2023-2024

Local Grantee

Welcome Neighbor STL: $5,000 
Partners with refugee and immigrant families, connecting them with the people and opportunities that will empower them to build and live their best life in their new country.

Local Parish Grants

Christ the King – First Step Towards Environmental Justice: $2,000
This project involves hiring speakers to discuss impacts of environmental justice as well as consultants to advise on installing solar panels on the roof of their school. Christ the King also wants to explore the potential of turning their facility into a shelter in times of disaster.

Holy Name of Jesus – Joy of the Gospel: Our Parish, Our Community: $2,000
This project involves education and outreach with the first phase including two workshops focused on Joy of the Gospel education and brainstorming how to engage in outreach to the marginalized in the community. The second phase would involve partnering with community organizations to engage in outreach to serve their community’s needs.

Incarnate Word – Christpower Work Camp: $2,000
Continuing a 28-year history of hosting a weeklong camp for high school students to engage in service, Incarnate Word will have 120 students serve daily at 12 local agencies, charities, and non-profits. This project will reduce costs for students to participate.

Mary, Mother of the Church – The Cost of Violence: Stories Seldom Heard:  $2,000
This project involves a lunch and a moderated panel discussion with speakers on the topics of domestic abuse, human trafficking, suicide, and gun violence for parishioners, Southern Vicariate guests, and community members in the Abrahamic traditions. If possible, gun locks will be distributed.

Our Lady of the Holy Cross – Community Resource Center: $2,000
The Community Resource Center will provide hot lunch two times a week with speaker sessions every six weeks for a duration of six months. Sessions will include life skills and focus on topics such as crime, mental health, community issues, and poverty.

Sacred Heart Parish in Florissant – Racial Justice Education: $1,060
This project includes three parts: two classes on the Just Faith Racial Education series, a Lenten event “Stations of the Cross: Overcoming Racism,” and showing and discussing a video series “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement.”

South City Catholic Academy (Our Lady of Sorrows, Joan of Arc, Mary Magdalen) – Student & Plants Growing Together: $1,554
Educate three groups of students about the development of an indoor vegetable garden. Involve students in the selection of vegetable seeds, planting, caring for the plants, and sharing their produce.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – IMPACT Seedbearers: $2,000 
Seedbearers is a weeklong spiritual/work retreat, where teens and adults work to help with housing repair and homebuilding. Project funds will mitigate the cost of participation for teens and help pay for materials/supplies.

St. Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist – Social Justice Outreach Meetings: $2,000 
The parish’s social justice ministry plans to host open quarterly meetings on social justice topics such as mental health, environmental justice, and Catholic Social Teaching. Meetings intend to grow leaders and advocates to make an impact in the community.

St. Francis Xavier (College Church) – Middle School Social Justice Camp: $2,000 
Weeklong summer camp for students to learn about Catholic Social Teaching, connect with nearby organizations, and engage in reflection.

St. Genevieve – Operation Overhaul: $2,000
Vincent Marian Youth Southeast Missouri (VMY SEMO) hosts an annual weeklong service retreat engaging young adults in the charisms of Vincentian spirituality by engaging with individuals affected by poverty through home repair.

St. Norbert – Encounter Christ, Educate, & Called to Evangelize: $2,000
This project would have three parts: talks about Joy of the Gospel at Sunday Masses, small Bible study groups about themes from Joy of the Gospel, and developing a plan for outreach in the community.

Sts. Peter and Paul – Meal Program: $2,000
Funds would be used to support the Meal Program and help make the space accessible to those with disabilities by refurbishing and maintaining their outdoor mechanical lift.

Washington University’s Catholic Student Center – Food Pantry: $2,000
The CSC is working to establish a St. Vincent de Paul Society chapter that will host a food pantry within their Student Assistance Fund to address food insecurity for the students they serve, particularly international students.

National Grantees

Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP): $70,000
Worked to develop policies which end capital prosecutions and address historic wrongs in convictions; provided education outreach; empowered exonerees to become advocates for criminal justice reform.

2022-2023

Local Grantees

Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ): $4,700 
Helps women ex-offenders find positive, assertive ways to solve problems and advocate for change in the criminal justice system

Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis (MCU): $9,415
Addressed environmental injustices─ specifically, air quality ─in low-income areas.

