Grants

The Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in National Science Foundation grants, but the campus in Rolla is still winning awards — for now.

The St. Louis Development Corporation is sending a second wave of surveys out to business owners. The first survey revealed that more than 216 businesses were severely damaged by the tornado.

The federal funding for farmers has been terminated under President Donald Trump’s administration. Family farmers in the Metro East now face abrupt uncertainty about how to fund plans they made for their growing businesses.

The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) has awarded $824,917 to St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) to fund a new program that will model how St. Louisans can talk across divides in order to create greater understanding in our region.

The organization’s board of directors voted Thursday to approve the disbursement of $1,090,000 in operational expansion grants after a pause.

There were more applicants local to St. Louis in the finalist round this year than in the past. And the majority of the awardees came from the region.

The funds were initially allocated in 2021, but the original legislation had challenges to it and needed to be revised, said SLDC President Neal Richardson.

The state may not be known for clean energy, but it has many of the raw materials that will be necessary for the transition away from fossil fuels.

The charitable arm of PNC Bank awarded $250,000 in grants to Dance St. Louis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Black Rep and St. Louis ArtWorks.

“There’s not a scarcity of resources right now. We have this ability to be a great economic hub because of the attributes we have in this region and the development that is happening today,” one elected leader said.