Archive of Collaborations
Search here for information on the Foundation’s past and current collaborative projects and partners:
Youth and Family Center
The Youth & Family Center supports residents of St. Louis and parts of Illinois in achieving their full potential. Our vision is for every youth, senior, and family to have the necessary resources to live healthy, stable, and independent lives in a safe and vibrant community.
STL Youth Jobs
bridges the divide between our region’s youth and the growing skills gap in our workforce by connecting young people ages 16-24 with meaningful employment while building transferable job skills.
Our Priorities
At the heart of the foundation, we value efforts to advance equity, opportunity, & human dignity. These efforts often address the following topics, though Racial Equity is the overarching, all-encompassing priority for each organization or project we fund.
“Funding neighborhood work fosters systemic change by addressing the root causes of poverty and oppression. It fosters the confidence within individuals to dream while simultaneously creating access to the tools and resources needed to achieve those dreams.” — IWF Executive Summary, 2019