2011 Grants

as of 12/31/2011

People Served	Through	Award Date	Amount
To support the continued academic achievement of 45 King of Glory Lutheran School graduates now attending high school through regular visits, performance monitoring, and wrap-around services.	Access Academies	June-11	$15,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	American Red Cross St. Louis Chapter	July-11	$25
To provide strategic management support to St. Louis Alliance for Reentry (STAR) as it connects reentry individuals to agencies working in coordination to strengthen the delivery of human and social services	Area Resources for Community & Human Services (ARCHS)	Dec-11	$8,000
To provide additional learning opportunities for 150 students attending Better Learning Communities Academy through a structured after-school program.	Bethlehem Lutheran Church	June-11	$205,000
To equip 150 K-2 students for academic success through opening a new charter school in association with Bethlehem Lutheran Church.	Better Learning Communities	June-11	$250,000
To connect 72 youth of an incarcerated parent to a caring adult mentor and monitor school performance.	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri	June-11	$35,000
To equip and support 48 congregations to provide compassion, support, and assistance to families who have a child with a mental health concern.	Care and Counseling	June-11	$72,000
To provide 750 seniors in North St. Louis weekly access to fresh summer produce through City Greens farmers market mobile with the help of 4-H teen leaders receiving stipends and job experience.	Catholic Charities Father Tolton Center	June-11	$5,000
To promote healing and prevent future mental health issues in 34 immigrant/refugee children recovering from trauma through an after-school program.	Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma	Feb-11	$30,000
To help 85 women successfully transition from incarceration to the community through basic needs assistance, mentoring, access to housing, and restorative practices.	Center for Women in Transition	June-11	$55,000
To support collaboration with St. Louis Healthy Families to educate and develop character resulting in strengthening of social bonds.	Central Baptist Church Missionary	May-11	$5,500
To prevent youth suicide and factors contributing to depression by delivering evidence-based suicide prevention and bullying prevention curricula in 110 area schools, reaching 100,000 students, faculty, and parents.	CHADS Coalition for Mental Health	June-11	$33,000
To improve safety outcomes for children in crisis by offering follow-up therapeutic services and parent training specific to the mental health needs of the children.	Child Center- Marygrove	Feb-11	$50,000
To improve social-emotional skills in 60 preschoolers through on-site consultation, teacher training, and supportive services for teachers and parents.	Child Day Care Association	Oct-11	$20,000
To provide collaborative matching support for technology needs.	Christ Community Lutheran School	May-11	3,000
To provide match funds to improve facilities for continued outreach to the community.	Christ in the City Lutheran Church	Feb- 11	$10,000
To strengthen services and expand usage of health/fitness programming by better tracking outcomes and increasing communication with users and inclusion in other church activities/the life of the congregation.	Christ Memorial Lutheran Church	June-11	$37,000
To strengthen the social-emotional skills of 900 low-income youth through incorporating mental health curricula into existing programming, staff training, assessments/screenings, and counseling.	Christian Activity Center	Oct-11	$65,000
To improve volunteer experiences and expand the number of volunteers through developing a new strategic plan that addresses volunteer involvement/management.	Christian HomeCare Services, Inc.	Oct-11	$25,000
To decrease the affects of trauma, abuse, neglect, depression, and stress in 43 youth through assessment, individual therapy, and skills training.	College Bound	June-11	$36,000
To encourage and help facilitate 1,300 congregants to discover and 'go' where God is leading them to serve by offering a variety of serving opportunities.	Concordia Lutheran Church - Kirkwood	Feb-11	$66,000
To support Concordia's outreach through building improvements for lease opportunity with Giant Steps, a school serving children with autism.	Concordia Lutheran Church - Maplewood	May-11	$10,000
To increase the number of social service professionals with theology/Gospel ministry and social work skills through launching a Social Work-Deaconess dual-degree program at the Seminary and St. Louis University.	Concordia Seminary - St. Louis	June-11	$75,000
To partner with Kingdom Learning Center for employment services to ex-offenders.	Connections to Success	Feb-11	$9,000
To develop and launch a network of high-performing charter schools in St. Louis City, ultimately serving 1,500 in six schools. This grant would cover the planning costs.	Educational Enterprises, Inc.	Sept-11	$490,000
To reduce recidivism rates in 85 ex-offenders through career training, job development, and case management, as well as placement, retention, and supportive services. The project will also cultivate new jobs in high-growth fields.	Employment Connection	June-11	$63,000
