Sustained Impact Campaign
The Arch Grants Sustained Impact Campaign supports a community-funded endowment that ensures that our unique and effective model can both grow in scale year-over-year and that we can continue to fund extraordinary entrepreneurs and their innovative companies in perpetuity. This effort is the next bold step in our organization’s growth and proclaims to the world that St. Louis is committed to supporting entrepreneurs for the long-term – the best is yet to come for our entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Donors who contribute to Arch Grants’ Sustained Impact Campaign help catalyze a virtuous cycle of economic development and community building that will meaningfully benefit the St. Louis economy for generations to come.
Join us in building the future of St. Louis.
Attract & Retain Entrepreneurs
Funding for new Arch Grants Founders in perpetuity will grow the pipeline for entrepreneurial mentors, talent and local investors. The companies that our endowment funds will become the future business, civic and philanthropic leaders of St. Louis.
Build Growth Grants Program
Every startup needs capital to grow and scale their operations. Arch Grants’ new Growth Grants program is designed to help our Founders raise growth capital by awarding additional $100,000 non-dilutive grants to Arch Grants portfolio companies based in St. Louis.
Accelerate Economic Development
Our region becomes a more attractive market for venture capitalists and outside investors as St. Louis is now the first city in the U.S. to make a permanent commitment to funding and supporting entrepreneurs.
As Chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis, I saw firsthand what pulls young people away from the city after they graduate, and also saw what is successful in making them stay. Arch Grants represents exactly the type of activity that we need to grow our region, and their impressive statistics speak for themselves. This Campaign will solidify Arch Grants as a major contributor to St. Louis’ future economic success. We need to continue to look for new ways to uplift Arch Grants companies and increase the multiplier effect that generates wealth creation at an unprecedented pace and scale.
Mark S. Wrighton, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Emeritus
Sustained Impact Campaign Co-Chair
Honorary Campaign Co-Chairs
Maxine Clark
John McDonnell
Suzanne Sitherwood
Jerry Kent
Michael Staenberg
Our Sustaining Donors
$1M+
Anonymous
Centene Charitable Foundation
Robert Guller & Kellie Hynes
John & Anne McDonnell
Jerry & Sue Schlichter
$500K-$999K
Eric & Amy Holland
Kent Family Foundation
Michael & Carol Staenberg
Steward Family Foundation & World Wide Technology
$100K-$499K
Claudia & Joe Bartholomew
Carol & George Bauer
Sandra & Michael Bolen
Mark & Susan Bronson
Roger C. Denton
O’Loughlin Family Foundation
Twain Financial Partners
Mark S. Wrighton & Risa Zwerling
$1K-$99K
Big River Communications
Brave Warrior Advisors
Cabot Corporation *In Honor of Mark S. Wrighton*
Marie & Mark Carlie
Pradip Das
Dowd & Dowd P.C.
John Driscoll
Laurna Godwin & Sam Hutchinson
Tom Keefe
J. Gregory Keller
Joe & Annie Schlafly
Flora & Mark Stallion
Washington University in St. Louis *In honor of Jerry & Sue Schlichter*
Susan & Nelson Wolff
Elizabeth Zucker
Campaign Steering Committee
Jerry Schlichter
Co-Chair
Mark S. Wrighton
Co-Chair
Carl Bouckaert
Marie Carlie
David Dankmyer
Robert Guller
Joe Schlafly
