Clark-Fox Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Clark-Fox Family Foundation supports K-12 education, higher education, public health, immigration, social justice and racial equity, community leadership and entrepreneurship in the St. Louis metropolitan region.
FUNDING AREAS: K-12 education, higher education, public health, homelessness, immigration and asylum seekers, social justice and racial equity, community leadership, entrepreneurship
IP TAKE: Although this funder is not open to receiving unsolicited requests for grants, it is still a good one to be familiar with in St. Louis for a wide variety of nonprofit efforts.
PROFILE: Established in 2004, the Clark-Fox Family Foundation is a private foundation based in St. Louis, Missouri. This is the foundation of Maxine Clark and Bob Fox, a husband-and-wife team of entrepreneurs. Clark’s background is in the retail industry, and she founded Build-A-Bear Workshop in 1997. Bob Fox, a St. Louis native, is a co-founding sponsor with his wife for Teach for American and KIPP Charter Schools in St. Louis. The foundation “supports the growth and prosperity of the St. Louis metropolitan region through research, program development and investments in PK-12, higher education, public health, immigrants and refugees, social justice and racial equity, community leadership and entrepreneurship.”
The Clark-Fox Family Foundation prefers to fund causes that empower the end user and leverage other support for greater impact. This funder values collaboration and innovation and brings business acumen and a consumer focus to the nonprofit sector. Blueprint4Summer, ecosystem mapping project and an in-depth research project on the impact of mass incarceration are recent interests. K-12 education grants fund quality educational opportunities, while community leadership grants heavily rely upon collaboration. Public health grants aim to create a thriving region, while social and racial justice grants are largely focused on the criminal justice system. Higher education grants create pathways for success for students, and entrepreneurship grants often involve youth mentoring.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $10,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan region. Past local grantees include Network for Teaching Entrepreneurs, Inspire STL and the St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits and awards grants on an invitation-only basis. Direct general questions to the staff at allie@clark-fox.com or 314-899-5248.
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