The Roblee Foundation Grant is sponsored by Joseph H. and Florence A. Roblee Foundation.

Supports initiatives that promote equity in race, ethnicity, and gender, with a focus on women's issues, youth opportunities, and early childhood education.

Funding Priorities 2024 — Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation Joseph H.

& Florence A. Roblee Foundation We accept funding requests in race, ethnicity, and gender equity. The most successful applications are those that address our priority issues through one of our preferred approaches.

Within our emphasis on equity (race, ethnicity, and gender), we prefer to fund in the following areas: Women’s Issues and Economic Empowerment Proposals focused on under-resourced and marginalized communities Strategies that simplify and streamline women’s access to support services Protecting a women’s right to choose Training, education and coaching to accelerate economic empowerment Two-generational approaches that support parents and their young children Opportunities for Youth of Color and LGBTQ+ Youth Proposals focused on youth ages (9-21) are preferred Youth engagement initiatives that organize and empower youth of color at the grassroots level Alternatives to juvenile detention and strategies to reduce incarceration Support for racial justice and equitable policing Anti-bias/anti-racism training for middle and high school teachers in racially diverse schools Early Childhood Education (0-8) Proposals focused on under-resourced and marginalized communities Collaborative initiatives to expand access to high quality early childhood education Advocacy efforts to increase support for child care subsidies, medicaid, early childhood education, early childhood home visiting, and public schools Anti-bias/Anti-racism training for early childhood teachers, caregivers, and parents Two-generational approaches that support parents and their young children Evidence-based early childhood home visitation programs serving vulnerable families.

Evidence-based instructional practices for improving children's literacy skills. We prefer proposals that use early, catalytic, upstream, or movement-building approaches .

Funding an organization, initiative, or collaborative during the start-up phase, including planning grants for emerging ideas Funding requests for emerging ideas should be grounded in research and include a detailed plan Strategies that rely on networks and alliances rather than a single organization Initiatives that transcend individual organizations and ignite collaborative change Proposals that exhibit a strong potential for accelerated progress on a complex issue Strategies that engage multiple organizations across sectors (nonprofit, academic, government, business) Initiatives that address problems at their source or address underlying factors that contribute to inequality and oppression Innovative primary or secondary prevention programs Research, public education, legal action, and advocacy initiatives that address race/ethnicity and gender equity Support for progressive social movements that have equity at their core Initiatives that are identified and led by grassroots, community-based members who are impacted by inequalities Strategies that rely on networks and alliances rather than a single organization After school or summer camp programs for children Charter or private schools Child care center operating expenses or slots Climate change and environmental issues Equipment or facility renovations Residential treatment programs Temporary or transitional housing Geographic Focus: The Roblee Foundation accepts applications for grants providing services in the St.

Louis area (City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO or St.

Clair County, IL) and in Miami-Dade, FL. However, grants may be made in other geographic areas of special interest to the Board. Grant size: Grants range from $5,000 - $30,000.

The average grant award in 2025 was $22,729.