Lilly Endowment is pleased to announce its National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life (Storytelling Initiative).
Donor Name: Lilly Endowment
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/24/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The aim of the initiative is to unlock and tell compelling stories that portray the vibrancy and hope of Christian faith and life to inspire and help people from a wide variety of backgrounds to come to know and love God.
In this open and competitive initiative, the Endowment invites charitable organizations to submit concept papers that provide initial descriptions of potential projects that advance the following three objectives:
- Identifying stories about Christian individuals, groups, churches and communities that are compelling examples of authentic and vibrant Christian faith and life.
- Producing compelling stories about these examples of Christian faith and life in various media formats.
- Sharing these stories through different media with a wide variety of people in a broad spectrum of contexts and from many different backgrounds.
Funding Information
The Endowment anticipates awarding grants that range up to $5 million each to up to 30 charitable organizations to develop and implement high-quality storytelling projects that advance the initiative’s aim.
Grant Period
5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Charitable organizations located in the United States that are tax-exempt public charities under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and corresponding statutes and that have a demonstrated interest in Christian faith and life are eligible to apply for grants through the Storytelling Initiative.
- The Endowment seeks to support organizations from a broad spectrum of theological traditions and in different ministry contexts that demonstrate the capacity, readiness and commitment to develop and implement Christian storytelling projects that advance the aim and objectives of the initiative.
Selection criteria for concept papers will include the following considerations:
- The extent to which the organization’s rationale for developing a storytelling project is compelling, creative and shows promise to advance the initiative’s primary aim and objectives.
- The extent of the concept’s potential to effectively reach its targeted audiences and, if applicable, wider audiences from a variety of contexts and backgrounds.
- The extent to which developing the concept into a high-quality storytelling project is feasible.
- The extent of the organization’s commitment and capacity to execute and, if appropriate, sustain a high-quality storytelling project.
For more information, visit Lilly Endowment.
