READY TO LAUNCH 🚀
This Give STL Day, we're calling on our community to invest in people, not criminalization.
Too often, systems meant to support communities instead punish people for poverty through fines, displacement, and barriers that make it harder to stay housed, stable and safe.
Your support helps shift the response from punishment to possibility by investing in solutions that strengthen our communities. We don't have to wait lightyears to create a better world. Make your Give STL Day gift today and help us invest in people, not criminalization–be part of the momentum as we take this mission to the moon!🚀🌕
WHO WE ARE
We are a racial justice and holistic legal advocacy organization. For over fifteen years, our work has challenged prejudicial and punitive policies and practices, advanced equity, fought for revolutionary justice, and supported individuals, families, and communities devastated by racism and neglect. Our agency was founded to combat housing insecurity and homelessness and to advance the rights of communities of color, poor people, tenants, unhoused people, and families.
Victories & Impact, from July 2024-June 2025:
🌙Recovered $442,000 in settlements for civil rights clients and class members
🌙Secured 1,187 cases were resolved. 427 individuals were represented in 80 municipalities
🌙Assisted 178 individuals in getting $73,000 in utility and rental assistance.
🌙Through interventions from legal or social work staff, 126 people in 42 households were able to avoid homelessness and/or move into permanent housing.
ArchCity Defenders (ACD) is a holistic legal advocacy organization that combats the criminalization of poverty and state violence, especially in communities of color. ACD's foundation of civil and criminal legal representation, social services, impact litigation, policy and media advocacy, and community collaboration achieves and inspires justice and equitable outcomes for people throughout the St. Louis region and beyond.
Organization name
ArchCity Defenders
Tax id (EIN)
80-0471494
Mission/Purpose
Housing, Shelter, Homelessness, Racial Equity, Social Justice
Operating Budget
Large: $2,000,001 - $5,000,000
Service Area
St Louis City
Audiences Served
Justice-Involved Individuals, LGBTQIA+, Older Adults, Women, Men, BILPOC, General Public
BILPOC Leadership
BILPOC Leadership
Address
5939 Goodfellow Blvd.