{"id":3224,"date":"2025-06-19T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:38:08","slug":"2026-grant-applications-are-being-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/2026-grant-applications-are-being-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Grant Applications are Being Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to secure funding for your projects within the Diocese! To have your grant application considered for next year, please click the link below to fill out a form. This information helps determine eligibility and the appropriate funding category. If uncertain, choose the closest match, and the grants committee will review it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submit your application to help further our diocese’s mission and vision. Complete the grant application form HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant Categories:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

General Purpose: <\/strong>
\u201cTo provide for needs within the Diocese that cannot\/are not funded in the annual budget, such as: diocesan\/committee support, parish support and emergency needs within the diocese.\u201d  The General Purpose Grant is not intended to be awarded for parish projects or individual needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education\/Training ($100-$1,000\/person, $500-$10,000\/event): <\/strong>
\u201cProvide education, formation and enrichment for clergy, laity and staff to meet the goals and objectives of the Diocese, such as: scholarships and support for diocesan trainings and events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missional Grants ($5,000- $80,000): <\/strong>
\u201cTo provide for development, growth, expansion, explorations and innovation within the Diocese and the world at large, such as: growth initiatives, innovative ministries and marketing, community needs and campus ministries.\u201d Missional Grants are intended to foster Leadership Development and Community Engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: Those who receive this grant will have an additional application and additional requirements. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outreach ($100- $30,000): <\/strong>
\u201cProvide for needs\/grants within or outside the Diocese not covered by other ministries, such as: jail and prison ministries, social justice initiatives, support for indigenous cultures, partnerships in the Anglican Communion, service projects, Millennium Development Goals, Five Marks of Mission.\u201d Outreach Grants are not awarded to cover local parish outreach endeavors, such as contributions to food pantries, laundry ministry, thrift stores, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Property ($1,000-$15,000): <\/strong>
\u201cProvide support for physical buildings and land, such as: diocesan properties, capital needs for parish properties.\u201d Property Grants are intended to address emergency needs and small projects that are also matched by funding through parish contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music ($50-$10,000)<\/strong>
\u201cProvide funding for musical endeavors, such as:  personnel, music, event, education, instruments, tools needed by parishes to enhance music programs.\u201d  Music Grants are the legacy of St. Mark\u2019s, Santa Clara, and they are intended to bolster congregational worship and learning in the area of music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to secure funding for your projects within the Diocese! To have your grant application considered for next year, please click the link below to fill out a form. This information helps determine eligibility and the appropriate funding category. If uncertain, choose the closest match, and the grants committee will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":19,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Carole Bartolini","author_link":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/author\/realepiscopal_yflu22\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":19,"name":"News","slug":"news-events","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":19,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":227,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":19,"category_count":227,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news-events","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realepiscopal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}