Recipient Gallery

Below are some highlights of the outstanding positive impact achieved by organizations for which we’ve had the privilege of funding through the years; you might notice that our funding has shifted in some areas, but the focus was always on honoring the legacy of Dana Brown and the spirit of the trust he outlined before he passed in 1994.

The organizations below voluntarily provided grant outcomes to be highlighted in our recipient’s gallery. They represent a sampling of the fantastic organizations we’ve funded, with a more complete list below.

Being showcased on The Dana Brown Charitable Trust website is not a guarantee of future funding, nor is it intended to discourage or exclude future funding requests.

Animal Protective Association of Missouri

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois

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Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis

Dana Brown Charitable Trust (DBCT) and the Boys & Girls ...

Center for Hearing & Speech

Transforming lives by empowering communication. ...

College Bound

A college degree has the power to end the cycle ...

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) works to enrich ...

Duo Dogs

Duo trains and connects dogs with people to cultivate meaningful ...

Eye Thrive

Since 2004, Eye Thrive has provided free essential vision services ...

FamilyForward

FamilyForward’s mission is to move vulnerable children in the direction ...

Feldman Holocaust Museum

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum uses the history ...

Flance Early Learning Center

Flance Early Learning Center provides excellence by nurturing and educating ...

Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition

The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition strives to create permanency ...

Humane Society of Missouri

Our mission is to end the cycle of abuse and ...

International Institute of St. Louis

The International Institute of St. Louis provides opportunities for immigrants ...

Marian Middle School

Marian Middle School is a leader in providing life-altering education. ...

Mercy Health Foundation

At Mercy, our mission is to bring to life the ...

Nine Network

Igniting the spirit of possibility in our region, the Nine ...

Operation Food Search

Nourishing and educating our neighbors in need to heal the ...

Paraquad, Inc.

Paraquad champions equity and independence for people with disabilities through ...

Planned Parenthood of STL and SWMO

Our mission is to provide, protect, and support reproductive and ...

Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital

Complexity Is Our Speciality Our 60-bed facility provides a unique ...

Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis

The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis ...

Saint Louis Crisis Nursery

The SAINT LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY is committed to the prevention ...

Saint Louis Zoo

Conserving animals and their habitats through animal management, research, recreation ...

Shaw Nature Reserve, a division of the Missouri Botanical Garden

The mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden is to discover ...

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation

At SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, talented caregivers provide ...

St. Louis Area Foodbank

Children need nourishment of mind, body, and spirit in order ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

St. Louis Children's Hospital provides a full range of pediatric ...

St. Louis Public Library Foundation

The mission of St. Louis Public Library Foundation is to ...

St. Louis Salvation Army Midland Division

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part ...

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival

Fostering community and joy across the St. Louis region through ...

STL Youth Jobs

Bridging the divide between our region’s youth and the growing ...

The Audubon Center at Riverlands

Our mission is to connect people to the beauty and ...

The Soulard School

The Soulard School is a community dedicated to educating its ...

Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis

The mission of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis ...

Youth In Need

Youth In Need’s mission is to build on the strengths ...