National Grantees

Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP): $70,000
Worked to develop policies which end capital prosecutions and address historic wrongs in convictions; provided education outreach; empowered exonerees to become advocates for criminal justice reform

2021-2022

Local Grantees

Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ): $4,900 
Helps women ex-offenders find positive, assertive ways to solve problems and advocate for change in the criminal justice system

Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA): $10,000 
Equipped Latinx community leaders to advocate locally and federally for policies supporting human rights and social justice

Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis (MCU): $10,000
Addressed environmental injustices─ specifically, air quality ─in low-income areas.

A Red Circle: $10,000
Empowered low-income residents to grow and distribute fresh produce, explore careers in food and entrepreneurship, and better understand food justice and racial equity

National Grantees

Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP): $65,000
Worked to develop policies which end capital prosecutions and address historic wrongs in convictions; provided education outreach; empowered exonerees to become advocates for criminal justice reform

2019-2020

Local Grantees

Inter-faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA): $9,500
Equipped Latinx community leaders to advocate locally and federally for policies supporting human rights and social justice

LinkSTL: $5,000
Recruited young people to advocate at the local and state level for needed changes in their impoverished neighborhood

Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP): $9,000
Worked with the prosecutor’s office to develop policies which end capital prosecutions and address historic wrongs in convictions

Our Lady of Holy Cross Senior Resource Center: $9,000
Helped seniors identify and advocate for positive change in their community.

National Grantees

Social Action and Virtue Education Foundation (SAVE) $15,000
Empowered people to build communities and peacefully resolve conflicts

Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU): $65,000
Addressed schools, policing, and justice systems contributing to the criminalization of young people of color

2018-2019

Local Grantees

Social Action and Virtue Education (SAVE) Foundation: $9,700
Trained high school/college students in school discipline practices that focus on repairing relationships

LinkSTL: $8,212
Established a youth council that identified and advocated at the local and state level for needed changes in the community

Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ): $3,000
Helped women ex-offenders find positive, assertive ways to solve problems and advocate for change in the criminal justice system

Midtown Neighborhood Opportunities Corporation (Midtown Men’s Club): $3,000
Hired a community advocate to engage neighbors/organizations and lead the group in opportunities to bring about institutional change.

National Grantees

Coalition for Truth in Independence (CTI): $45,000
Advocated for policy change that would benefit people with disabilities in the areas of transportation, employment, access, and voting rights.

Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis (MCU): $65,000
Addressed schools, policing, and justice systems contributing to the criminalization of young people of color; promoted legislative accountability and citizen participation in policy-making

Missouri Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE): $5,000
Provided information and tools to understand the criminal justice system and advocate for positive change; developed relationships in the community

2017-2018

Local Grantees

Latinos En Axion STL: $9,000
Offered English classes for Latino immigrants enabling them to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform and against racial profiling

City Greens Market: $6,300
Paid stipends to low-income families to grow produce and sell it to the community, which gave residents control over their local food supply

Midtown Neighborhood Opportunities Corporation (Midtown Men’s Club): $6,000 Built community and counteracted negative stereotypes of black men by performing community service, mentoring youth, and meeting with leaders to express neighborhood concerns

LinkSTL: $6,500
Provided youth and young adults living in poverty with financial empowerment courses and networking opportunities; encouraged engagement with police and elected officials

Social Action and Virtue Education (SAVE) Foundation: $4,500
Trained members/parents in restorative school discipline practices that focus on repairing relationships rather than punishing behavior

Closing the School to Prison Pipeline: Shut it Down: $2,500
Addressed the over-representation of African American children in school suspensions and family court with an approach to student behavior that focuses on healing rather than punishment

National Grantees

Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU): $65,000
Addressed school, policing, and juvenile justice systems contributing to the criminalization of young people of color

The Coalition for Truth in Independence (CTI): $44,000
Advocated for the rights of those with disabilities; ensured they have access to resources enabling them to thrive

Voices of Women: $10,000
Hosted Women in Leadership training; maintained a community garden; provided micro-loans and micro-savings accounts for adults and children