteers from five congregations to conduct home repair and beautification of three-five low-income properties in the Lemay community using goals and priorities established in a new Lemay Comprehensive Plan published by the St. Louis County government and strategic plan created by the local Chamber of Commerce. | Lemay Housing Partnership, Inc. | Feb-06 | $20,000 |
| To strengthen Lemay residents' ties to their neighbors, develop mechanisms for residents to identify and communicate their concerns, increase neighborhood safety, and promote community pride through the creation of neighborhood associations. This funding is provided as part of the organization's participation in University of Missouri - St. Louis' Neighborhood Leadership Academy. | Lemay Housing Partnership, Inc. | Nov-06 | $1,500 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Lutheran Association for Special Education | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To help children with special needs in Lutheran schools and preschools reach their full potential through services which address their individual cognitive, social and spiritual development. | Lutheran Association for Special Education | Feb-06 | $225,000 |
| To provide match-funds for the Major Gift Campaign. | Lutheran Association for Special Education | Feb-06 | $1,500,000 |
| To assist in equipment replacement. (Challenge Grant) | Lutheran Blind Mission | Feb-06 | $5,000 |
| To assist in constructing a new dining hall with flexible meeting space and adding additional sleeping accommodations to provide positive camping and retreat experiences for additional youth, adults, and families. | Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois | Oct-06 | $100,000 |
| To support Lutheran congregation partnership in the community. | Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer - St. Louis | Jun-06 | $1,000 |
| To provide Christian ministry meeting the needs of 30 African immigrant families in South St. Louis as well as providing ministry service opportunities for Christian individuals. | Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer - St. Louis | Apr-06 | $10,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod World Mission | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To serve more effectively the 8,000 students in 37 Lutheran elementary schools in St. Louis by providing training and support for teachers and administrators as well as coordinating support services such as counseling, tutoring and school nursing. | Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) | Feb-06 | $120,000 |
| To provide scholarship support to children from low-income families who want to attend Lutheran schools. | Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) | Feb-06 | $100,000 |
| To provide 450 teachers with an in-service day at St. Louis Science Center. | Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) | Jul-06 | $9,000 |
| With other foundations, assist in funding the State Government Forum - 2006 for area human-care leaders. | Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, Missouri | Dec-06 | $536 |
| To provide funding for six students from Lutheran High School South to participate in 'Leadership St. Louis 2006-2007.' | Lutheran High School Association | Jun-06 | $6,000 |
| To strengthen 1,000 Lutheran High School students' sense of civic responsibility by focusing on character education, service-learning, and leadership development. Of this, at least 200 students will receive specialized leadership training. | Lutheran High School Association | Oct-06 | $30,000 |
| To provide funding for participation in the 'Youth Leadership Program' sponsored by FOCUS St. Louis for the 2006-2007 school year. | Lutheran High School of St. Charles County | Apr-06 | $5,000 |
| To provide Lutheran Ministries Association, Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless and Friend of Moms with matching funds required by a $100,000 Thrivent grant to collaboratively offer experiential learning to 324 St. Louis area confirmation-age youth. | Lutheran Ministries Association | Jun-06 | $25,000 |
| To support funding of two jail chaplains serving 2,500 incarcerated men and women in the St. Louis City and County jails by conducting Bible study classes, providing spiritual and emotional counseling, and advocacy. | Lutheran Ministries Association | Jun-06 | $100,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Lutheran Senior Services | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To help Lutheran congregations in the St. Louis region enhance their ministry to and with older adults. | Lutheran Senior Services | Nov-06 | $1,000 |
| To recruit and train 35 volunteers to help 400 incarcerated men at Southwestern Illinois Correctional Institute in East St. Louis read books on tape to their children, thereby keeping 500+ children connected to their incarcerated fathers. | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | Oct-06 | $20,000 |
| To provide annual support - 2007. | Metropolitan Association for Philanthropy | Dec-06 | $8,500 |
| To provide annual support - 2006. | Metropolitan Association for Philanthropy | Jan-06 | $8,500 |
