PRESBYTERY OF SAN FRANCISCO

PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP

HUNGER FUND AND PEACEMAKING GRANTS

APPLICATION FORM

APPLICANT CHURCH NAME:______

ADDRESS: ______

CONTACT PERSON: ______

PHONE NUMBER/EMAIL:______

WHICH GRANT IS YOUR CHURCH APPLYING FOR AT THIS TIME:

HUNGER GRANT _____ PEACEMAKING GRANT _____ BOTH ______

(If you are applying for more than one grant project, please complete a separate application for each.)

APPLICATION DEADLINES (Unless otherwise announced)

HUNGER GRANT: June 30 PEACEMAKING GRANT: June 30 and Dec. 31

MINIMUM CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS (Use additional pages as needed for responses)

  1. Please verify whether the Applicant Church contributed to the relevant Presbytery of San Francisco Hunger or Peacemaking Fund as follows – check applicable responses:
  1. Hunger Grant applicants:

____ Yes, we contributed to “Cents-Ability,” (previously known as “2 Cents a Meal”) or contributed directly to the “Presbytery Hunger Fund” during the year prior to the date of this Hunger Grant application.

____ No. (Please explain) ______

  1. Peacemaking Grant applicants:

____ Yes, we contributed to the annual Peace and Global Witness Offering during the year prior to the date of this Peacemaking Grant application.

____ No. (Please explain) ______

  1. Provide a statement of vision, goals and strategies to demonstrate the Applicant Church’s attempts and/or commitment to engage in addressing:
  1. For Hunger Grant: Hunger needs or food shortage
  1. For Peacemaking Grant: Promotion of peace and conflict resolution
  1. Please tell us the amount of the grant that is requested and explain how this amount is calculated.
  1. Please describe how the Applicant Church will contribute financially to the Project.

5. Explain how the Project directly engages or impacts the Applicant Church or its community within the Presbytery. Please be sure to address how the Project meets the requirement for local impact in your congregation or the community.

6. Please identify the Applicant Church’s Project leader(s), team, or committee for purposes of the Project in question

Name:

Contact information: email and phone number

7. Since preference will be given to Projects involving a partnership between the Applicant Church and at least one other church, which may include congregations in other denominations, please explain how thiscriterion will be met, including how both the Applicant Church and anypartner churches will contribute to the Project.

Alternatively, please explain how your Project can lead to partnerships in the future, or why this application should be funded even if it does not involve such a partnership.

  1. What is your plan for sustainability of the Project until its completion?

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APPLICATION FORM

PRESBYTERY HUNGER AND PEACEMAKING GRANTSREVISED April 30, 2018