Foundation & Corporate Giving

The Saint Louis Chess Club partners with the community through corporate, foundation and philanthropic individuals to ensure the Scholastic Chess Initiative serves as many students as possible in schools across the Saint Louis region. Since 2008, the Chess Club has served over 45,000 students through in-school and after-school chess programs. To learn more about supporting the Scholastic Chess Initiative, please contact or development@saintlouischessclub.org or 314-361-CHESS (2437).
 
Thank you to our donors for their generosity and commitment. These partners support the Chess Club and its mission to spread the game and the educational benefits of chess to every child and adult in Saint Louis and beyond.

Founder’s Square $15,000+

  • Ascension
  • Bayer Fund
  • Edward Jones
  • Emerson Charitable Trust
  • Mysun Foundation
  • Pettus Foundation
  • The Slay Committee
  • Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield
  • UMB Bank
  • Welltok

Grandmaster’s Square $5,000+

 

  • Advertising Savants
  • Albrecht Family Foundation
  • Arcturis
  • Viswanathan Anand
  • Bellwether Foundation
  • Bhavik Patel
  • Beth and Doug Eckert
  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
  • Caperion, Inc.
  • Charles and June Gallagher
  • Chi Chi, LLC
  • Cohen Architectural Woodworking
  • Explore St. Louis
  • Express Scripts
  • Everyday Health Media
  • Rick and Susan (Kelly) Gilbert
  • Roseanne and Robert Henkel
  • Sanjay Jain
  • Kasparov Chess Foundation
  • Kent Family Foundation
  • Laura and Mike Lueken
  • Maritz Inc

 

  • Mike Matheny
  • National Cable Communications
  • The Ragone Family
  • Rainford & Associates
  • Jill and Mark Rawlins
  • Joe Reinmann
  • R.G. Ross Construction Company, Inc.
  • Saint Louis University
  • Shane Sedate
  • Randy & Laura Sinquefield
  • Peggy and Pat Sly
  • Spire Inc.
  • Staples
  • Stericycle
  • Switch
  • Anthony R. Tersigni
  • UMSL DBA
  • U.S. Bank Foundation
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Wells Fargo Bank
  • World Wide Technology

Kings & Queens Square $2,500+

 

  • Atlas Strategy Group
  • Barrett Barrera Projects
  • Elizabeth and James Beckmann
  • Blueprint4Summer Youth Education Fund
  • Brown Smith Wallace
  • Lou and Santina Caruana
  • The Chase Park Plaza, a Royal Sonesta Hotel
  • Chi-Chi, LLC
  • Dr. Mun Choi
  • Color Art
  • John Doyle
  • First Rule

 

  • Juan Carlos Garcia, M.D. & Jane Cridland
  • Tiya Lim
  • Megh Manseta
  • Plancorp
  • Allen Priest
  • Project Lead the Way
  • Sotel Systems
  • Stephanie Martin
  • St. Louis Police Foundation
  • United States Chess Federation
  • University of Missouri -Columbia
  • Andrew Walker
  • Jill and Dave Wenzel

Caïssa Square $1,000+

 

  • Accenture
  • Advertisers Printing Co
  • Sachin Agrawal
  • Allied Intelligence
  • Ameren Corporation
  • GM Maurice Ashley
  • Beyond Reynosa Foundation
  • Brad Bauman
  • Carl Bouckaert
  • Joy Bray and Jeff Wilson
  • Josh Hager
  • Charles Hoffman
  • Commerce Bancshares Foundation
  • Downtown STL
  • Busey Bank
  • Clayton Valet
  • Barbara and John Doyle
  • Lelia and David Farr
  • FleishmanHillard
  • Brent Ford
  • Fuse Advertising
  • Yevgeny Fundler
  • Huntleigh Securities Corp.
  • Husch Blackwell
  • The Kelley Group
  • Michael J. Kummer 
  • John Kurusz
  • Thomas Larson

 

  • Charles Lawton
  • Lawrence Group
  • Gerry Lewis 
  • Lodging Hospitality Management
  • Sheila and Peter Manion
  • Dr. Patricia and Samuel Maryland
  • Sue and Lee Metcalf
  • GM David Navara
  • Niebling Auto Repair
  • Jean and Steve Nystrom
  • Oaktree
  • Andy Oberman
  • Kei Pang
  • Bradley Partridge
  • Drs. Fran and Fred Pestello
  • Michael Prather
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Win Reed
  • Mary Reichert
  • Haruko Senseney
  • Jennifer Shahade 
  • Julie and Steve Sherwood
  • Anuj Singhal 
  • Lauren Stewart
  • Restonic Houston
  • Sports Classic, Inc.
  • St. Louis Philanthropic Organization, Inc.
  • Julie and Andy Thome
  • Veritas

