Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund 2026 Grant Cycle
The St. Louis Community Foundation is pleased to partner with the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund to announce the 2026 grant cycle.
As we celebrate twenty years of the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund grantmaking, we invite nonprofits with budgets of less than $1.5 million annually to apply for a two-year grant in the areas of:
Arts and Culture
Education
Environment
Health
Social Services
Applications will be open in our grants portal from May 19th - June 19th. Additional details are available on the Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund website.
Please note that a nonprofit that received a 2024-2025 two-year grant will not be eligible to apply again until the 2028-2029 grant cycle.
We also encourage interested organizations to attend our virtual Nonprofit Bootcamp on Monday, May 18 at 12:00 PM (CST). During this bootcamp, we will review the application process, eligibility criteria, and address frequently asked questions. You may register here.
If you have any questions, please contact our Grants Administrator, MaryAnna Sansone, at msansone@stlgives.org for any technical assistance requests.
Register for the Virtual Nonprofit Bootcamp
About the St. Louis Community Foundation
The Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund is a component fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation, which provides administrative, financial and technical support assistance. The St. Louis Community Foundation is a nonprofit foundation with approximately 800 charitable funds with total assets more than $550 million. Each fund represents a unique charitable giving partnership between an individual, family, or business and designated nonprofit recipients. The Community Foundation inspires purposeful philanthropy that connects community and donors to build and preserve a more equitable and vibrant region, now and forever. Over the last 10 years, Community Foundation and its donors made nearly $600 million in grants to charitable organizations.
