The Epiphany Parish Grant Program 2009-2010: Call For Grant Submissions

Give, and you will receive. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your pocket. The standards you use for others will be applied to you. Luke 6:38

Sr. Larraine Lauter, OSU, Epiphany’s Minister of Social Responsibility, has announced the 2009-2010 Annual Parish Grant Process. Since 1995, a portion of our communal 10% tithe has been set aside for grants to special projects designed and implemented by parishioners. The grants are intended to enable Epiphany members to carry out works of compassion, according to Gospel values of justice and peacemaking. The Grant application is available on this website and in the Gathering Area of the Worship Center, or may be obtained from Sister Larraine.

Grant Criteria
The parish grants are awarded to projects that empower Epiphany parishioners to respond to brokenness in the human community. Grants are reviewed according to the following criteria:

1. Involve parishioners in meaningful, active works of compassion
2. Consistent with Gospel values of justice and peacemaking
3. Reasonable in scope

Grant Norms

1. Response to a particular need beyond the Epiphany community.
2. Submitted by an Epiphany parishioner or group of parishioners
3. Implement/directed by an Epiphany parishioner or group of parishioners
4. Funds must be used in accordance with the terms of the proposal.
5. The proposal may include an existing agency or organization or consist of an original idea not connected to an existing group.

Grant Funds
This year, a total of $18,000 will be disbursed. Grant proposals may request all or part of the available funds. In the event that only some or none of the earmarked money is distributed in the grant process, the $18,000 or remainder would be distributed in the usual way via the standard Ten Percent Subcommittee process.

Grant Review and Award Process
Grant applications will be reviewed on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 6:30 pm, in the Parish Community Center. The individual submitting the proposal (or his/her representative) must be available in person to the Grant Review Committee to answer any questions the Committee has regarding the proposal. Grant proposals are restricted to oral responses to the questions of the committee. The committee will not view audio-visual aids, including slide presentations, brochures, posters, etc.

The Grant Review Committee is composed of one representative from each of the following Epiphany Committees:

• PPC Executive
• Formation
• Social Responsibility
• Worship
• Parish Life
• Administration
• Hunger and Poverty
• Environmental Concerns
• Ten Percent
• Stewardship
• Youth

The funds will be awarded that same evening. Applicants will be informed of the results within a few days, in a timely fashion. Applicants may email a request for the results of their proposal on Wednesday, December 3, 2009, to Sr. Larraine.

Disbursement of Grants
Grant funds will be disbursed over the course of several months, beginning with January of 2010. Please keep this in mind as you prepare your project.

Accountability of Recipients
Grant recipients will receive follow-up communication by email after they have received their funds, with the expectation that they report the following in a timely manner:

• A financial statement as to the use of the funds.
• The date/s on which the funds were used.
• The Epiphany parishioners who were involved.

Questions about the grant process may be addressed to Sister Larraine Lauter or the parish offices.