St. Louis County Children’s Fund (CSF) is accepting applications for its 2025-2027 Grassroots Funding Opportunity.
Eligible organizations include registered 501(c)3s and government agencies that provide behavioral health services to children and families in the St. Louis region. Letters of intent can be submitted through noon Tuesday March 31, 2025. Interested applicants can find a list of all funding criteria and the letter of intent link on CSF’s website at https://stlcsf.org/ .
CSF plans to invest up to $4.5 million into the community over a 27-month period as part of the allocation. The maximum funding request for returning Grassroots funded partners is $180,000, and for new applicants, it is $150,000.
“This is our third round of the Grassroots Funding Opportunity, and we are thrilled to be once again increasing our investment to further support community-based nonprofits that are providing important behavioral health services to kids and families in St. Louis County,” said Emily Koenig, executive director of CSF.
Programs funded through the Grassroots Funding Opportunity must fall under one of CSF’s focus areas, which includes crisis intervention, respite care, substance use treatment and therapeutic and non-therapeutic counseling, among others. Inpatient medical, psychiatric and chemical dependency services and transportation services are not eligible
CSF’s Grassroots funding allocation began in 2021 as a $2 million investment. In the last cycle, over $3.6 million was invested in 29 organizations.