If we want to finally move all of St. Louis forward, we need to invest more effectively than we have in the past. Creating the change our region needs requires a new approach.

Our region faces longstanding challenges—from failing schools to high crime rates, slow economic growth, and our region’s steady decline in prosperity as well as national prominence and influence. Once and for All is an effort to address the root sources and transform the region by investing in under-resourced communities and creating a stronger, more prosperous St. Louis—once and for all. Strengthening families and transforming communities isn’t simple—it’s complex and requires a comprehensive, multi-pronged effort. This is where you come in.

We invite you to make a pledge of $1,000 or more to become a member of the Hawthorne Society, a premier giving society made up of individuals, foundations, and corporations bound by a shared belief that things can always change if enough people want them to.