United Way of Greater St. Louis raised $60 million through its annual community campaign to support social service programs across 16 counties in Missouri and Illinois, organization officials announced this week.
The funds will be distributed among roughly 160 nonprofit agencies that provide services related to housing, food access, early childhood education, workforce development, health care and crisis response.
Among the organizations receiving United Way support are the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and the St. Louis Area Foodbank.
“United Way’s partnership with us for nearly a century has been crucial to giving us the capacity to feed, shelter, and nurture the people we serve,” said Michael P. McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Meredith Knopp, CEO of the St. Louis Area Foodbank, said the campaign remains a major source of funding for hunger relief efforts in the region.
The 2025 campaign was chaired by Lal Karsanbhai, president and CEO of Emerson, with Andrew Davidson, managing partner of KPMG’s St. Louis office, serving as co-chair.
United Way officials said total fundraising for the year reached $78.4 million when additional grants and donations were included.
Several corporations accounted for multi-million-dollar contributions, including:
- Edward Jones and World Wide Technology at $5 million or more
- Ameren, Emerson and Enterprise Mobility at $3 million or more
- Bayer and Hunter Engineering at $2 million or more
- BJC Healthcare, Nestle Purina Petcare Company and Schnucks Markets, Inc. at $1 million or more
The St. Louis Regional Business Council said its member companies collectively raised more than $23 million through the campaign.
United Way officials said the funds will be allocated throughout the year to support partner agencies addressing poverty, housing instability, food insecurity and access to health and education services.