Duke Endowment Rural Church Grants
Kristen Richardson-Frick
KRichardson-Frick@tde.org
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
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
Awards vary according to the size and scope of the project
Applicants must submit a pre-application through the program website.
The application deadlines are May 10 and November 5. The online application portal will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the deadline. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.
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