| To increase awareness and benefits of school choice by reaching out to educate and empower leaders and parents, engage them in promoting the issue, and build a database to track and communicate with those interested. | Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation | Oct-06 | $30,000 |
| To create 5-6 Christian-based 12-step groups in collaboration with LCMS congregations across the St. Louis region, serving at least 120 individuals and/or their extended family members dealing with addictive behaviors. | Missouri District - LCMS | Oct-06 | $25,000 |
| To prevent child abuse and neglect and infant mortality through the provision of preventative services for parents and their infants. | Nurses for Newborns Foundation | Dec-06 | $10,000 |
| To decrease infant mortality and child abuse by engaging 500 Lutheran volunteers in serving 2,100 indigent, uninsured families in high-risk communities through a variety of service activities and active mentoring for clients. | Nurses for Newborns Foundation | Oct-06 | $60,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Nurses for Newborns Foundation | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To provide meat for emergency food boxes. | Operation Food Search | Jan-06 | $10,000 |
| To form partnerships for service of neighborhood organizations and Lutheran congregations. | Partners in Urban Ministry (PIUM) | May-06 | $6,000 |
| To provide expanded nutritious breakfast program for 250 homeless and mentally ill individuals daily by relocating the program and wrap-around supportive services provided in collaboration with several local agencies to Centenary United Methodist Church. | Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc. | Oct-06 | $30,000 |
| To increase housing and support services to 33 ex-offenders by recruiting three new volunteer partnership teams from local congregations through capacity building efforts during a leadership transition of the organization. | Project COPE | Feb-06 | $15,000 |
| To provide faculty resources for 2006-2007 school year. | River Roads Lutheran School | Jun-06 | $10,000 |
| To help 10-15 at-risk youth become Christian leaders in their home, school, and community through opportunities for fellowship, Bible study, and team-building activities. | South City Church | Dec-06 | $1,000 |
| To provide camp experience for 60 children between the ages of 5-18 who suffer from heart conditions. | St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation | Jun-06 | $5,000 |
| To invest, together with other funders, in projects promoting positive youth development increasing the chances for youth to avoid undesirable behaviors and their consequences. | St. Louis Mental Health Board of Trustees | Apr-06 | $5,000 |
| To expand model after-school program to an additional St. Louis City school that combines academics, healthy eating, positive body image, organized sports activities, service learning experiences, and parental involvement. | St. Louis SCORES | Jun-06 | $8,400 |
| To provide emergency funding. | St. Luke's Ev. Lutheran Church | Mar-06 | $10,000 |
| To provide funding for ministry and business strategic planning. | St. Stephen's Lutheran Church | Mar-06 | $6,000 |
| Collaborative with other funders to serve children in parochial schools. | Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation | Jun-06 | $10,000 |
| To allow 60 financially eligible children residing in the City of St. Louis to attend a Lutheran school through the provision of matching scholarships. Scholarships are awarded by the Elizabeth Lay Midlam/Children's Scholarship Fund and St. Louis School Choice programs of the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation. | Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation | Oct-06 | $15,000 |
| To respond to neighborhood requests for utility and rental assistance as a result of the December 2006 ice/snow storm. | Transfiguration Lutheran Church - St. Louis | Dec-06 | $1,000 |
| To decrease depression and risk for suicide among 20 elderly individuals through an organized life review and recording of memories for extended family. | Tri-Cities Area Faith In Action | Dec-06 | $10,000 |
| To support congregation's annual global mission emphasis day by partially underwriting travel expenses for presenters, lunch, and workshop materials. | Trinity Lutheran Church - St. Louis | Dec-06 | $500 |
| To provide funding for the 2007 Neighborhood Leadership Academy. | University of Missouri-St. Louis | Dec-06 | $4,000 |
| To promote mobilization of leaders for a 'Healthy Futures' community. | Webster University | Apr-06 | $5,000 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Webster University | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| To strengthen the organization's ability to serve clients by purchasing a new phone system. | Webster-Rock Hill Ministries | Dec-06 | $2,500 |
| To promote volunteering care. | Youth In Need | Sep-06 | $1,000 |
| Two Decades of Grantmaking matching grants | 250 organizations | Sep-06 | $689,134 |
| TOTALS | 346 awards | $4,400,110 |
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