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How to Apply for a Grant

Apply for a Discipleship Grant ONLINE by Nov. 1 2024. Here’s how:

  1. Use the NEW ONLINE Discipleship Grant Application (click top button at right).
    • We recommend you open and save the Application Preview (click 2nd button at right), answer the questions in another app (Google Docs or MS Word), and then paste your responses into the online form.
  2. Read our purpose and core values, our funding criteria, and our helpful tips for your proposal, along with this example of a successful application.
  3. Refine your plans and budget for your proposed initiative.
  4. Get feedback on your proposal from those who will be involved and from your church’s/organization’s leadership.
  5. Complete the Online Application form, copy & paste your responses from the Application Preview doc.
    • Please click “Save” as you fill in the application, which will also email you a link to resume your application later as well as share it with your collaborators.
    • Make sure to edit for grammar and spelling. This is important for clarity and so your proposal demonstrates how much you value the initiative.
    • There will be an opportunity to receive feedback on your application (see below).
  6. When you are finished your proposal, have your church/organization chairperson and pastor/director review the document and sign the last page of the form.
  7. Check that everything is completed how you want it, then click “Submit Application.”
    • The form platform is quite user-friendly, but our staff are here to assist you with any questions or issues that may arise during the process.

Application Deadlines

Our application deadline is Nov. 1 and May 1. We want to help you articulate your proposal clearly and plan it intentionally. This helps your initiative to be fruitful in your community and facilitates our board’s granting decisions. We will offer feedback in the week after the deadline, in case your application needs clarification. You’ll have an opportunity to submit a revised grant application in the following week. We’re eager to offer coaching and feedback along the way at any stage of the process, too!

Our fiscal year begins June 1 of each year. If funds remain available after the fall granting cycle, a second granting cycle will be held in the spring of that fiscal year. Sign up to be on our email list or like us on Facebook to be updated on funds available for that potential second granting cycle.

If there are enough successful applications in the fall cycle such that all the funds available for the current financial year are disbursed, then grants will not be available for a spring cycle. The granting disbursement will be 3.5% per year (the disbursement amount required by the CRA) as the funds are to be kept in perpetuity.