Community Engagement Grant Application

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Name of Congregation *

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Ministry Group

Name *

Role in Congregation *

Email *

Phone

How much is your church requesting? *

Date of session approval to submit this application

1. What is the Community Engagement or Community Organizing effort for which you would like funding? What do you hope to accomplish?

2. Describe the current context for this effort and if it is new or on-going. Share the history of this project. When did it start? What new initiatives will you be added to the project? If this is an ongoing project will you be adding new initiatives?

3. Please describe the community you intend to reach and where they are located in relationship to your church.

4. Please describe your basic approach to establishing and/or deepening the relationship between the people in your congregation and the people in the community described in Q#3. (You may wish to refer to the evaluation criteria at the end of this document.)

5. As a grant recipient of the Commission on Reconciliation, please consider how your community engagement furthers the goals of the Commission. How does your proposed ministry work toward reconciliation overall and, in particular, how does it seek to address any of the following? (check all that apply)

To dismantle racism
To alleviate suffering
To bear public witness to the reconciling love of Christ

Please explain

6. Please describe the expenses to be covered by the grant

OR attach a budget of projected expenses. Please provide as much detail as possible.

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7. Please describe the anticipated sources of funding for this effort (all financial and in-kind support anticipated to be provided by your congregation, community organizations, local businesses, foundations, individuals, and any other Presbytery or church-based funding – if any).

8. Has your congregation applied for any other grants from the Presbytery of Baltimore in the past year?

9. How important is this Community Engagement Grant funding to this initiative? Would you accept partial funding, if we are unable to provide the full amount requested? And if you were partially funded, how would that impact the initiative?

10. How will you determine if you are successful? (Based on your answer in Q.#1)

11. How will you document the experiences and learnings (meeting notes, photos, video, social media, other)? This award includes two reporting periods: Interim Report due March 31, 2024 and Final Report due June 15, 2024. Reports shall include above mentioned documentation along with a project evaluation.

Clerk of Session's Name *

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