We are incredibly excited to celebrate the success of Mission: St. Louis in 2023.

Last year we focused on deepening our relationships with our participants and neighbors. We made a conscious effort to engage with our community through newsletters, the annual Neighborhood Night Out and bringing back our Staying Power Awards. Our diversion program has grown to include the 22nd Circuit Court and is now funded in part by the City of St. Louis. This ensures that there are alternatives to incarceration. Finally, we became the new provider of the City of St. Louis violence intervention program. We are excited for Show Me Peace to be in four neighborhoods across the city in 2024. This growth and change is all alongside the work of our core programs, Beyond Jobs, Beyond School and Home Repair.

As we reflect on the progress we made in 2023, we are also humbly aware of the ongoing challenges that are facing the St. Louis community. It is with this in mind that we move forward in 2024. I invite you to look through this impact report to see the progress we made in 2023.

4,856

Resources and services provided to 644 program participants

470

New program participants enrolled in Beyond Jobs or in-house service partner

Beyond Jobs helps people access the resources they need to achieve sustainable employment, live healthy lifestyles and create real change in their life. Program participants have access to resources and services like recruitment, transportation assistance, life skills classes, check-ins and rent/utility assistance. Participants can also receive resources and services from in our in-house partners, Enterprise Bank and Trust, Places for People and SLU Law Legal Clinic.

192

students served in the 2022-23 school year

97%

of regularly attending students maintained or increased their grades in reading, math and/or science

45

community service opportunities

Beyond School exists to make sure youth they are set up for success throughout high school and beyond. To do that, we partner with St. Louis Language Immersion Schools + Lafayette Prep Academy + Kairos Academies to help their students make exponential gains to get back on track. Outside of individualized academic support, students participate in community service opportunities like packing sandwiches for Peter and Paul Community Center and St. Patrick Center, making no-bake dog treats for animal shelters and blankets for Gateway 180 Homeless Shelter, and building bird houses for Lafayette Square Park.

533

homeowners received both minor & major home repairs

$9,267,536

worth of projects completed to make homes safer

4,935

repairs and replacements completed

Having a safe home keeps and allows older adults to stay in the neighborhoods they are transforming. Minor Home Repair and Healthy Home Construction Management makes both minor to moderate and major home repairs in senior and people with disabilities’ homes to allow them to age safely in their homes.

2,609

Donations from

1,146

donors in

34

States

1,826

children from 507 families served at Affordable Christmas

31,709

meals served to 483 households in 41 zip codes

Click here to hear more of Corney’s story.

EACH1 was the for support corney was looking for and he leaned on us as he continued to face struggles. In September of 2022, Corney’s brother Darris was murdered, and a few months later Corney was shot at eight times through his driver’s side car door. On top of grieving the death of his brother and the trauma of his own attempted shooting, Corney was struggling substance abuse issues.

With the resources and support of Mission: St. Louis, Corney has been clean for about a year, has taken online IT classes and now works full-time in that field.

- Corney, 2023 Person of the Year

We released the fourth season of podcast, Say That to Say This. This season we delved into the experiences of our hosts Josh and Jason, how these experiences define who we are and can change how we view others. They challenged us to look into ourselves and understand both the “what” and the “why” behind our decisions.

In 2023, we hosted the first Staying Power Awards since 2019!

This Staying Power we celebrated 12 people from 10 organizations, who have shown exceptional strength and determination. we honored them at the 21c museum hotel alongside their friends and families.

When Camille joined Beyond School, she was at risk of not passing the 5th grade. Beyond School offered her a supportive space to focus and learn.

By the time second quarter report cards came out, she was making all As and Bs and by the third quarter she was on the honor roll.

- Camille, 2023 Student of the Year

We could not do this without the help of our boards - thank you!

Advisory Council

Gary Dollar, Spencer Finney, Saint Fults, Mike Gallagher, Josh Hager, Jason Hall, Erica Henderson, David Karandish, Kevin Lemp, Eric Madkins, Kendall Norris, Dave Peacock, Dave Rabe, Travis Sheridan, Mark Thom, Sean Walsh,
David Wolfe

ambassador board

Natasha Boddy, Devon Cahill, Liz Creamer, Katie Fuller, Maddy Guthrie, Jovan Hansman, AJ Herz, Nick Pavlishin, Elisa Tomlinson, Erica Watson-Tankins, Erica Williams

Board of Directors

Daniel Hawthorne, Ben Holman, Leo MacDonald, Stephanie Rich, Michelle Rotherham, Brett Shelton, Ryan Smith, Lesa Steward, Frank Thurman, Josh Wilson

A special thank you to our sponsors!

Centene
CI Select
City Museum
Color Art
Commerce Bank
Crazy Bowls and Wraps
Crown Linen
csg
CSWR
Dana King Design Build Remodeling
DoubleTree by Hilton
Dr. Bronner's
Elasticity
Enterprise Bank and Trust
Enterprise Mobility
Experience Fresh
FasterHouse
FCB Banks
FCC
First Student
Fish Window Cleaning
Franklin
Gateway City Church
Grace Meat + Three

Green Street/Emerald Capital
Greensfelder
Harris-Stowe State University
Hilton Hotel
Home Sweet Home
HUD
HY-C
Impact Marketplace
John J Steuby Co.
Jost Chemical
Kairos Academies
Lafayette Preparatory Academy
Lewis Rice
LiveAholics Inc.
Mastercard
Midas
Mission Taco Joint
Mitek
MOKAN Construction
Monarch Investment Group
Moneta
MongoDB
Nation Protection LLC
National Cart

Navigate Building Solutions
NextDoor Realty
Nitor Billing Services
Normal Brand
Office of Violence Prevention - City of St. Louis
PK Construction
Places for People
Polsinelli
Pro Pool Inc.
Prolocity
PwC
Racketman
Raising Cane's
Regions Bank
RGA
Robert J. Trulaske, Jr. Family Foundation
Ronnoco
Schnucks Bakery
Schnucks Retail
Selkirk Sport
Slalom
SmithAmundsen
Special School District
St. Louis Development Corp.
St. Louis Language Immersion School

St. Louis Pro Players
St. Louis Public Schools
St. Louis Public Schools
St. Louis University Occupational Therapy
Steadfast City
Steward Family Foundation
STL VPC/YVPP
Strategic Capitol Consutling
subtext
Sunday Best
The Garage
Toys for Tots
Truck Centers, Inc
United Healthcare
United Way
USA Mortgage
Veiled Prophet Foundation
Wolf Cafe and Taproom
World Wide Technology