To increase the self-sufficiency of 40 New Americans through work-force and life-skills training, mentoring, and employment assistance. Funding would provide 'gap funding' until other funding can be secured.	Employment Connection	Aug-11	$10,000
To improve the academic success of 60 Latino youth through after-school tutoring, computer skills development, and group learning activities.	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer & School	Feb- 11	$22,500
To pilot the development of small groups formed around social service outreach.	Faith Lutheran Church - Oakville	Feb-11	$5,000
To strengthen outcomes for 48 at-risk youth participating in an intense, long-term mentoring relationship with a caring adult by adding psychological assessments, counseling, and an anger/stress management curriculum.	Faithful Friends St. Louis	Feb- 11	$24,000
To increase employment rates with 50 male offenders through comprehensive job training classes while incarcerated and case management and job placement support after release.	Fathers' Support Center, St. Louis	June-11	$53,000
To assist with immediate needs (shelter, food, clothing) for community members who suffered hardship in the Joplin tornado.	First Lutheran Church - Neosho	May-11	$10,000
To increase the employability of 75 men through a life skills curricula, intense mentoring, case management, social services, and job readiness training.	FOCUS North America	Oct-11	$37,000
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	Dec-11	$3,000
To decrease emerging mental health concerns in 45 adopted children at-risk of being removed from their home through short-term, in-home crisis intervention.	Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition	Oct-11	$78,000
To provide annual support for 2011.	Gateway Center for Giving	Jan- 11	$12,750
To preserve the mother-daughter relationship of incarcerated parents, reduce the trauma of separation, and minimize the girls' at-risk behavior through Girl Scouting and providing opportunities for the girls to share positive experiences with their incarcerated mothers.	Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri	June-11	$18,000
To provide collaborative matching support for technology needs.	Good Shepherd Lutheran Church & School	May-11	$3,000
To help 6 ex-offenders and their families build a better life through housing, jobs, education, and other resources.	Great Things Incorporated Foundation	June-11	$36,000
To help 50 ex-offenders rid themselves of negative behaviors and mindsets through job skills training, substance abuse counseling, and life skills education.	GUIDES Family Life Center	Feb- 11	$45,000
To improve management of 98 health care volunteers who provide health care services to the un- and under-insured by hiring a Volunteer Coordinator.	Health Protection Education & Services	Feb- 11	$10,000
To identify and reduce mental health concerns in 135 children attending a St. Louis City public school through assessment, mental health services, parent and teacher education, and linkages to additional services.	Hopewell Center	Feb- 11	$65,000
To provide a 1:8 match grant in support of congregational outreach to community underserved youth.	Hope Lutheran Church - Granite City	May-11	$1,600
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Horizon Christian Fellowship Central	June-11	$3,059
To provide support for housing unit reconstruction and furnishings following a fire.	Humanitri	Feb-11	$9,000
To assist with immediate needs (shelter, food, clothing) for community members who suffered hardship in the Joplin tornado.	Immanuel Lutheran Church - Joplin	June-11	$10,000
To coordinate efforts of St. Louis area Evangelical Lutheran Church of America congregations to effectively reach out and be a spiritual and economic benefit to the urban core by funding an administrator to develop/expand social service outreach ministry activities and manage volunteer efforts.	Immanuel Lutheran Church -St. Louis City	June-11	$45,000
To continue sharing the goodness of Jesus with 900+ international students attending area universities and their families through conversation classes, social outlets, Bible studies, dinner, etc., which are led by volunteers.	International Student Ministry, St. Louis	Oct-11	$20,000
To improve the mental health of 75 children and their families through Christ-centered in-home counseling delivered by professional and lay counselors.	Journey Fellowship, Inc.	Feb-11	$47,000
To help 1,500 Lutheran school students understand business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics, and financial literacy principles and work readiness through a series of experiential hands-on activities provided by volunteers.	Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc.	Feb-11	$10,000
To support school operations as it prepares to close its doors at the end of the 2010-11 school year.	King of Glory Lutheran School	Feb-11	$25,000
To improve the academic success of Latino youth through after-school tutoring, computer skills development, and group learning activities.	King of Kings Lutheran School	Feb-11	$7,500
