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Corporate Partners
Support from Corporations and Foundations
Through their generous support, regional corporations and foundations tangibly convey their pride in our vibrant region and commitment to our planet and its people. Endowment support is an important way the future of the Danforth Center and its noble goals are secured for generations to come, providing a steady stream of income that helps support all aspects of the Center. Annual support from corporations and foundations provides the Center with flexible, unrestricted resources necessary to set its own priorities and respond to opportunities uncovered by its scientists. These contributions are critical to the Danforth Center’s ongoing success in creating and sustaining innovative research for the betterment of our region and the world.
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Investing in the St. Louis Region
Within the Danforth Center’s mission is a goal to enhance our region as a world center for plant science. Creating jobs and an educated workforce is paramount:
Generating New Science-Based Jobs:
The Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park at the Danforth Center provides a home for local start-ups and attracts plant & life science companies from around the country.
Preparing a Skilled Workforce
St. Louis Community College’s tech training program within BRDG Park develops the next generation of lab technicians in a real world scientific environment.
Leveraging Regional Strengths
More than 400 plant and life science companies provide over 16,500 jobs for our region – already home to the world’s largest concentration of PhDs in plant science.
As we help build a stronger St. Louis, The Danforth Center is focused on global challenges -
To Improve the Human Condition through Plant Science:
Feed the Hungry and Improve Human Health
By developing plants fortified with additional nutrients and designed to survive harsh climates, we are working to significantly reduce rates of malnutrition worldwide.
Preserve and Renew our Environment
We are formulating crops to require less water, pesticides and fertilizer.
Research is ongoing into plant-based biofuel sources such as algae.
Exploration continues into affordable and environmentally friendly biodegradable plastic alternatives.
Learn more about our corporate donor member benefits by clicking here.
For more information or to join us, email Tom Bander, or call him at (314)587-1235
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