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“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The St. Louis American Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization founded in 1994, “mso-bidi-font-style: normal;”>
“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>is dedicated to enabling the African-American community to increase its access “mso-bidi-font-style: normal;”>
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“mso-spacerun: yes;”> and the Humanities.The mission combines “mso-bidi-font-style: normal;”>
“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>a primary interest in promoting educational opportunity with critical support for activiites that move individuals towards being self-directed and assuming personal responsibility for pursuing constructive futures. The foundation has distributed “line-height: normal;”>
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“text-decoration: underline;”>$1.6 million community grants and minority scholarships. “mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;”>
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“font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The St. Louis American Foundation’s “Salute to Excellence” program has been nationally “font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>recognized for its commitment to the community, by a number of organizations, including the “font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>National Newspaper Assocation’s first place Community Service Award three consecutive years.
The Salute
to Excellence annual program consists of three community-oriented
events that recognize
outstanding citizens and corporations in the area: Salute to
Excellence in Health Care,
“font-family: Verdana;”>Salute to Excellence in Education, and Salute to Excellence in Business. In 2010 alone, the
Foundation distributed more than $140,000 in community grants
andscholarships for
minority students.
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