Nonprofits /tags/nonprofits Nonprofits en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT Criminal Justice Ministry helps formerly incarcerated get a new lease on life /law-order/2025-02-18/criminal-justice-ministry-formerly-incarcerated-st-louis Many of the St. Louis nonprofit’s clients are veterans who have spent at least 10 years in state prison. One case manager at the nonprofit is helping others land on their feet, just as he was helped through the program. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2025-02-18/criminal-justice-ministry-formerly-incarcerated-st-louis Lacretia Wimbley St. Louis judge orders KDHX to let volunteers vote at much-anticipated meeting /news-briefs/2025-02-14/st-louis-judge-orders-kdhx-to-let-volunteers-vote-at-much-anticipated-meeting St. Louis Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty ordered KDHX leaders to restore the membership status of at least some of the 120 volunteers they fired last month and allow the volunteers to participate in a meeting that could decide the station's future. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:53:45 GMT /news-briefs/2025-02-14/st-louis-judge-orders-kdhx-to-let-volunteers-vote-at-much-anticipated-meeting Jeremy D. Goodwin KDHX is 'two steps from bankruptcy,' its lawyer says in a St. Louis court hearing /arts/2025-02-13/kdhx-is-two-steps-from-bankruptcy-its-lawyer-said-in-a-st-louis-court-hearing Community radio station KDHX has less than $7,000 in the bank and is actively looking at possibly selling its assets, a station lawyer argued in a court hearing. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:18:59 GMT /arts/2025-02-13/kdhx-is-two-steps-from-bankruptcy-its-lawyer-said-in-a-st-louis-court-hearing Jeremy D. Goodwin East St. Louis nonprofit starts construction on $2 million workforce training center /economy-business/2024-08-02/east-st-louis-nonprofit-starts-construction-on-2-million-workforce-training-center With $1 million in funding from the federal government, R3 Development leaders hope they can be operational with their expansion in about 18 months. Fri, 02 Aug 2024 22:18:39 GMT /economy-business/2024-08-02/east-st-louis-nonprofit-starts-construction-on-2-million-workforce-training-center Will Bauer St. Louis teen entrepreneurs are becoming world travelers — a bag of coffee at a time /education/2024-07-16/st-louis-show-me-the-world-coffee-teen-world-travel With its recent expansion to public high schools in St. Louis and University City, Show Me the World is raising money to support more than 100 students throughout the region. Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-07-16/st-louis-show-me-the-world-coffee-teen-world-travel Abby Llorico How a St. Louis youth organization is inspiring girls to bridge STEM and creativity /education/2024-06-28/st-louis-litshop-girls-science-tech-engineering-math A St. Louis-based youth organization is working to help break gender disparities in science and technology fields by boosting young girls' interest in STEM — one shop class at a time. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-28/st-louis-litshop-girls-science-tech-engineering-math Marissanne Lewis-Thompson Nonprofit wants to attract middle-class residents to East St. Louis with $360,000 homes /economy-business/2024-06-27/new-east-st-louis-subdivison-middle-class-residents The Metro East community's population has been dropping since the 1950s. Lansdowne Up wants to reverse that trend by building the first market-rate housing in decades. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-06-27/new-east-st-louis-subdivison-middle-class-residents Will Bauer Agency closing who has helped Metro East residents since the ’70s leaves ‘a big gap’ /economy-business/2023-09-12/agency-closing-who-has-helped-metro-east-residents-since-the-70s-leaves-a-big-gap Call for Help Inc., an East St. Louis-based nonprofit known for assisting people in need, said it was shutting down at the end of September. Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2023-09-12/agency-closing-who-has-helped-metro-east-residents-since-the-70s-leaves-a-big-gap Mike Koziatek After a year's delay, tiny homes for St. Louis-area homeless veterans to open next month /government-politics-issues/2023-09-07/after-a-years-delay-tiny-homes-for-st-louis-area-homeless-veterans-to-open-next-month The goal of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project of St. Louis is to help transition homeless veterans to permanent housing. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-09-07/after-a-years-delay-tiny-homes-for-st-louis-area-homeless-veterans-to-open-next-month Will Bauer Spike in grant funding didn’t keep pace with lost revenue for Illinois cultural groups /arts/2023-04-27/spike-in-grant-funding-didnt-keep-pace-with-lost-revenue-for-illinois-cultural-groups A report from Illinois Humanities finds the groups it funds lost $24 million in revenue during the pandemic, but also developed creative ways to adapt and meet community needs. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:02:33 GMT /arts/2023-04-27/spike-in-grant-funding-didnt-keep-pace-with-lost-revenue-for-illinois-cultural-groups Jeremy D. Goodwin