Chess Patrons

 

  • GM Jacob Aagaard
  • Suzanne Archer
  • Nancy and Angelo Arzano
  • Serdar & Missy Aykent
  • Shannon and Bradley Bailey
  • Mark D. Barner
  • David Cade
  • Paul & Elissa Cahn Fund
  • Constance Cameron
  • Mark and Vivian Darrell
  • David Dankmyer
  • Bob Dunn
  • Leslie and Gregg Eilers
  • Michael C. Ellis
  • Greg Erekson
  • Thomas Eyssell
  • Brian Flowers
  • Rosalia and James Ford
  • Anthony Francis
  • Jacqueline and Steve Gilmore
  • Steven and Heather Graham
  • Diane Greble
  • Chris Goodson
  • Josh and Sarah Hager
  • Ken Haupt
  • Ann and Jim Hendrich
  • Linsey and Scott Highmark
  • Hill Investments
  • Tracee and Bob Holmes
  • Cabanne Howard, Kaleidoscope Management Group
  • Maureen and Michael Keating
  • Alex and Maria Kerford
  • Lotis Key 
  • Rick Kissel
  • Mayor Lyda Krewson and Mike Owens
  • Tammy and Kyutae Lee
  • Lewis Rice, LLC
  • Pat and Tom Long
  • Robert Lorfink
  • David Markman
  • Ken and Joshua Mask
  • Dr. Art and Belinda McCoy
  • Sharon and Rich McClure
  • John McDermott
  • Carol Meyer
  • Gary Mindel
  • Matthew Minder
  • Eric Mousel
  • Don Mueth
  • Abigail Niebling
  • Notion, LLC
  • Courtney Noto
  • Traci O'Bryan

 

 

  • Tim O’Leary
  • Crystal and Steve O’Loughlin
  • Ken and Heidi Olliff
  • Laura and Brad Partridge
  • Maurice Perry
  • Sharon and Michael Pfefferkorn
  • John Pirolo
  • Dr. Mike Podgursky & Cheryl Thomas
  • Paul J. Posey Jr.
  • Joan and Allen Priest
  • Mike and Kathy Ratliff
  • Reby Family Fund
  • Kim Richardson
  • Claudia Riley
  • Dot and Jim Ritts
  • Jennifer Roberts
  • Nancy J. Rogers Trust
  • Fred Rohlfing
  • Nelly and Sean Rose
  • Shaker Sadasivam
  • Mauricio Sanchez
  • Albert Sanders
  • Susan Sauer
  • Tom Schafbuch
  • Dr. Lauren Schwarz
  • Jason Skinner
  • Francis G. Slay
  • Johnny Smith 
  • Stephen Family Charitable Trust, a Donor Advised Fund of The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
  • Mary and Tom Stillman
  • Aaron Straub
  • Rich Sullivan
  • Melissa Swank
  • Jean and Mike Szerzinski
  • Senator Jim and Brenda Talent
  • Kathy and Tim Thompson
  • Mary Ellen Unnerstall
  • Susanne Franza Valdez 
  • Julie and Peter Villhard
  • Jiejia Wang
  • John Weber
  • Lisa Wentzel
  • Leith Weston
  • Work Front
  • Mark Wrighton
  • Chris Young
  • Sharon and Dick Zitzmann

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OUR MISSION It is the mission of the Saint Louis Chess Club, an educational organization, to maintain a formal program of instruction to teach the game of chess and to promote and support its educational program through community outreach and local and national partnerships to increase the awareness of the educational value of chess.

Wheelchair access is available in the rear of the STLCC building. Please proceed through the parking lot to our east and around to our back door. If you need additional assistance, please contact us at 314-361-2437 .

The STLCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, and any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, events, programs, or activities.

The Saint Louis Chess Club complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s guidelines regarding publication of its non-discrimination policy in its brochures, catalogs, advertisements and otherwise making it known to the general community.

Any violation of this policy should be reported the General Manager, Joy Bray, [email protected] – 314.361.2437, Administrative Director, Tad Middleton, [email protected] -314.361.2437 and/or the HR Manager, Cathy Gallaher, [email protected] – 314.332.5582.

The integrity of Saint Louis Chess Club’s relationship with minor players is paramount to the Chess Club’s educational mission and success. All individuals employed by or working under the direction or authority of the Saint Louis Chess Club are expected and required to maintain appropriate boundaries and relationships with minors and are strictly prohibited from engaging in sexual misconduct, hazing and harassment.

We encourage any victim or other persons with information regarding inappropriate conduct to contact Cathy Gallaher, Saint Louis Chess Club HR Manager at [email protected]. You may also make a report confidentially, and if you wish, anonymously, through our ethics reporting hotline managed by Navex at (833)221-3624.

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