To reduce recidivism in 35 ex-offenders through a variety of support services including job readiness, life skills training, case management and group meetings.	Kingdom Learning Center	Feb-11	$21,000
To improve the health and safety of Lemay residents by hiring a Volunteer Manager to manage volunteers who assist with home repairs.	Lemay Housing Partnership, Inc.	June-11	$25,000
To reduce violence and prevent recidivism in incarcerated individuals through a prison-based meditation and cognitive behavior classes and pre-and post-release services.	Let's Start, Inc.	Feb-11	$10,000
To improve health and wellness in 100 people annually through exercise and nutrition classes.	Lutheran Church of the Atonement & School	Feb-11	$28,000
To help the lives of hurting people in the name of Jesus Christ by engaging 500 congregants in social service outreach ministry through intentional, relationally-based acts of service.	Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens	Feb-11	$57,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod	June-11	$31,193
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Lutheran Foundation Member congregations.	Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod	July-11	$3,391
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Lutheran Foundation Member congregations.	Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod	July-11	$6,138
To build life, social, and spiritual skills in 40 youth and their families through after-school and weekend programming.	Lutheran Community Center	Oct-11	$25,000
To more effectively serve 7,500 students by coordinating training, curriculum development, marketing, and support services; supporting leadership expenses of the organization; and expanding access to counseling and teacher and parent mental health consultation.	Lutheran Elementary School Association	Feb-11	$250,000
To provide financial stability and support the organization/s program/services, administration, and operational needs by establishing an Operations and Programming Endowment.	Lutheran Elementary School Association	Nov-11	$2,000,000
To reduce emerging mental health concerns/illness in 72 area youth through assessment and counseling.	Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri	June-11	$59,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Lutheran Foundation Member congregations.	Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri	Jul-11	$30,653
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Lutheran Foundation Member congregations.	Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri	Jul-11	$1,820
To increase the active engagement and college success of 300+ students annually through integrating technology in new ways into classroom instruction.	Lutheran High School of St. Charles County	Feb-11	$260,000
To support volunteer management and congregation social service outreach community training efforts.	Lutheran Hour Ministries	Dec-11	$2,000
To provide annual support for 2011.	Lutheran Services of America	June-11	$2,000
To support the Volunteer Leadership Academy at the 2012 Annual Conference	Lutheran Services of America	Nov-11	$5,000
To help 120 ex-offenders reenter society and become responsible citizens through establishing a new Metro-East office that will offer case management, employment skills school, a scholarship trades program, and other support.	Lutheran Social Services of Illinois	Oct-11	$180,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Lutheran World Relief	June-11	$10,487
To support outreach to area Lutheran churches with information regarding the Lutheran Malaria Initiative.	Lutherans in Medical Missions	June-11	$5,000
To increase the assets of 150 middle school students attending a new charter school in congregation's former school building through a new high-quality, Christ-centered after-school program.	Messiah Lutheran Church - St. Louis City	June-11	$92,000
To support Messiah's neighborhood outreach through a '9-11: A Day of Remembrance' concert.	Messiah Lutheran Church - St. Louis City	Aug-11	$2,000
To reduce stress in 85 ex-offenders returning from prison and increase their successful transition into society by covering rent, bus passes, and basic essentials for the first 2-4 weeks after release.	Mission Gate Christian Center	Feb-11	$46,000
To increase the successful completion of a 12-month transitional housing program for 85 male ex-offenders by providing individual and family counseling and supervision.	Mission Gate Christian Center	June-11	$35,000
To increase literacy rates with in three underperforming St. Louis Public Schools by engaging Christian volunteers in delivering a literacy curriculum and other activities, plus evaluation of services.	Mission St. Louis	June-11	$47,000
To provide match funds in a collaborative effort to match the Robert Woods Foundation grant supporting the Missouri Safe Routes to School Network and work in the St. Louis area.	Missouri Foundation for Bicycling and Walking	Mar-11	$2,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Missouri District of the LCMS	June-11	$370
