Cycle 1 Grantees (2020-2021)

The inaugural grant cycle awarded $160,000 to 13 organizations and initiatives.

Most initiatives in the inaugural round aligned with “The Sustainability of the Community” (31%), “Direct Impact, Accessible Wellness Services” (38%), and “Youth at the Center” (38%) priorities.

• “You Lucky You Gotta Mama” by Brittany Ferrell*
• Brownprenuers
• Communities First
• Dream Builders 4 Equity
• Good Journey
• NLJ Counseling and Coaching Services*
• Peace Weaving Wholeness
• Rustic Roots Sanctuary
• Sistakeeper Empowerment Center
• The Collective STL
• The Justice Fleet*
• The Nehemiah Program
• YourWords STL

Cycle 2 Grantees (2021-2022)

The second grant cycle awarded $394,489 to 21 organizations and initiatives.

Most initiatives this round aligned with “The Sustainability of the Community” (57%) and “Direct Impact, Accessible Wellness Services” (52%) priorities. During this grant cycle, Forward Through Ferguson responded to community demand for expanded access to funding by matching fiscal sponsors with initiatives that did not have or were working towards 501(c)3 status. Fiscally sponsored initiatives are denoted with an asterisk (*) in the lists below.

• The African People’s Education and Defense Fund
• ASK Films*
• Arch City Defenders Inc.
• Black Girls Do STEM
• Catholic Urban Programs
• The Community Reach
• Cornerstone Corporation
• Creative Reaction Lab
• Employment Connection
• Happy Home Foundation
• Haven of Grace
• MO Ho Justice*
• Missouri Faith Voices
• Park Central Development
• The St. Louis Black Repertory Company Inc (The Black Rep)
• St. Louis Queer Plus Support Helpline*
• Ujima
• Unleashing Potential
• Visual Movements LLC*
• WerQfest*

Crisis Response Grantees (2022)

The crisis response grants awarded $80,000 to 5 organizations.

The grants supported the organizations’ ongoing efforts to provide frontline response to community trauma following the recent tragedy at Central Visual Performing Arts High School (CVPA) and Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience (CSMB).

• The T/ BRIC
• Black Healers Collective
• UnGUN Institute
• Community Health Worker Coalition
• Freedom Community Center

Cycle 3 Grantees (2023)

The third and final grant cycle of the pilot awarded $800,000 to 42 organizations and initiatives.

The third cycle distributed the largest sum of grants in the Fund’s history to support education, arts, racial justice, maternal health, youth mentorship, urban farming, holistic wellness, general capacity building, and more. During this cycle, we received a record-high number of 212 applications and $20 million dollars of requests, which affirmed the need for an endowed Racial Healing + Justice Fund to support healing and justice organizations.

• 3 Daughters and 1000 Sons*
• 4theVille
• A Red Circle
• All Black Creatives
• Almost Home
• ArchCity Defenders
• Artists First
• Black Girls Do STEM
• Bucks AAU Youth Basketball*
• The Community Reach
• Creative Reaction Lab
• Doula Bean Maternal Care*
• Dream Builders 4 Equity
• Frizzy By Nature
• Gentlemen Of Vision
• Girls Inc. of St. Louis
• Growing Food Growing People Inc.
• Haven of Grace
• Jacob’s Ladder Ministries
• Loving Hands Doula Services*
• Mama Scraps Incorporated NFP
• Missouri Justice Coalition
• Navigate STL Schools
• Noir Bookshop, LLC*
• North Newstead Association
• Odds & Ends Farm*
• Queen Camp, Inc.*
• Rustic Roots Sanctuary CO
• St. John’s UCC*
• St. Louis Area Diaper Bank
• St. Louis Association Of Community Organizations
• St. Louis Black Authors of Children’s Literature Inc.
• TAG Poetry
• The Collective STL
• The Leadership School
• Touchy Topics Tuesday*
• Ujima
• Unleashing Potential
• Urban Sprouts
• WEPOWER
• Wesley House Association
• Youth Friendly Learning STL*