  • 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • 2000 Feet, Inc.
  • 4theVille
  • A Million Stars, Inc. dba College Bound
  • A Red Circle
  • Academy of Science - St. Louis
  • Academy of St. Louis
  • Accion Social Communitarian
  • Adequate Housing for Missourians
  • Adoption Exchange (The)
  • Affinia Healthcare
  • Aim High - St. Louis
  • ALIVE, Inc.
  • Almost Home
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Diabetes Association
  • American Institute for Respiratory Equity (formerly ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, SAINT LOUIS)
  • AmeriCorps-St. Louis (Partnership for Youth) DBA America Corps-St. Louis
  • Angels Arms
  • Animal Protective Association of Missouri
  • Annie's Hope
  • Annie Malone Children & Family Services
  • ANNONYArts
  • Archdiocese of St. Louis
  • Art Access, Inc.
  • Art Saint Louis
  • Arts and Education Council
  • Ashera Foundation
  • Assistance League of St. Louis
  • Atlas Youth Outreach
  • Audubon Center at Riverlands / National Audubon Society
  • Better Family Life, Inc.
  • Beverly Farm Foundation
  • Beyond Housing
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
  • Black Cat Theatre (Off the Cuff Productions)
  • Black Men Read
  • Books for Newborns
  • Boone Center, Inc.
  • Boy Scouts of America -Okaw Valley Council (Belleville, IL)
  • Boys & Girls Club of Alton, Inc.
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Charles County
  • Brain Injury Association of Missouri
  • Breakpoint Tennis & Life Skills Academy (Triple A Youth Foundation)
  • Brightpoint (formerly Children's Home & Aid of Illinois)
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  • Broken But Not Shattered Ministries
  • Burns Recovered Support Group
  • Call for Help, Inc. (East St. Louis, IL)
  • Camp Circle Star, Powered by the Erin Eickmeier Foundation
  • Campbell House Museum
  • Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis
  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation
  • Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School
  • Care and Counseling
  • Care StL Health
  • Care to Learn
  • Caring for Kids
  • Carondelet Community Betterment Federation, Inc.
  • Casa de Salud
  • CASA of Southwestern Illinois
  • CASA of St. Louis
  • Catholic Charities of St. Louis
  • Catholic Urban Programs
  • Center for Animal Rescue and Enrichment of St. Louis (CARE STL)
  • Center for Head Injury Services dba The Center for Specialized Services
  • Center for Human Services
  • Center for Women in Transition, dba Keyway Center for Diversion
  • Central Catholic St. Nicholas School & Academy
  • Central Institute for the Deaf
  • CHADS Coalition for Mental Health
  • CHAMP Assistance Dogs
  • CharacterPlus
  • Child Day Care Association DBA United 4 Children
  • Children's Home Society of Missouri dba FamilyForward
  • Christian Activity Center, Inc.(East St. Louis)
  • Christian Faith House
  • Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
  • Circus Flora
  • Circus Harmony
  • Citizens for Missouri's Children
  • City Academy
  • City Garden Montessori School
  • City Greens Market
  • City Museum (Missouri Development Finance Board)
  • Civil Pictures, Inc.
  • Civitas Associates
  • Coalition for Animal Rescue & Education (CARE)
  • COCA - Center of Creative Arts
  • Community Living Inc
  • Compass Health, Inc. (d/b/a Crider Health Center)
  • Concordia Middle School
  • Confident Kid Dental Charity
  • Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
  • Coordinated Youth & Human Services
  • Cornerstone Center for Early Learning, Inc.
  • Council for Extended Care
  • Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Jefferson County
  • Covenant House Missouri
  • Craft Alliance
  • Criminal justice Ministry
  • Crossroads College Prepatory School
  • CyberUp
  • Dance St. Louis
  • Danforth Plant Science Center
  • De La Salle Middle School
  • Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments
  • Dignity Period
  • Divine Nest
  • Dogs For Our Brave
  • Downtown Children's Center
  • Dream For A Day
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Duo Dogs, Inc.
  • Eagle's Wings
  • EarthDance
  • Easterseals Midwest
  • Educare Learning Center, Inc.
  • Educational Multimedia Company
  • Edwardsville Children's Museum
  • Elevate St. Louis
  • Employment Connection
  • Endangered Wolf Center
  • English Tutoring Project
  • Episcopal City Mission (ECM)
