The mission of the Greater East St. Louis Community Fund is to work to benefit the residents of East St. Louis and Brooklyn, Illinois in accordance with the directives of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. It is further the mission of the Fund to help the residents of East St. Louis and Brooklyn move up and out of poverty and to improve the Greater East St. Louis community and, in turn, to give back to and encourage others to work to benefit the communities of East St. Louis and Brooklyn.
The Greater East St. Louis Community Fund is a 501(C)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization.
• To serve the residents of East St. Louis and Brooklyn, Illinois
• To support and sustain the mission statement of the Fund
• To be upstanding financial stewards of the Fund
• To encourage philanthropy from Board members, beneficiaries and partners of the Fund
• To be always respectful of residents of East St. Louis and Brooklyn, Illinois, Board members, Staff, and all those who have any kind of relationship with the Fund
• To support programs that will have broad, lasting impact on the Greater East St. Louis Community
• To promote continuous learning for Board members, partners and collaborators
• To be public stewards of the Greater East St. Louis Community
The Greater East St. Louis Community Fund is a 501(C)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization.
Pamela R. Coaxum, MRP
Executive Director
Julie Fix Meyer
President
Attorney,
Armstrong Teasdale, LLP
Dr. Venessa A. Brown
Vice President
Associate Chancellor & Chief Diversity Officer,
Southern Illinois University: Edwardsville
Jerina D. Phillips
Secretary/Treasurer
Attorney,
Lewis Rice, LLC
Dr. Chris Hubbard Jackson
Director of Research,
St. Charles Community College
Honorable William D. Stiehl, Jr.
Circuit Judge,
Twentieth Judicial Circuit
Saint Clair County, Illinois
FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Kerber, Eck, Braeckel, LLP
UMB Bank