To strengthen the capacity and number of congregations successfully engaged in social service outreach ministry, with an emphasis on efforts that bring the care of Jesus Christ to the lives of hurting people living in underserved communities.	Missouri District of the LCMS	June-11	$78,000
To positively impact the lives of hurting people by encouraging and supporting Christian volunteerism in congregations and the community.	Missouri District of the LCMS	June-11	$78,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Missouri District of the LCMS	July-11	$1,415
To increase the financial stability and employment of 8 ex-offenders through an intense carpentry and journeyman, life skills, and financial management training program.	More Than Carpentry Christian Ministries	Feb-11	$70,000
To provide collaborative funding with Incarnate Word Foundation for a 7-week art camp for children from the Hyde Park neighborhood.	Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church	June-11	$5,000
To support collaboration with Bethlehem Lutheran Church in offering Urban Expressions Architecture-City Explorers Day summer camp programming for 35 children from the Hyde Park neighborhood.	Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church	June-11	$10,000
To provide continued start-up support of Missouri statewide alliance of nonprofit organizations to help build and sustain quality Missouri nonprofits.	Nonprofit Missouri	Sept-11	$5,000
To provide general support for programs and to provide NSC program registration scholarships to organizations needing assistance.	Nonprofit Services Center	Feb-11	$10,000
To fund hiring three youth from the JeffVanderLou neighborhood to receive training, mentoring, and to build three free fences for residents.	North Grand Neighborhood Services	Mar-11	$5,000
To increase the number of Christian foster and adoptive families through education, recruitment, and training targeted to members of St. Louis area churches.	One Heart Family Ministries	Oct-11	$50,000
To identify and intervene to prevent crisis escalation in 1,725 children and their families with a deployed loved one through linkage to a Stephens Minister and volunteer mental health professionals.	Operation Homefront Missouri/SW Illinois	June-11	$75,000
To prevent the development of mental health disorders and educational struggles in 12 acutely traumatized children through a comprehensive, therapeutic, full-day preschool program.	Our Little Haven	June-11	$144,000
To provide outreach to the surrounding immigrant community through English, citizenship, and computer classes as well as a children's sports program.	Peace Lutheran Church - Lemay	Oct-11	$4,000
To assist with immediate needs (shelter, food, clothing) for community members who suffered hardship in the Joplin tornado.	Peace Lutheran Church - Joplin	June-11	$10,000
To prevent future domestic violence in 50 offenders through intensive counseling and case management.	Provident, Inc.	June-11	$36,000
To reduce mental health risk factors in 80 children of substance-abusing mothers through family-centered mental health services through social and emotional learning curricula for children and their mothers plus filial therapy.	Queen of Peace Center	June-11	$105,000
To partially fund IRS back-taxes.	River Roads Lutheran School	Sept-11	$15,000
To provide shelter and Christian care for homeless families by recruiting additional congregations to serve as night sites and improving retention of participating congregations.	Room at the Inn	Oct-11	$42,000
To strengthen the congregation's pre-school program, thereby increasing enrollment at the elementary school, by adding additional spots and hiring a full-time Early Childhood Director.	Salem Lutheran Church & School - Affton	June-11	$60,000
To ease the transition of 50 former King of Glory and Hope Lutheran School students to Salem - Affton by providing scholarship assistance to help maintain previous tuition/fee levels.	Salem Lutheran Church & School - Affton	Oct-11	$32,000
To positively impact the lives of hurting people by encouraging and supporting Christian volunteerism and social service outreach in congregations and the community.	Send Me St. Louis	June-11	$147,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Lutheran Foundation Member congregations.	Service International	July-11	$5,600
To reduce homelessness in 60 dually diagnosed female ex-offenders through housing, substance abuse treatment, life skills planning, and other wrap-around services.	Shalom House	Oct-11	$40,000
To help 54 ex-offenders become self-sufficient through employment by expanding/strengthening an entrepreneurial temporary employment service.	Soaring Spirit Ministries	June-11	$120,000
To help 30 ex-offenders achieve self-sufficiency and avoid future re-incarceration through housing, employment services, support groups, and intensive case management services.	Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Louis	June-11	$185,000
To help 6,000 homeless, poor, and/or ex-offenders increase their economic security and ability to obtain employment by helping them secure state identification and birth certificates. All services are provided by volunteers.	St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church	June-11	$60,000