  • Epworth Children and Family Services
  • Equine-Assisted Therapy
  • Every Child's Hope
  • Exceptional Equestrians of the Missouri Valley, Inc.
  • Eye Thrive
  • Faithful Friends-St. Louis
  • Fathers & Families Support Center
  • Five Acres Animal Shelter
  • Flance Early Learning Center
  • FOCUS St. Louis
  • Fontbonne University
  • Food Outreach
  • Forest Park Forever
  • Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
  • Foster Together
  • Franklin County Humane Society of Missouri
  • Friends of Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital Auxiliary
  • Friends of Jennings School District Foundation
  • Friends of Kids with Cancer
  • Friends of the Academies dba Access Academies
  • Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking
  • Gateway Area Chapter - National Sclerosis Society (formerly National Multiple Sclerosis Society - St. Louis)
  • Gateway Hemophila Association (formerly Hemophilia Aids Center (St. Louis Community Fdtn)
  • Gateway Pet Guardians
  • Gateway Region YMCA
  • Gateway Science Academy of St. Louis
  • Gateway Search Dogs
  • Gateway to the Great Outdoors
  • Gene Slay's Girls and Boys Club of St. Louis
  • Gentlemen of Vision Rites of Passage Inc
  • German Saint Vincent Orphan Association DBA The Core Collective
  • Giant Steps of St. 431671946
  • Giddo Simon Ministries
  • Gifted Resource Council
  • Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri
  • Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois
  • Girls in the Know
  • Girls Inc. of St. Louis
  • Girls on The Run St. Louis
  • Give Kids A Smile
  • Giving is a Family Tradition
  • Goshen Market Foundation
  • Got Your Six Support Dogs
  • Grace's Place, Inc.
  • Grand Center Inc.
  • Great Circle (merger of Boys & Girls Town of Missouri & Edgewood Children's Center Residential)
  • Great Rivers Greenway Foundation
  • Greater St. Louis Area Scouting
  • Greater St. Louis Chapter of the American Red Cross
  • Greater St. Louis Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Guardian Angel Settlement Association
  • Guide Dogs of America
  • Habitat for Humanity St. Louis
  • Haven of Grace
  • HavenHouse St. Louis
  • Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls
  • HEAL Center for the Arts
  • Health Care for Kids (d/b/a Health & Dental Care for Kids)
  • Health Protection and Education Service
  • HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis
  • Heartlinks Grief Center at Family Hospice
  • HEC - TV
  • Help 4 Transplant Kids Foundation
  • Helping Hand Me Downs
  • Hispanic Festival, Inc.
  • Home Sweet Home
  • HOME WORKS
  • Hope Creates
  • Hope Happens, Inc.
  • Hope House STL
  • Hope Ignites St. Louis (formerly Boys Hope Girls Hope of St. Louis)
  • Hope Unlimited, Inc
  • Human Support Services
  • Humane Society of Missouri
  • Humane Society of Monroe County IL dba Helping Strays
  • Humanitri (formally Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless)
  • IFM Community Medicine
  • Immigrant Home English Learning Program
  • INOBTR (I Know Better)
  • Interfaith Housing Help
  • Interfaith Residence DBA DOORWAYS
  • International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation
  • Jamison Memorial (The - ECME Church)
  • Jazz St. Louis
  • Jewish Family Services of St. Louis (JFS)
  • Jewish Federation of St. Louis
  • Joe's Place Corporation
  • Join Hands ESL, Inc.
  • Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis, Inc.
  • KFOU Radio/Classic 99 - Lutheran Church MO Synod
  • Kids In The Middle
  • Kids Vision for Life St. Louis (Program of Area Resources for Community and Human Services)
  • KidSmart
  • Kidzlink (formerly Zink the Zebra)
  • KIPP St. Louis
  • Kwame Charitable Foundation
  • La Clinica
  • Laumeier Sculpture Park
  • LEAD STL (formerly Cultural Leadership)
  • Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
  • Lemay Child and Family Center
  • LESA - Lutheran Elementary School Association
  • LifeBridge Partnership
  • Lifesaving Foundation (St. Louis Fire Department Lifesaving Fdtn)
  • LifeWise StL(formerly Kingdom House)
  • Lift For Life Academy
  • Lift For Life Gym
  • Literacy Council of Greater St. Louis
  • LitShop
  • Loaves and Fishes For St. Louis, Inc.
  • Logos School
  • Lord's Light Scholarship Fund - William Luden Scholarship
  • Loyola Academy of St. Louis
  • Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
  • Lydia's House, Inc.
  • Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas
  • Marian Middle School
  • Maryville University of St. Louis
  • Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri
  • Mentor St. Louis Inc
  • Mentors In Motion
  • Mercy Foundation for Health Innovation (dba) Mercy Health Foundation
  • MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries
  • Metro East Humane Society
  • Metro Theater Company
  • Metropolitan School of Individualized Instruction, Inc.
  • Midtown Neighborhood Opportunities Corporation
  • Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation
  • Miriam School and Learning Center
  • Mission: St. Louis
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
  • Missouri Families for Effective Autism Treatment (MO-FEAT)
  • Missouri Wildlife Rescue Center
  • Monarch Immigrant Services (name change from Bilingual International Assistant Services 4/2024)
  • Moog Center for Deaf Education
  • MUNY (The)
  • NAMI St. Louis
  • National Blues Museum
  • National Council of Jewish Women - St. Louis
  • New City School
  • Newborns in Need of Eastern Missouri
  • Normandy Schools Collaborative, Center for Academic and Social Advancement
  • Northside Youth And Senior Service Center
  • Nurses for Newborns
  • Old North Saint Louis Restoration Group
  • Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation
  • On Angels' Wings
  • Open Door Animal Sanctuary
  • Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
  • Operation Brightside
  • Operation Food Search
  • Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation
  • Our Lady's Inn
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe School
  • Our Little Haven
  • Pack Dance
  • Paraquad
  • Parents as Teachers National Center
  • Peace for Kids
  • Penuel, Inc. dba Camp Penuel
  • Philanthropy Missouri
  • PHL, Inc. (Public High League)
  • Pianos for People
  • Planned Parenthood Great Rivers
  • Pony Bird
  • Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services
  • PreventEd
  • Prison Performing Arts
  • Progress in Education, Inc. | DBA: North Side Community School
  • Progressive Youth Connection
  • Project Circles of Support
  • Promise Community Homes
  • Prosperity Connection
  • Provident Behavioral Health (formerly Provident, Inc.)
  • Quest Scholarship Fund (c/o YouthBridge Community Foundation)
  • R&R Ranch Miniature Horse Sanctuary Foundation
  • Rainbows for Kids
  • Randy's Rescue Ranch
  • Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital Foundation
  • Ranken Technical College
  • Reading is Fundamental
  • Ready Readers
  • Refuge and Restoration
  • Regional Cultural & Performing Arts Development Commission d/b/a Regional Arts Commission
  • Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance
  • Restore St. Louis - Harambee Youth Training Corporation
  • Ride On St. Louis
  • Riverbend Head Start & Family Services, Inc.
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis
  • Room at the Inn
  • Rotary Skyway Farm Foundation
  • Safari Club Int'l (St. Louis Chapter)
  • Safe Connections
  • Safe Families for Children
  • Saint Anthony's Health Center (Alton, IL)
  • Saint Louis Psychoanalytic Institute
  • Saint Louis Science Center Foundation
  • Saint Louis Zoo Association Foundation
  • Santa's Helpers
  • Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
  • Science Coach Inc.
  • Shearwater Education Foundation
  • Shelter the Children
  • Sherwood Forest
  • Shiloh Adult and Children's Basic Educational Center
  • Show Me the World Project
  • Shriners Children's St. Louis
  • "Shut It Down: The Community Partnership for Racial Equity
  • (check payable to the St. Louis Community Foundation)
  • Sisters of St. Joseph
  • SIUE Foundation
  • Skinker Debaliviere Community Council
  • Small World Adoption Foundation
  • Sneakers with Soul
  • SNIP Alliance
  • Sonlight Family Center Corporation
  • Soulard School - Soulard Education Center
  • SouthSide Early Childhood Center
  • Special Children, Inc. (Belleville, IL)
  • Special Education Foundation
  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI
  • Springboard to Learning
  • SPROG, Inc (DBA Horizons St. Louis in Kirkwood)
  • SSM Hospice & Home Care Foundation
  • St Joseph Hearing + Speech
  • St Louis Black Repertory Company
  • St Louis Queer Support & Healing (SLQSH)
  • St. Anthony's Medical Center/St. Anthony's Charitable Foundation (formerly Unity Health Hospice House),
  • St. Charles City-County Library Foundation
