Vol. 2, No. 1 Spring 2000
Fifty-seven organizations serving a wide array of needs received Annunciation Grants on December 16, 1999. The agencies, which received a total of $289,877, reach out to needy people in many ways. Their activities include such diverse efforts as providing health promotion programs, assisting with housing and child day care, and supporting parish nurses, leadership and volunteer training, and youth education programs.
Annunciation Grants, which are for $10,000 or less, are made semiannually. The application deadline for the next grants is April 1.
| In addition to the Annunciation Grants, the foundation awarded three Incarnate Word Grants. These grants support collaborative programs that are interested in partnering with the foundation to develop activities that will have a lasting influence in ameliorating social problems and improving the life of communities. |
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The 1999 recipients of Incarnate Word Grants were:
At-Risk Youth
Child Center of Our Lady of Grace
Epworth Children's and Family Services
Faith House
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
Shelter the Children
Community Health and Wellness
Centennial Christian Church
Family Care Health Center
Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church
Grand Oak Hill Community Corporation
Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
Maplewood Richmond Heights Community Church Cluster
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
St. Mary's Hospital of East St. Louis
YWCA of Metropolitan St. Louis
Day Care
Catholic Day Care Center, East St. Louis
South Side Day Nursery
Deaf
St. Joseph School for the Deaf
Developmentally Disabled
Vogelweid Learning Center
Domestic Violence
Women's Safe House
Women's Support and Community Services
Education
Adventures in Motivation
Carver House
Intercommunity Educational Association
Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Foundation
Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Shiloh Adult and Children's Basic Education Center
St. Joachim School
St. Louis Association of Community Organizations
Elderly
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Mid-East Agency on Aging
St. Andrew's At-Home Services
St. Louis Cathedral
Health Care Access
Huntington Disease Society
HIV/AIDS
Vincent House
Washington University--Helena Hatch Center
Homeless
Good Samaritan Service Center
Holy Angels Shelter
Our Lady's Inn
Places for People
Housing
Ecumenical Housing Production Corporation
Intercommunity Housing Association
Interfaith Housing Help
St. Louis Reinvestment Corporation
Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Services
Hunger
Feed My People
FISH of St. Charles County
Immigration
Immigrant and Refugee Women's Program
International Institute
St. Elizabeth Academy
Incarceration
Episcopal City Mission
Living Faith Foundation
Residents Encounter Christ
Maternal/Child Health
The Olive Branch
Neighborhood Revitalization
Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation
Franciscan Connection
Spirituality
Pallottine Renewal Center
Violence Prevention
Institute of Peace and Justice
The Incarnate Word Foundation recently published Children of Promise, a new booklet to help those providing services to children and adolescents. The booklet focuses on six aspects of care: the spirituality of young people, recreational activities, early childhood care and education, urban education, residential treatment, and leadership development. Experienced leaders participated in roundtables convened by the Incarnate Word Foundation last fall. The booklet captures participants' views of the current situation in the St. Louis area and, most important, their ideas for effective approaches to the myriad problems of youth.
Copies of the booklet are available free of charge. Contact Jackie Metzler at the foundation.
Please note: Applications that are incomplete at the deadline will not be considered for funding.
Grantee SpotlightWhole Kids Outreach, Ellington, MO, works to decrease abuse and neglect, violence, and infant mortality and morbidity in a rural four-county area. The residents of the communities WKO serves generally are poor and have little education and poor housing. Many families experience violence and are isolated because of their remote location or lack of a telephone. A third of the agency's clients are teenage mothers and other women who, overwhelmed by poverty and discouragement, need assistance with parenting. WKO addresses the root causes of the problems of children and families through three "circles of concern":
WKO will use the Incarnate Word Grant it received last December to support these programs for mothers and children. |
The Faith and Health Conference, April 12-13, 2000, at St. Louis University, will feature renowned keynote speakers Rev. Martin Marty and Rev. Gary Gunderson. Participants, including agency staff members, pastors, health professionals, and educators, will share ideas on the connections between faith and health during networking meetings and a variety of workshops. The meeting is sponsored by the St. Louis Faith & Health Consortium and the Deaconess Foundation, with additional funding provided by the Incarnate Word Foundation, the Lutheran Charities Foundation of St. Louis, and the Danforth Foundation. Registration deadline is April 5. The fee is $35. The Incarnate Word Foundation will provide a limited number of scholarships. If you are interested in a scholarship, please call Jackie Metzler at the foundation at 621-4090. For more information on the conference, contact the Deaconess Foundation at 314-436-8001 or www.deaconess.org.
| Preconference Session on Accountability On April 11 Barry Kibel, PhD, will present "Journey Mapping: An Innovative Approach to Results-Based Accountability." This free all-day workshop shows how story-based data can be used as the primary form of feedback on program effectiveness. If you would like to attend, call Jackie Metzler at the Incarnate Word Foundation. |
ARCHS and the Incarnate Word Foundation are cosponsoring the following free workshops to help agencies and state and philanthropic organizations partner to meet community needs:
March 15 Accounting Standards for Religious Groups and Nonprofits
March 21 Board and Advisory Group Development
April 5 Results-Based Planning
April 11 Marketing for Faith-Based Groups
April 19 Mentoring Programs
The workshops will be held at ARCHS. Space is limited. To make reservations, call Antona Jones at ARCHS at (314) 534-0022.
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