2023 Grants by Focus Area
Education
Our educational focus is to equip underserved individuals and families with the services and skills needed to promote life-long learning and achievement. The approach to education should encompass the whole person including emotional, social and physical growth. Through our grant making, our foundation works with community-based organizations that engage and advance academic learning and skill building.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Care to Learn
- Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
- Little Bit Foundation
- Miriam Foundation
- St. Louis University Athletics
- The Next Step
Health & Wellness
Consistent with the mission of the Harlene and Marvin Wool Foundation, funding is provided to ensure access to basic services that support the well-being of children, youth, families, and communities. Our emphasis is on supporting basic needs such as food and shelter as well as prenatal care, education, mental health, child welfare, youth services, and access to primary health care. Awareness, education, prevention, and treatment are key components that the Harlene and Marvin Wool Foundation supports.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Equine Assisted Therapy
- Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
- Friends of Kids with Cancer
- Healing Action
- Mercy Hospital St. Louis
- NCJW (Wife, Widow)
- Ranken Jordan
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of STL
- Safe Connections
- St. Louis Children's Hospital
- St. Lukes Hospital
- Shriner's Hospital for Children - St. Louis
- SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Community & Cultural Engagement
The organizations receiving grants reflect the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening the lives of St. Louisans by developing and encouraging various cultural and community institutions and organizations, as well as providing activities that enrich the community and its beauty. Many of these institutions are at the forefront of their field and recognized far beyond the St. Louis region, elevating the entire local community.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Forest Park Forever
- Gateway Arch Park Foundation
- Missouri Botanical Gardens
- St. Louis County Library Foundation
- St. Louis Art Museum
- St. Louis History Museum
- St. Louis Science Center
- St. Louis Symphony
- St. Louis Zoo
- Stray Rescue
Family & Child Empowerment
The Foundation funds organizations that positively impact the health and wellbeing of children and their families. These organizations provide food and shelter, healthcare, educational support, and counseling services for families and children. An emphasis is placed on the needs of at-risk and under-resourced children and families with the goal of keeping kids safe and building strong family environments. A complete list of the organizations that focus on Family and Child Empowerment that were supported in 2022 is shown below.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Almost Home
- Assistance League
- Autism Speaks
- Backstoppers
- Caring for Kids
- Childcare Aware of Missouri
- Fathers & Families Support Center
- Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
- Home Sweet Home
- International Institute St. Louis
- Jewish Family Services
- Lydia's House
- Mary Grove
- NCJW (Back to School)
- Operation Food Search
- Promise Community Homes (Rainbow Village)
- Room at the Inn
- St. Louis Area Food Bank
- St. Louis Crisis Nursery
- Special Olympics Missouri
- Veterans Community Project