The St. Louis Business Journal on Thursday hosted its annual Corporate Philanthropy Awards at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac to celebrate the region's largest philanthropic companies.
A longtime St. Louis-area caterer and prepared food retailer is shutting down operations after 42 years in business, while its owner continues to operate a wholesale bakery.
The 60 honorees featured on the St. Louis Business Journalβs Biggest Corporate Philanthropists Lists invested nearly $125 million in St. Louis communities in 2024.
In 2024, The Charity CFO had the highest cash giving as a percent of total revenue, with nearly 9% of the firm's $7 million revenue given to various area organizations.
The companyβs philanthropic efforts focused on bringing and keeping pets and people together, funding academic and educational programs to advance the future of pet health, and supporting the communities where Purina employees live and work.
Brinkmann Constructors amplifies its employeesβ voices to drive its philanthropic endeavors and support causes and organizations valued by the entire workforce.
Dowd Bennett has topped the Business Journal's Largest Corporate Philanthropists - Small Companies List since 2018, and with $1.3 million in cash and in-kind giving in 2024, the firm is once again No. 1.
The Community Campus is a partnership between Peter & Paul Community Services, the St. Louis City Department of Human Services, the Missouri Department of Economic Development and over a dozen nonprofit service providers to provide comprehensive services for the homeless community.
Lynn Ann Vogel is co-founding partner of the Vogel Law Office and former president of the Missouri Bar, but she said the business side of the law also has played a key role in her life and career.
A Republican state senator spent hours Wednesday trying to block the appointment of his former colleague to a county office over a grudge that goes back more than seven years.
Shortly after 1 a.m., the filibuster sputtered and the appointment was confirmed by the Missouri Senate.
State Sen. Mike Moon, an Ash Grove Republican, sought to prevent former Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz from being confirmed to a spot on the Franklin County Commission.
Schatz was appointed to the job earlier thisβ¦