Proposals from 15 organizations were approved by St. Louis City Senior Fund’s Board of Directors in May and June to receive a total of $3,010,232 for one-year and three-year grants that began July 1; $1 million in grant awards will be distributed during the fund’s current fiscal year (FY2025).
The Fund Defined grant opportunity is funding awarded to address needs of older St. Louis City residents in specific focus areas determined by the Senior Fund Board of Directors based on community feedback and other sources. The Fund Defined awards that began their grant cycle in July focus on two areas: Housing and Economic Security. Organizations could apply for multi-year grants for up to three years.
Senior Fund received 26 applications for this funding round for a total of $1.7 million in requests for the first year and $5.2 million in total for three years. The following organizations were awarded grants; 12 of the 15 grant awards supported continuation of services Senior Fund had supported in FY2022 – FY2024 (July 2021 – June 2024).
- Cardinal Ritter Senior Services (3-year grant)
- College Hill Foundation (3-year grant)
- Criminal Justice Ministry (3-year grant)
- Deaconess Nurse Ministry (3-year grant)
- Employment Connection (1-year grant)
- EnergyCare (3-year grant)
- Five Star Center (3-year grant)
- Guardian Angel Settlement Association (3-year grant)
- Housing Options Provided for the Elderly (HOPE) (3-year grant)
- Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (3-year grant)
- LifeWise STL (3-year grant)
- Mission: St. Louis (3-year grant)
- North Newstead Association (3-year grant)
- Paraquad (3-year grant)
- Rebuilding Together – St. Louis (3-year grant)
In addition to these new grant awards, 16 organizations continued into the second or third year of multi-year support. See the full list of organizations supported by the Senior Fund on our website.
Funded partners listed above are supported in part by their grant from the St. Louis City Senior Fund to serve residents in the City of St. Louis who are 60 years and older. Many organizations listed have additional resources to serve older adults in St. Louis City and other areas of the region.