  • St. Elizabeth Academy
  • St. Frances Cabrini Academy
  • St. Francis Xavier College Church Outreach Program
  • St. Joseph School - Freeburg, IL
  • St. Louis Aquarium Foundation
  • St. Louis Arc
  • St. Louis Area Foodbank
  • St. Louis Art Museum Foundation
  • St. Louis ArtWorks
  • St. Louis Association of Community Organizations
  • St. Louis Audubon Society
  • St. Louis Civic Tech and Data Collaborative
  • St. Louis Classical Guitar
  • St. Louis Community College Foundation
  • St. Louis County Library Foundation
  • St. Louis Cultural Flamenco Society
  • St. Louis Education Fund (Formerly St. Louis Public Schools Foundation)
  • St. Louis Health Equipment Lending Program, Inc. dba St. Louis HELP
  • St. Louis Jewish Community Center
  • St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
  • St. Louis Language Immersion School
  • St. Louis Learning Disabilities Association
  • St. Louis Metropolitan Spay Neuter and Wellness Clinic DBA Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic
  • St. Louis Oasis
  • St. Louis Public Library Foundation
  • St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
  • St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • St. Louis the King School at the Cathedral
  • St. Louis University High
  • St. Luke's Episcopal Presbyterian Hospital
  • St. Martin's Child Center
  • St. Mary's Health Center Foundation
  • St. Peter Claver Church - formed in 2023; funded St. Matthew the Apostle Church in the past as on of 4 historic churches merged to form SPC
  • "St. Stephens Episcopal Church
  • (payable to the Diocese of Missouri)"
  • Stages St. Louis
  • Starkloff Disability Institute
  • Stella Maris Child Center
  • STL Youth Jobs
  • Stray Rescue of St. Louis
  • Strength and Honor Mentoring and Tutoring (SAH)
  • Strong Tower Ranch
  • Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service
  • Summit Leadership Initiative
  • Sunnyhill Inc.
  • Sunshine Cultural Arts Center
  • Synapsory
  • Talking Tapes - Textbooks on Tape
  • Teach For America St. Louis
  • Team Activities for Special Kids, Inc (TASK)
  • The Arch Community School
  • The Backstoppers, Inc.
  • The Biome School
  • The Buddy Fund
  • The Center for Autism Education
  • The Community Reach
  • The Covering House
  • The Curators of the University of Missouri Special Trust dba The University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • The Little Bit Foundation
  • The Lupus Foundation Heartland Chapter (Formerly known as Missouri Chapter the Lupus Foundation of America)
  • The Macoupin Art Collective
  • The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum
  • The Maren Fund, Inc
  • The National Children's Cancer Society
  • The National Museum of Transportation
  • The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
  • The Salvation Army Midland Division
  • The Sheldon Arts Foundation
  • The SoulFisher Ministries
  • The St. Louis Children's Choirs
  • The Women's Safe House
  • Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation
  • Tower Grove Park Foundation
  • Trailnet
  • TREE House of Greater St. Louis
  • Turn the Page STL
  • Twin Rivers Worship Center
  • UCP Heartland
  • United Services for Children
  • University City Education Foundation
  • Unleashing Potential
  • Unlimited Play: Without Limits Playground-Mascoutah, IL
  • Urban Harvest STL
  • Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Urban Sprouts Child Development Center
  • Urban Strategies, Inc.
  • UrbanReachSTL, Inc.
  • Vanderschimdt School
  • Variety the Children's Charity of St. Louis
  • Village Academy (The)
  • Vincent Gray Academy
  • Vision for Children at Risk
  • Wags & Whiskers
  • Walker Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders of St. Louis, Inc.
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Webster Child Care Center at Laclede Grove
  • Webster University
  • Wentzville School District Foundation
  • West End Community Center
  • West Virginia Education Association - Burnsville Elementary School (Braxton County Board of Education)
  • Whole Kids Outreach In Ellington, MO
  • Wild Bird Rehabilitation
  • Wings of Hope
  • World Bird Sanctuary
  • Worldways Children's Museum
  • Wyman Center, Inc.
  • YMCA of Southwest Illinois (Belleville, IL)
  • YMCA of the Ozarks
  • Youth and Family Center
  • Youth Arts & Technology Center
  • Youth In Need
  • YWCA Metro St. Louis
  • YWCA Southwestern Illinois