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The United Methodist Church
General Board of Global Ministries
Health and Welfare Ministries c/o Joan Young
475 Riverside Drive Room 330, New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212 870-3870 Fax: 212 870-3624
Email: jyoung@gbgm-umc.org

Guidelines for Grants and Scholarships

ELIGIBLE CAUSES FOR GRANTS

1. Seed money for launching and sustaining ministries with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and/or deaf-blind people.
2. Purchase of equipment or other resources to make activities accessible to Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing and deaf-blind people (e.g. assistive listening systems, real time captioning, large-print hymnals and Bibles, improved lighting for signing or aid to low-vision people, etc.).
3. Support for outreach missions in the United States and beyond that focus on ministry with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and/or deaf-blind people (e.g. camps, community service, schools, training events for support people, etc.).
4. Scholarships for attending seminary or professional training events for people upgrading their skills or preparing for ministries with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and/or deaf-blind people.

CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING GRANTS

1. Individual or agency applying for a grant is strongly encouraged to obtain a copy of Signs of Solidarity, Second Edition, ($7 plus s/h costs) from Joan Young, Health and Welfare Ministries Unit, 475 Riverside Drive Room 330, New York, NY 10115, and read the parts pertinent to the request for a grant.
2. Requests for grants must come in writing, using forms secured from the United Methodist Committee on Ministries with Deaf, Late-deafened, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-blind People (referred to in this document as “the Committee”) through Joan Young at the address cited on cover sheet. One form applies to general requests, another deals with scholarships. Copies of the guidelines and application forms may be downloaded from the committee’s website: WWW.UMCSIGNSOFSOLIDARITY.ORG. Committee members also have copies of the application forms to give to inquirers.
3. All requests for grants are reviewed with recommendation by the Grants Sub-committee, with final decision made by the Committee.
4. A grant is given for one year, but the request may be renewed up to three years. Under certain circumstances, and at the discretion of the Committee, extensions of the time limit can be ordered.
5. As a general rule, no annual grant shall exceed $5,000. Exceptions are at the discretion of the Committee. The applicant must show other sources of income for the ministry, project, or scholarship request.
6. Grants shall not be for the salary of sign language interpreters for a regular Deaf ministry or other church activities. Grants may be utilized for interpreters working in a special event or mission. In that instance, a clearly understood explanation of such usage must be provided in the application form.
7. Grants may be made to a program that solicits grants and donations for their stated program of assisting churches needing additional support for their interpreted services.
8. No grant will be made for acquiring a public address system. Funds will be granted for Assistive Listening Systems (ALS) that specifically help hard of hearing people and those deafened persons who employ a cochlear implant. The ALS must be portable in that it can stand alone in a room without a public address system, in addition to being able to broadcast sound through a public address system in an auditorium or sanctuary. Alternately, in addition to the main ALS, the portability requirement is satisfied by purchasing a small, battery operated transmitter that can employ a conference microphone. The Committee owns an ALS that can be borrowed by any church or church agency for either a short event or as a tryout for eventual purchase of an ALS. For particulars, contact the Rev. Wineva Hankamer at winevah@yahoo.com.

TIMETABLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF GRANTS:

The subcommittee on grants will accept applications for both scholarships and programs year round. We act on these applications on a quarterly basis during the last two weeks of each quarter. If an application is received during the last two weeks of a quarter, it will be held for consideration in the next quarter. The last quarter of our fiscal year, this timetable will be moved up one week to accommodate the holidays at the end of the year as well as the closure of the General Board of Global Ministries offices during the last week of December. Therefore, applicants can expect the following timetable.

Applications received between:	Will be acted upon:
January and the first two weeks of March	The last two weeks of March
April and the first two weeks of June	The last two weeks of June
July and the first two weeks of September	The last two weeks of September
October and the first week of December	The second and third week of December.

The subcommittee on grants reserves the right to postpone or speed up consideration of specific grants at our discretion but will make every effort to keep the above timetable.

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The United Methodist Church
General Board of Global Ministries
Health and Welfare Ministries c/o Joan Young
475 Riverside Drive Room 330, New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212 870-3870 Fax: 212 870-3624
Email: jyoung@gbgm-umc.org

Grant Application for Project Funding

Applications must be submitted in writing and may be mailed, faxed or emailed to the address and emails listed above. Guidelines for grants and scholarships can be found on the preceding page. Before mailing the application form please remove the Guidelines, you may keep them for your records.

Requests are received throughout the year: use this form for Project Grants, Camps, Workshops and Retreats

I. LOCAL CHURCH/ORGANIZATION:
A. Name of Church/Organization______________________________________

Name of Pastor/Director:__________________________________________

Email [address]: ________________________________________________

Fax:________________________ Daytime Phone:_____________________

Address:_______________________________________________________

City:__________________________________State:_____Zip:____________

B. Annual Conference:____________________________District:___________

C. Information about local church/group requesting funds:

1. Membership_________ Average Attendance______

2. Mission statement of local church, group, or organization:

II. Project

A. Name [and description] of Project:

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

1. Is the project currently in operation? yes no

2. If the project is seasonal or short term, list dates:____________________

3. Date when project was or will be started?_______________

B. Leadership:

1. Project Leader:_______________________________________________

2. Address:____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

3. Phone/Fax:_____________________________________________

4. email[address]:

III. Financial Information

A. What amount is requested from the Committee? $__________

B. For what exact purpose will the funds be used?



C. What other funding does the project have? (e.g. fees, grants, sponsors):



Attach the current or proposed budget for purchasing or operating the project.

D. What in-kind or non-monetary support is provided?

E. Has this project previously received funding from the Committee?_______

F. If yes, when?_____________ what amount?__________

G. By what date are these funds needed?_____________________________

H. If grant is wholly or partially approved, the check will be made out to the sponsoring church, agency or organization. Please supply the name and address of the recipient.

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

IV. Project Approval

A. What action did your church/organization or governing board take to initiate or continue your project? (Describe, add additional pages if necessary.)

B. Why is your church or group undertaking this project?



V. General information about the project:] Project Description

A. Does the project have salaried staff?_________ Volunteer staff?___________

B. If this program serves vulnerable people (minors, elders, persons with disabilities) are all workers in the program trained through Safe Sanctuaries?__________

C. Describe the people being served:





D. Geographical area served:





E. If the project is currently in place, then describe accomplishments or improvements made by the project within the past 6-12 months:





F. What goals do you expect the project to accomplish within the next 6-12 months.





IV. Signatures (any or all that apply)

A. Project Director:__________________________________________

A. Sponsoring Church Pastor:__________________________________

B. Planning Team Leader:_____________________________________

C. Date Signed:_________________________

V. Reference Letters

Please provide reference letters for the project director from the sponsoring church pastor and District Superintendent or other person in authority over the project director.

Optional: Attach photos that might represent the activities of your minister