Philanthropy


Sign of the Arrow is a non-profit gift and needlepoint boutique that has donated more than $4.1 million to local charities since its founding in 1966 by members of the St. Louis Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi, a national fraternity for women, to continue the Pi Beta Phi tradition of providing philanthropic support to the community. It is staffed primarily by Pi Beta Phi alumnae and community volunteers.
Sign of the Arrow volunteers and Pi Beta Phi alumnae sponsor local charities to receive grants funded from the shop’s profits. Each summer the sponsored agencies apply for grants to fund a specific project or program. In the early fall the sponsored agencies are reviewed by a Philanthropy committee that allocates each year’s available funds. Grants are awarded in the fall at a reception for the agency representatives, sponsors, shop volunteers and Pi Beta Phi alumnae.
Click here to see a list of agencies served in the first 50 years!
Sign of the Arrow 2025 Funded Agencies
Sign of the Arrow 2025 agency representatives and sponsors.
Sign of the Arrow 2024 Funded Agencies

Sign of the Arrow 2024 agency representatives and sponsors.
Sign of the Arrow 2023 Funded Agencies

Sign of the Arrow 2023 agency representatives and sponsors.
Sign of the Arrow 2022 Funded Agencies

Sign of the Arrow 2022 agency representatives and sponsors.
Sign of the Arrow 2021 Funded Agencies
Sign of the Arrow 2020 Funded Agencies
Sign of the Arrow 2019 Funded Agencies

Sign of the Arrow 2019 Agency Representatives and sponsors.
Sign of the Arrow 2018 Funded Agencies
- Books for STL Kids
- Cancer Support Community Greater St. Louis
- Care and Counseling, Inc.
- Central Institute for the Deaf
- Circle of Concern
- Dream Factory of St. Louis
- Episcopal City Mission
- Epworth Children & Family Services
- Gateway Greening, Inc.
- Marian Middle School
- Opera Theatre of St. Louis
- Pathways to Independence
- Perennial
- Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- Sneakers with Soul
-
SoulFisher Ministries
- St. Louis Dancing Classrooms
- St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic Association
- Tree House of Greater St. Louis
- Variety the Children's Charity of St. Louis
- Wyman Center

Sign of the Arrow 2018 Agency Representatives.
Sign of the Arrow 2017 Funded Agencies
- Aim High St. Louis
- Center for Women in Transition
- Circle of Concern
- Episcopal City Mission
- Epworth Children & Family Services
- Kingdom House
- Lumina Program (at BJC Hospice)
- Marian Middle School
- Pathways to Independence
- Perennial
- Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital
- Sneakers with Soul
- St. Francis Xavier College Church
- St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic Association
- St. Louis Children's Choirs
- Tree House of Greater St. Louis
- Variety the Children's Charity of St. Louis
- Webster Rock HIll Ministries

Sign of the Arrow 2017 Philanthropy Committee, agency representatives, and sponsors.
Sign of the Arrow 2016 Funded Agencies
- Aim High St. Louis
- Alzheimer's Association
- The Big Muddy Dance Co.
- SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation
- Care and Counseling, Inc.
- Central Institute for the Deaf
- Episcopal City Mission
- Epworth Children & Family Services
- Gateway Greening, Inc.
- Gifted Resource Council
- The Haven of Grace
- KidSmart, Inc.
- Kingdom House
- Life & Hope Fund of St. Luke's Hospital
- Marian Middle School
- Most Holy Trinity School and Academy
- Opera Theatre of St. Louis
- Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- Places for People
- The SoulFisher Ministries
- Special Education Foundation
- St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic Association
- The St. Louis Children's Choirs
- Webster Rock Hill Ministries
- Wyman Center

Sign of the Arrow 2016 Philanthropy Committee, agency representatives, and sponsors.
2015 Sign of the Arrow Philanthropy Grantees
- Aim High St. Louis
- Dream Factory of St. Louis
- Gifted Resource Council
- Home Works! The Teacher Home Visit Program
- Immigrant and Refugee Women's Program
- Jamestown New Horizons
- Lumina Program (at BJC Hospice)
- Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic Association
- St. Margaret of Scotland
- University City Children's Center
- World Pediatric Project

Sign of the Arrow 2015 Philanthropy Committee and Agency representatives.
2014 Sign of the Arrow Philanthropy Grantees
- Bel Canto Chorus
- Dream Factory of St. Louis
- Gifted Resource Council
- The Haven of Grace
- Jamestown New Horizons
- Moog Center for Deaf Education
- Opera Theatre of St. Louis
- Perennial
- Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- Places for People
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge
- Rural Parish Workers
- St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic Association
- St. Louis Dance Theatre/Big Muddy
- St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness
- Shalom House
- World Pediatric Project
2013 Sign of the Arrow Philanthropy Grantees
- Assistance League of St. Louis
- Bel Canto Chorus
- Central Institute for the Deaf
- Episcopal City Mission
- Dream Factory of St. Louis
- Gateway to Greening
- Girls on the Run
- Jamestown New Horizons
- Kingdom House
- Life & Hope Fund of St. Luke's Hospital
- Moog Center for Deaf Education
- Opera Theatre of St. Louis
- Perennial
- Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- Places for People
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge
- Rural Parish Workers
- St. Louis Alumnae Panhellenic Association
- St. Louis Dance Theatre/Big Muddy
- St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness
- Shalom House
- World Pediatric Project