The United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana Grant program Initiative exists to walk beside churches and church-related non-profits in the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church as they develop innovative ways to extend the reach of their ministries.
Donor Name: United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana
State: Louisiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Foundation wants to provide a path to yes to those seeking financial support to make their ministry dreams a reality. This application and award process is designed to provide information to the Foundation’s Grants Committee to ensure that grant funds are used as intended by both the Foundation and the recipient of funds and to monitor the effectiveness of the Grant program for future improvements.
Funding Priorities
- Priority will be given to proposals that fall into one of the following categories:
- Equipping clergy and/or laity for ministry
- Ministries that are innovative to the entity proposing the program
- Fostering connections in the church, community, district, conference and beyond
- Disaster preparedness and response
- In addition to the above listed categories, priority will also be given to:
- Projects clearly delineating use of matching or self-provided funding to conduct the project
- Projects that include two or more church communities working together
- Applicants that are actively building endowments at the Foundation
- Applicants with 100% giving of Conference apportionments
Guidelines
The Foundation’s Executive Committee has approved the following guidelines for the award of grants:
- Foundation grants are primarily intended to help initiate programs, projects or activities – especially those that are innovative, new or acutely needed. The priority is to fund activities in the conference that have the capacity of enriching many or all local churches’ ministries.
- The Foundation is interested in partnering with grant recipients and does not intend to be the only funding source.
- In general, Foundation grants are not intended to provide for personnel costs, sustaining support or to fund the existing regular operational obligations of a church or agency. Grants are not awarded to pay for personal ministry expenses, local church building capital improvements or maintenance.
- Applications should request funds to support and continue ministries that are consistent with the mission of the Conference.
- Grant applications must include ALL of the following elements: Project goal, description of target audience, intended impact of the program on your organization or target audience, strategies and methodologies to be used to achieve the desired impacts, a timeline for the project, a plan for how you will evaluate the project’s success and a detailed budget, outlining how the grant funds will be used.
- Grant funds are not intended to fund on-going programs or ministries. Grant funds can be used as seed money for beginning new programs/ministries as long as a plan for sustaining the program/ministry is clearly defined in the proposal.
- The Foundation will continue to communicate with conference leadership to better understand the Conference’s needs and opportunities and how the Foundation might support those initiatives
For more information, visit United Methodist Foundation.
