Charter School Program (CSP)
Funding Amount
Approximately $2,000,000 per award
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: St. Louis, Missouri
Focus Areas:
- Supporting charter school development and expansion
- Creating new student seats in charter schools
- Building world-class schools
Overview:
The Charter School Program provides funding to support the launch and expansion of innovative charter schools in St. Louis. The program invests in top-performing schools to increase capacity and work with educators ready to launch new and innovative student-centered schools.
Recent Awards (Cycle 1, May 2024):
- St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts: $1,999,854.17 (301 new seats)
- Friendly Academy: $2,000,000 (350 new seats)
- Kairos Academies: $1,999,873.66 (176 new seats)
- The Leadership School: $1,999,089.50 (200 new seats)
Address: 5501 Delmar Blvd, Suite A300, St. Louis, MO 63112
What The Opportunity Trust D/B/a Zest Education actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 36
- Total given
- $12.8M
- Median grant
- $157K
- Range
- $5,500–$1.49M
- By dollars: Missouri 87%, Indiana 12%, Texas 1%. Top recipient cities: St. Louis, MO; Indianapolis, IN; Pagedale, MO.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 36% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Believe Schools · Indianapolis, IN
New schools
$1.49M
Gateway Science Academy of St Louis · St Louis, MO
Existing school expansion
$1.31M
Kairos Academies · St Louis, MO
New schools
$1.27M
The Leadership School · Pagedale, MO
New schools
$992K
St Louis Voices Academy · St Louis, MO
New schools
$842K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Charter schools
- K-12 schools
- Education
- Capital
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