Brown Sisters Foundation 2026 LOI

Brown Sisters Foundation LOI

Eligibility Survey
Thank you for your interest in submitting a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Brown Sisters Foundation. Please answer the following questions to determine your organization's eligibility to submit an LOI.

The Brown Sisters Foundation will only consider proposals from tax-exempt, St. Louis-based organizations with a strong faith connection. Visit our website for more information about the Foundation's funding priorities.

Eligible organizations will gain access to the LOI. All LOIs must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, June 12, 2026.
Tax Exemption Status: Is your organization tax-exempt (or under the fiscal sponsorship of a tax-exempt organization)?
Missional and Geographic Focus: Does your organization work to support economically disadvantaged communities in the Greater St. Louis region (St. Louis, Missouri, USA), within a ~20 mile radius of Forest Park?
Faith Connection: Is your organization faith-based and/or does it have a strong Catholic or Christian faith connection in its programming?

Instructions:

Please closely review the guidelines on our website prior to submission to determine if your organization and project are a good fit, in particular our Funding Priorities and How We Invest. Use this form to submit your Letter of Inquiry (LOI) no later than 5:00pm on June 12, 2026. You will be notified by July 24, 2026, if your organization has been selected to submit a full grant application. Please do not submit any additional attachments with your LOI. Unfortunately, staff is not able to review and provide feedback on LOIs prior to submission. Thank you!
Part 1: Organizational Information
Organization Legal Name
(include DBA, if applicable)
Organization Address
Area of County Served
(example: North County/City, South County/ City, etc.)
Founding Year
Website
EIN
Primary Grant Contact Name
Primary Grant Contact Title
Primary Grant Contact Phone
Primary Grant Contact Email
Current Annual Operating Budget
Total Project Budget
Funding Request from BSF
Challenge Fundraising Goal
Part 2: Organization Overview
Please share your organization's mission statement:
Briefly describe the services your organization provides.
Briefly describe how your organization seeks to spread the love and hope of God to impoverished communities through its work.
What differentiates you from other organizations providing similar services?
Part 3: Project Description
Project Name
Proposed Project Type (select all that apply)

Other
Is the grant start-date of November 1st compatible with your proposed project?
Provide a brief description of the project for which you are requesting funding, including reference to the project’s key objectives, activities, and desired impact.
Describe the target demographic served by the organization and project.
Describe the timeliness of this project, or why this project is important at this particular moment (if not already answered in previous questions).
How does this project strengthen your organization’s ability to accomplish its mission, deepen your impact, expand your capacity, become more sustainable, launch new initiatives, innovate, or provide leverage to advance your mission in some other way?
Part 4: Challenge Fundraising

BSF typically awards challenge-based grants, with a minimum 2:1 goal for dollars raised from new or increased donors. Visit our website to learn more: https://brownsisters.org/about/funding-priorities-and-investment/
Describe the type(s) of donors you would target with this challenge grant opportunity, and briefly explain why you would strategically focus on that type of donor.
Please share preliminary ideas about how you would go about securing the challenge funds.

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Unfortunately, your organization isn't eligible for funding from the Brown Sisters Foundation.
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Brown Sisters Foundation LOI

Instructions:

Part 1: Organizational Information

Part 2: Organization Overview

Part 3: Project Description

Part 4: Challenge Fundraising

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