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For the second year in a row, Capes Sokol is proud to be recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal on their Corporate Philanthropy list for St. Louis’ biggest corporate philanthropists – small companies. The list features St. Louis’ biggest corporate philanthropists among companies with fewer than 100 total employees, ranked by local cash and in-kind giving in 2020.

Over the course of 2020, Capes Sokol donated over $140,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. In July 2020, members of the Capes Sokol team volunteered at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ COVID-19 Emergency Relief Food Drive. The Urban League’s weekly drive-through food distribution efforts served over 60,000 families in the metropolitan area and raised more than $3.5 million.

In addition, the firm partnered with the following organizations through financial support and volunteer efforts:

• The Arts & Education Council of Greater St. Louis
• The Bill Wallis Charitable Foundation
• Gateway to Hope
• Girls in the Know
• Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• The Missouri Torah Institute
• Small Cell Ovarian Cancer Foundation
• St. Louis Art Museum Foundation
• St. Louis Bar Foundation
• St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
• The St. Louis Jewish Community Center
• Washington University School of Law – Black Law Students Association

Corporate Philanthropy Awards

The St. Louis Business Journal’s Corporate Philanthropy Awards honors the companies who invest in St. Louis communities in various ways — whether it’s through cash and in-kind donations or by volunteering their time and services to those in need.