Grants are provided to participants in the 1001 New Worshiping Communities. We provide comprehensive materials to help you get started, which you can find here.
The New Worshiping Communities Seed Grant still provides $7,500 to help start a 1001 community, but now it is for the first year of ministry, rather than six months.
After that first year the ministry can apply for an additional $25,000 Investment Grant for the next 18 months, followed by the possibility of a $25,000 Growth Grant.
Both the Investment and Growth grant require dollar matching from a mid council, congregation or in-kind support.
All new worshiping community leaders are still eligible to apply for a Health Insurance Grant, worth $1,500 per year — twice renewable.
Mission Program Grants also provides grants to presbyteries seeking continual congregational transformation — and the Sam & Helen R. Walton Award, given every March, to excellent new worshiping communities to help with capital expenses.
The Presbytery Grant for Congregational Transformation provides funding to Presbyteries that can help change congregations. Presbyteries may request a one-time grant of ordinarily up to $50,000. The first year lump sum payment will be for up to $30,000 and assuming satisfactory progress has been made toward meeting stated goals; a second year lump sum payment of up to $20,000 will be disbursed.
Mission Program Grants Proposal Submission and Review Dates
2018 Cut-off Date for Receipt of Proposals |
2018 Review Date |
Proposals Received After The Monthly
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| February 7 | March 8–9* | April 18 | ||
| March 7 | April 18 | May 16 | ||
| April 4 | May 16 | August 6 | ||
| July 11 | August 6 | October 18 | ||
| September 12 | October 14-15* | November 7 | ||
| October 10 | November 7 | March 7-8, 2019 |
* Face-to-Face Mission Development Resources Committee Meeting
The Sam & Helen R. Walton Award Nomination Deadline: Nominations need to be filed for eachnominee and received in the Office of Mission Program Grants by January 31st of each year. The2018 Mission Development Resources Committee Review Date will be March 8-9. *
For additional information, please contact:
Tim McCallister, Associate
Tim.McCallister@pcusa.org
Bill Moore, Administrative Assistant
Bill.Moore@pcusa.org
The Office of Mission Program Grants
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
(888) 728-7228, Ext. 5230 for Tim, Ext. 5251 for Bill
Fax # (502) 333-7251
Applications & resources may be obtained from the Mission Program Grants website at
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/1001-2/mission-program-grants/