1818 Community Grant Application Period Open

08/27/2020

The annual 1818 Community Engagement Grant program is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year. The program's application form will be live on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

A SLU volunteer works with clients and staff at Gateway 180 as part of a project funded by the University's 1818 Community Grant Program in 2019.

A SLU volunteer works with clients and staff at a partnering non-profit agency as part of a project funded by the University's 1818 Community Grant Program in 2019. Submitted photo

Each year, the program awards 18 grants of up to $1,800 each to groups of students and faculty, in partnership with a local non-profit, to make a positive impact on the community.

Past projects have included transforming a children's play room at a local women's shelter; incorporating trauma-informed care into agencies’ service to clients; providing vision screenings and eyeglasses to individuals living at homeless shelters; and planting pollinator gardens at local elementary schools to teach children about the importance of bees among other projects.

Begun in 2018, the 1818 Community Engagement Grant program celebrates the more-than-200-year history of Saint Louis University working with the community to help make a positive difference.

2019’s grant projects involved 306 SLU community members who worked with 48 local non-profit agencies to positively impact more than 1,100 St. Louis children, men and women. Sixteen of the 18 grant programs funded in 2019 have plans in place to continue this year.

Learn More About How 2019’s Grants Helped St. Louisans

Given the ever-changing nature of the pandemic, this year applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through Monday, Nov. 30.

Learn More About This Year’s Program

Initial grant awards will be $1,000, and selected projects will then have the opportunity to apply for an additional $800 after Nov.30, pending fund availability.

For more information and to apply, click here or visit the Center for Service and Community Engagement.

Submitted by Bobby Wassel, Ph.D.