To provide collaborative matching support for technology needs.	St. Paul's Lutheran Church & School - Troy, IL	Nov-11	$3,000
To better identify and care for 78 child-care children annually at risk for mental health issues through screening, assessment, home visits, referrals, and incorporating evidence-based prevention programs into the existing curriculum.	SSDN	Oct-11	$68,000
To improve resiliency skills and decrease stressors for 600 children at-risk for child abuse/neglect through medical, developmental, and social-emotional screenings and therapeutic interventions plus providing intensive home-based services for 60 children.	St. Louis Crisis Nursery	June-11	$10,000
To decrease recidivism rates and enhance prison staff's education through an Associate of Arts degree program offered to prisoners and staff at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic Corrections Center.	St. Louis University	June-11	$10,000
To offer technology access and computer education to neighborhood youth by establishing a community computer center.	St. Matthew Lutheran Church & School	Oct-11	$5,000
To decrease isolation and increase the health of 50 seniors through twice-weekly programming including health screenings, outings, Bible study, exercise, and intergenerational activities.	St. Peters Project Uplift	June-11	$27,000
To reduce recidivism rates in 75 ex-offenders through job assistance services and referral.	Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service	Feb-11	$40,000
To expand the number of clients served by recruiting and managing additional volunteers and strengthening volunteer management practices.	ThriVe St. Louis, Inc.	Oct-11	$50,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in Joplin following the tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Timothy Lutheran Church - St. Louis City	June-11	$1,865
To collaborate with other funders to serve children in parochial schools through after-school care for the 2011-2012 school year.	Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation	May-11	$3,000
To collaborate with other funders to serve children in parochial schools through the Bullying Prevention Project for the 2011-2012 school year.	Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation	May-11	$5,000
To promote youth leadership by providing mini-grants for community service projects developed and led by youth at Lutheran schools.	Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation	May-11	$1,000
To allow 80 low-income children to attend Lutheran schools throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area by providing matching scholarships and general support for all scholarship programs.	Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation	Oct-11	$35,000
To increase early diagnosis and intervention for children with an autism spectrum disorder by helping parents recognize red flags, complete an online autism screening of their child and work with a Family Navigator to receive treatment, planning and counseling.	Touchpoint Autism Services	June-11	$120,000
To build community capacity by working collaboratively with Timothy Lutheran Church to provide housing for immigrant families.	Trinity Lutheran Church	Feb-11	$30,000
To prevent future delinquency/crime in 30 high-risk truant youth through intensive, home-based family crisis-stabilization services. Vision for Children at Risk would serve as the fiscal agent.	Twenty-second Judicial Circuit of Missouri	June-11	$70,000
To prevent long-term mental health concerns in at-risk child care children through assessments, individualized in-classroom psychodynamic psychotherapy, support services for parents, and teacher training.	University City Children's Center	June-11	$34,000
To help stimulate innovative approaches to social problems through a series of workshops and a competition focusing on implementing social enterprise concepts and developing multiple income sources for non-profit organizations.	Washington University of St. Louis	Oct-11	$35,000
To ease the transition of 27 former King of Glory and Hope Lutheran School students to Word of Life by providing scholarship assistance to help maintain previous tuition/fee levels.	Word of Life Lutheran School	Oct-11	$16,000
To support completion of the SMART Board installation in classrooms.	Word of Life Lutheran School	Sept-11	$10,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	World Vision	June-11	$5,000
To prevent child sexual assault/abuse and potential mental health consequences through providing class-based workshops to 5,500 area elementary public school students plus workshops for parents and educators.	YWCA of Metropolitan St. Louis	June-11	$84,000
To provide support for emergency humanitarian relief efforts in St. Louis following the Good Friday tornado disaster. This is a dollar-for-dollar match of fundraising efforts by Member congregations.	Zion Ev. Lutheran Church - Maryland Heights	June-11	$1,689
To provide project gap funding resulting from Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis grant cycle change.	Various Organizations	Sept-11	$194,033
TOTAL	153 Grants		$7,760,992

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