Duke Endowment Rural Church Grants

Link

View Program Website

Sponsor

The Duke Endowment

Deadlines

Sep 13, 2019

Contact

Kristen Richardson-Frick
KRichardson-Frick@tde.org
704.376.0291

Purpose

North Carolina Rural Church Grants provide funding to United Methodist Churches in rural areas for health and human service-related outreach programs, church development, and leadership programs.

Priority areas include projects related to:

Food and hunger
Literacy
Affordable and adequate housing
Prevention and early intervention for at-risk children
Out-of-home care for youth
Quality and safety of healthcare
Access to healthcare
Prevention
Academic excellence
Educational access and success
Campus and community engagement
Rural church development
Clergy leadership
Congregational outreach

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include:

United Methodist Churches that serve rural North Carolina communities. See a list of eligible churches.
The North Carolina and Western North Carolina conferences and districts of the United Methodist Church
Duke University Divinity School

Geographic coverage

North Carolina

Amount of funding

Awards vary according to the size and scope of the project

Application process

Applicants must submit a pre-application through the program website.

The 2019 deadlines are April 7 and September 13. The online application portal will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the deadline. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.

Tagged as

Access · Child welfare · Community and faith-based initiatives · Educational attainment · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare quality · Housing and homelessness · Human services · North Carolina

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