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Indiana congregations only. Historic houses of worship with identified capital needs, judicatory support, and demonstrated organizational health. Planning grants up to $25,000; capital grants up to $500,000, awarded competitively on a matching basis.
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Unlock your rankingPrivate nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply directly; faith-based nonprofits qualify. Funds support direct services to crime victims including crisis counseling, shelter, advocacy, and therapy. Service delivery must be secular and open to all regardless of religious affiliation.
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Unlock full accessMust be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with established connections to ELCA congregations or ministries. Supports U.S. and Puerto Rico organizations addressing hunger, poverty, food security, and housing. Organizations that require religious participation for services are not eligible. Average award approximately $9,000-$10,000/year.
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Unlock full accessStates receive formula grants and provide subgrants to local community organizations including faith-based nonprofits that provide direct victim services. Faith-based orgs apply through their state VOCA administrator. Federal funds must support secular victim services offered voluntarily.
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Unlock full access501(c)(3) nonprofits in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia. Faith communities may qualify if projects primarily serve people outside their own congregation; an independent 501(c)(3) and separate governance board are generally required. Capital grants require partial funds already raised.
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Unlock full accessUnited Methodist Churches in rural North Carolina (population 1,500 or fewer, or RUCA-designated rural). Projects must align with one of four strategic pathways: pastoral leadership, church real estate, congregational capacity, or tested community programs.
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Unlock full accessFaith-based organizations are an explicit priority category; public or private nonprofits including faith-based organizations are eligible. AmeriCorps members must not be assigned to inherently religious activities, though a faith-based grantee may conduct separate religious programs with non-federal funds.
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Unlock full accessOrganizations led by people living in poverty that work to change root-cause structures and policies. Must conform to Catholic social doctrine and receive a local parish or diocesan endorsement. Not restricted to Catholic parishes, but Catholic alignment is required.
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Unlock full access501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible; the program explicitly builds capacity in faith-based institutions to provide transitional reentry services (mentoring, job training, housing). Federal funds may not be used for proselytization or sectarian activities.
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Unlock full accessAny 501(c)(3) nonprofit is eligible, including houses of worship and faith-based schools, that demonstrates an elevated risk of terrorist attack. Up to $200,000 per site, maximum $600,000 per organization (three sites). Submitted through state administrative agencies; funds support physical and cybersecurity enhancements.
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Unlock full accessELCA congregations with active feeding ministries only. Provides $500 matching grants to support congregational food pantries and feeding programs. Priority given to rural ministries in the current cycle.
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Unlock full accessNonprofit organizations including faith-based nonprofits are eligible project sponsors; must partner with an FHLB member financial institution to apply. Funds support purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of affordable housing serving households at or below 80% of area median income.
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Unlock full accessWesleyan-tradition congregations in the United States with under 250 in worship attendance. Churches under 100 may receive up to $5,000; medium churches or clusters up to $10,000. Funds new evangelistic experiments — not mission trips, capital improvements, one-time events, or established programs.
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Unlock full accessFaith-based and community-based organizations are explicitly listed as eligible applicants. Applicants must propose to provide comprehensive primary health care in a designated service area. Federal funds must be used for secular health care delivery; receipt of services may not be conditioned on participation in religious activities.
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Unlock full accessInvitation-only — does not accept unsolicited proposals. Targets theological seminaries and pastor-education networks equipping Christian ministers to understand the intersection of faith, work, and economics. Organizations may express interest by emailing the foundation with a brief summary.
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Unlock full accessOpen to Christian congregations in Indiana only whose pastors are ordained and committed to ongoing congregational ministry. Up to $15,000 of the grant may support congregational activities or pastoral supply during the leave. Administered through Christian Theological Seminary.
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Unlock full accessAccredited theological schools in the United States and Canada (Association of Theological Schools members). Supports institutional capacity to prepare and support pastoral leaders. Planning grants up to $50,000; implementation grants up to $1 million.
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Unlock full accessU.S. 501(c)(3) organizations committed to nurturing Christian faith and life. Supports new or enhanced programs that help people from diverse backgrounds explore Christian practices and build faith community. Not restricted to a single denomination; approximately 60 grants anticipated.
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Unlock full accessOpen to Christian congregations in all 50 U.S. states (except Indiana) and Puerto Rico whose pastors are ordained, hold an MDiv or equivalent, and are committed to continued congregational ministry. Administered through Christian Theological Seminary.
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Unlock full accessFaith-based organizations in the Pacific Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA) and British Columbia developing ministry internship programs for young adults ages 20-25. Invitation-based; grants are on a declining cost-share basis over up to six years.
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Unlock full accessNonprofit organizations are eligible applicants for NPS competitive grants including the Paul Bruhn grant for rural historic properties. Historic churches listed on or eligible for the National Register may apply. Federal funds support physical preservation and rehabilitation only; no restriction on a building's current religious use.
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Unlock full accessHistoric religious institutions throughout New York State. Eligible projects include roof replacement, masonry restoration, stained-glass restoration, structural repairs, and conditions surveys. Interior renovations, mechanical/electrical upgrades, and ADA work are not eligible.
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Unlock full accessCongregations of any faith tradition with a historic, culturally or architecturally significant house of worship that serves the broader community. Requires 25% matching funds; typically 30-40 grantees per cycle. Backed by Lilly Endowment funding.
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Unlock full accessOpen to grassroots groups of economically poor, oppressed, or disadvantaged persons in the U.S. Projects must be owned and controlled by those directly benefiting. Applications are routed through the national PC(USA) committee.
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Unlock full accessPC(USA)-affiliated new worshiping communities (1001 Communities) in their first year of ministry. Supports the costs of launching a new community.
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Unlock full accessAwarded to excellent new worshiping communities for capital expenses. Open to PC(USA) new worshiping communities and congregations undergoing transformation. Requires Presbytery endorsement.
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Unlock full accessCommunity- and faith-based organizations are explicitly eligible. Funds flow through states; faith-based subgrantees may not require beneficiaries to attend religious activities or participate in worship. Secular behavioral health services must be offered separately from any religious programming.
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Unlock full accessInvitation-only — does not accept unsolicited proposals. Funds 501(c)(3) public charities (not individual churches) working in discipleship, leadership development, community transformation, and generosity. National and international scope with local emphasis on Chattanooga, TN.
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Unlock full accessU.S. 501(c)(3) organizations only. Focuses on internationally-scoped ministry projects and programs in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area. Does not fund capital campaigns, building projects, scholarships, or U.S.-based initiatives outside Chicago.
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Unlock full accessFaith-based organizations are eligible on the same basis as any other organization under 24 CFR 5.109. Funds flow through local government entitlement communities; churches apply as subgrantees to their local CDBG administrator. Federal funds may not support inherently religious activities; funded programs must be secular and offered separately from religious activities.
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Unlock full accessNonprofit corporations in rural areas (populations under 20,000) are explicitly eligible; faith-based nonprofits qualify as nonprofit corporations. Federal funds must support secular community services (health care, public safety, education); no proselytization with federal funds.
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Unlock full accessNonprofit organizations with a demonstrated track record are eligible intermediaries; faith-based nonprofits qualify. RCDI funds organizations that provide technical assistance and training to small, emerging community-based housing and development organizations in rural areas. Federal funds must support secular community development.
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Unlock full accessUnited Methodist annual conferences in the U.S. apply on behalf of local congregations with established food pantries and feeding ministries. Individual congregations cannot apply directly. Up to 10 grants of $20,000 per cycle.
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