The Difference We Make

2023 The Kaufman Fund Grant Recipients

• Action for Autism (AFA Academy)
  Dedicated to meeting the individual educational and developmental needs of chilrdren, young adults and their families
• Aging Advantage, Inc.
  Support volunteers to do friendly visits on a regualr basis
• Aging Ahead Foundation
  The Aging Ahead Single Supply Bank and Family Caregiver Support Program
• AMVETS Riders Chapter MO1
  Immediate assistance for Veterans and their families in times of struggle
• Assistance League of St. Louis
  Provide new athletic shoes and socks to deserving children in St. Louis
• Basket Brigade of Saint Louis, Inc.
  To alleviate food insecurity during 4 key holidays
• Blue Star Families, Inc.
  Empower military families to thrive as they serve through creating community engagement that facilitates peer to peer connection, fosters dialogue, and encourages understanding
• Caring for Kids, Inc.
  Helping children get out of foster care and back to family by providing beds/cribs, bedding, and other urgent items
• Champ Assistance Dogs
  Train and place assistance dogs to serve individuals with physical and/or cognitive disabilities
• Disabled Athlete Sports Association (DASA)
  Provide year-round inclusive programs will be offered to sports and opportunities to participate in intensive strength and endurance training
• Dogs for Our Brave, Inc.
  To ensure all costs associated with the service dog are provided so our veterans never take on financial burdens.
• Duo Dogs, Inc.
  Provide placement of hearing, mobility, or PTSD assistance dogs with Veterans
• Fisher House in St. Louis
  Provide shelter to family members of Veterans hospitalized at a VA hospital in St. Louis
• FOCUS Marines Foundation
  Provide courses to help wounded veterans struggling with their transition to the civilian world
• Folds of Honor Foundation
  Scholarship for the spouses and children of fallen and disabled Veterans
• Got Your Six Support Dogs
  Training service dogs, carefully matching them to Veterans, and then working to ensure a smooth placement
• Helmets First
  Provide helmets and teach children proper use of a helmet
• HEROES Care, Inc.
  Provide financial assistance, specifically utility assistance with local military familes.

• Jefferson Barracks POW MIA Museum, Inc.
  To reverently honor all who served our country in any branch of the US military who were captured by enemies of the US, or who are missing in action from any year and from any conflict
• ManchesterCares, Inc.
  Address urgent financial needs that might otherwise go unmet, "falling through the cracks" of the current social-service system
• Missouri Employer Military Support Association (MEMSA)
  Award and Employer recognition to support their participation of Guard and Reserve
• Missouri Veterans Endeavor
  Provide shelter and case management to Veterans experiencing housing insecurities.
• Moving Upwards, Inc.
  Helping Veterans transition into permanent housing
• Rebuilding Together - St. Louis
  Renovating a two-family flat to help Veterans transition into permanent housing
• Resource Recovery Project, Inc. (Leftovers)
  Providing military families with back to school backpacks for children and providing creative outlets for the children
• Salute Services
  Honor and recognize veterans, support their caregivers, and bring awareness to their needs
• Special Operations Charity Network (SOCN)
  Provide Veterans and their families with a variety of healthy, outdoor and sporting activities that focus on "Mindfulness"
• St. Louis Bereavement Center for Young People (Annie's Hope)
  Mental Health support to underserved kids suffering in the aftermath of deaths
• St. Louis Blue Warriors, Inc.
  Provide an opportunity for disabled veterans to play hockey
• StL Veterans Home Assistance League
  To promote the physical, social, and educational well being of Veterans staying at the St. Louis Veterans Home
• The Eagles Nest St. Clair County
  Purchase gyn equipment and provide wellness classes that support Veterans' whole health needs
• The Light Project StL
  Promote mental health awareness and suicide prevention to youth and adults
• The Magic House
  Provid free admission to military veterans and their families on Veterans' Appreciation Weekend
• The VetWork Corp.
  Provide hands on resume writing workshops and interview prep ahead of the Recruit Military events
• TriCounty Veterans in Need Team
  Direct assistance to Veterans' in need
• Veteran Women of Influence
  Provide transitional housing, career guidance and wellness services to female veterans allowing them the opportunity to become successful and enjoy life