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Find similar grantsDana Brown Charitable Trust Grants is sponsored by Dana Brown Charitable Trust. The Dana Brown Charitable Trust awards grants almost exclusively to St. Louis nonprofits focused on animal welfare or the health, education, and welfare of disadvantaged children in the St.
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Dana Brown Charitable Trust | St Louis Nonprofits We’re searching for organizations that embrace new perspectives and innovative approaches to creating programs or providing services for disadvantaged children (up to age 18) in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). These grants allow them to access resources they would not be able to receive otherwise.
Most of Dana Brown’s lifetime philanthropic efforts were centered in his beloved St. Louis, where he built the Safari Coffee brand and the place he called home. As a result, The Dana Brown Charitable Trust proudly limits our grants to the Greater St.
Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). We are honored to support local nonprofit organizations as they follow in Dana Brown’s footsteps, displaying the courage, ambition, and entrepreneurial spirit needed to influence positive change and innovate for a better St. Louis.
The Dana Brown Charitable Trust honors the legacy of the great philanthropist, entrepreneur, and adventurer, Dana Brown. Throughout his lifetime, Dana happily shared his exotic world travels with the St. Louis community through broadcast television and Safari Coffee commercials.
Dana believed that exposure to the beauty of nature and wild animals deeply enriched others. We continue this tradition by providing grants to organizations focused on education through programs/resources enabling children to experience and expand their world knowledge by learning about wild animals and zoology.
Secondarily, we will continue to consider grant requests for programs with animals that provide services and resources for financially disadvantaged children, focusing on mental health, support, and community building. We’re searching for organizations that embrace new perspectives and innovative approaches to creating programs or providing services for disadvantaged children (up to age 18) in the St.
Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). These grants allow them to access resources they would not be able to receive otherwise. Most of Dana Brown’s lifetime philanthropic efforts were centered in his beloved St.
Louis, where he built the Safari Coffee brand and the place he called home. As a result, The Dana Brown Charitable Trust proudly limits our grants to the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
We are honored to support local nonprofit organizations as they follow in Dana Brown’s footsteps, displaying the courage, ambition, and entrepreneurial spirit needed to influence positive change and innovate for a better St. Louis. The Dana Brown Charitable Trust honors the legacy of the great philanthropist, entrepreneur, and adventurer, Dana Brown.
Throughout his lifetime, Dana happily shared his exotic world travels with the St. Louis community through broadcast television and Safari Coffee commercials. Dana believed that exposure to the beauty of nature and wild animals deeply enriched others.
We continue this tradition by providing grants to organizations focused on education through programs/resources enabling children to experience and expand their world knowledge by learning about wild animals and zoology. Secondarily, we will continue to consider grant requests for programs with animals that provide services and resources for financially disadvantaged children, focusing on mental health, support, and community building.
The Dana Brown Charitable Trust provides grants to organizations that support the health, education, and welfare of financially disadvantaged children and programs that enable children to expand their knowledge of the world and nature through programs featuring wild animals in the St. Louis, Missouri, Metropolitan area (MSA). We believe our impact on the St.
Louis community should be both strong and direct and we’re proud to showcase the positive outcomes we’ve helped influence since 1994. Money supporting Children and Wild Animals Money for St.
Louis Organizations Years of Grantmaking Excellence Unique Grant Requests Fulfilled In 2025 Total Organizations Funded First Time Awards to New or Never Funded Organizations in 2025 Grant Rules and Guidelines As with any great adventure, a few rules and guidelines are in place to ensure we all get the most out of our journey. Read the grant rules and guidelines below to understand if applying for a grant fits you.
Are you a public charity registered as a 501(c)(3) organization? If you answered yes, you are off to a good start. How long have you had 501(c)3 status as a Nonprofit organization?
Our new guidelines require all eligible nonprofit organizations to be four (4) years or older. They must also be verified on the Charity Check by Candid on our grant interface platform. Are you a Supporting Organization or looking for funding for a feasibility study?
That’s not quite in our wheelhouse. The Dana Brown Charitable Trust makes grants to organizations that will use their funds directly for the benefit of children and wild animals in the St. Louis Metro area.
Are you wondering how to get started? The first step is to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI). All potential grant recipients must complete this requirement before being invited to submit a full grant application.
Are you wondering about deadlines? We have two grant cycles, Spring and Fall. The Spring Grant cycle launches on January 1, with a deadline of February 19 for the Letters of Intent.
The Fall Grant cycle opens on July 1, with a deadline of August 27 for Letters of Intent. In both cycles, our DBCT Grant Review Committee will meet within the month to review Letters of Intent and invite organizations to complete our full grant application. If invited, full grant applications begin March 24 with a deadline of May 5 for the Spring.
Fall grant applications start on September 20 and end on October 29. For more grant rules and guidelines, view our Frequently Asked Questions. Conserving animals and their habitats through animal management, research, recreation, ...
Children need nourishment of mind, body, and spirit in order ... What are the deadlines for the Full Grant Application?
Letter of Intent submission entries between January 1 – February 12 @ 10:00 PM CST Charitable organizations are invited to submit grant applications entries between March 24 – April 28 @ 10:00 PM CST Organizations who received grant funding, progress report due May 13 of the following year Letter of Intent submission entries between July 1 – August 20 @ 10:00 PM CST Charitable organizations are invited to submit grant applications entries between September 20 – October 22 @ 10:00 PM CST Organizations who received grant funding, progress report due November 12 of the following year
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: 501(c)(3) organizations in the St. Louis, Missouri Metropolitan area focused on animal welfare or the health, education, and welfare of underprivileged/economically disadvantaged children. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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