Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation

A Legacy of Bold Vision

Founded in 1977 by Neil Armstrong and fellow Apollo astronauts, the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation advances bold, challenge-driven innovation to solve audacious problems.

As the world approaches the 100th anniversary of the Spirit of St. Louis, the Foundation is returning to its roots — seizing this moment of global attention to elevate St. Louis and create lasting opportunity for the next generation.

Centennial Opportunity & Global Platform

The 100th Anniversary in 2027 will be a defining global moment — positioning St. Louis at the center of a renewed narrative of innovation.

By aligning regional investment with global visibility, St. Louis can elevate its position as a hub for advanced industries, attract new partners and capital, and reinforce its reputation as a place where bold ideas are realized. In 1927, St. Louis helped the world imagine what was possible. In 2027, it will help define what comes next.

Inspiring the Next Generation

With its headquarters anchored in St. Louis, the Lindbergh Foundation will use the Centennial to elevate the city's role in global innovation. This moment will unite leaders, students, and institutions around a shared purpose: advancing bold ideas through collective action.

The Centennial marks the start of a new century of innovation — an extraordinary opportunity to cultivate bold ideas and breakthrough solutions through collaboration and competition.

What We Are Building

The Spirit of St. Louis STEM Challenge Awards are the living embodiment of the Lindbergh legacy — transforming inspiration into access, and access into action.

The Foundation is launching a region-wide series of STEM grants, equitably distributed across school communities throughout the 15-county, two-state St. Louis region — ensuring that opportunity is not defined by geography, but by potential.

Through hands-on competitions, student innovation planning grants, and advancement awards tied to national and global challenges such as XPRIZE — aligned with industries like defense, aviation, GeoSpatial, bioscience, and agtech — the program will engage middle and high school students in solving real-world problems. Students will not simply learn about innovation — they will practice it.