January 28, 2009 12:18PM
Stimulus Bill includes Funding for Faith-Based Organization Grants

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

The economic stimulus bill includes a provision for funding $100 million for grants to faith-based organizations, Howard M. Friedman notes on Religion Clause.

According to page 141 of bill, half of the amount would become available October 1, 2009. Friedman also notes that a proposed amendment by Rep. Susan Davis of California would increase the total appropriation to $500 million.

Posted by Sarah Pulliam Bailey on January 28, 2009 12:18PM

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Our church is in desperate need of a completely
new roof. Congregation is small and mostly of
retirement age. Offering has been slim. We
need $85,000.00. How can we go about appling for
funds?

Posted by: Sharon at March 2, 2009

We are trying to save the youth of America, one teenager at a time, but we need assistance in establishing a facility that will accomondate such a cause. We are trying to purchase a facility and computers. There has got to be an alternative to losing our children to gangs and the other half to the violence perpertrated by gangs. Where and How can I get grant dollars to accomplish this task?

Sincerely,

Pastor Snead

Posted by: Dr. Larry D. Snead, Sr. Pastor Christ First Christian Fellowship Center Inc. at June 9, 2009

My husband and I pastor a small congregation primarily of low income single mothers with children, singles, and few men, in the inner city of Harrisburg, PA, where the crime rate has skyrocketed, employment has dropped, ex-offenders are returning home to no jobs and recidivism is high, and people are socially, emotionally, finanically, and spiritually hurting. As a church we want to help our city become safe, striving and prosperous again, by any means available to us. Therefore, we are looking for grant funds of no less than $500 thousand dollars, to purchase and convert a building to create a Community Center to provide education and support for at-risk children, youth, and families, minister to broken and hurting people, provide services to children and families of incarcerated fathers, job preparedness and advocacy for ex-offenders returning into our community, provide services to assist the unemployed, etc. Any assistance from you is helpful.

Additionally, we need assistance to purchase a commercial building to convert and use for our church building and community ministries. We are currently leasing a property of about 2500 sq.ft., which does not support the space needed to adequately execute our weekly services and outreach ministries.

Thanks you for all your help. Pastor Nancy.

Posted by: Pastor Nancy Linder at July 13, 2009

GOD Bless you. I am a minister of the gospel here in your Uganda.I and the Overseer of the church began an outreach street programe of reaching to the disabled in the streets of Kampala whom total upto 200 men,women and children.
We are experiencing a very big challenge because many of them lack limbs and so their movement comes by pulling themselves on the ground.This has led to constant permanent wounds since none of them can afford a wheelchair.
Our ministry is 3 years old and we so far hire a hotel hall for our services.We incur expenses for the church rent and we have very little finances to cater for a place of residence for them,medication cost since many get sick for staying so long on the hot sunshine,some have chest problem because of the cold weather at night and while some are leapers.
We have of late identified a piece of land in a place called Ggaba near the town,which goes at the tune of $400000 us dollar with constuction expences that tune to $300000 us dollar. We aim to put up houses of residence for them, purchase wheelchairs which they have already proposed the design,put up a school where we shall conduct separate classes for the children and the adults training classes, also a health unit for psychological support because many of them were victims of war.A part from that,the health unit wil offer treatment to many of them especially the children whom their health status are in alarming condition because of the poor streetlife.
Your assistance will help settle this needfull people into a better place and we anticipate for great improved living stardards,acuisition of knowledge and skills that will help them generate income for investiment.
Thank you so much,God bless your efforts of reaching the needful children of God allover the world.I look forward to hear from you.
Yours faithfully SIS NAMAROME.

Posted by: Namarome Maureen at August 23, 2009

Dear Beloved,

This letter comes with pleasure from HERE 4 YOU FUNDS Inc, which is a US incorporated Grant writing and Fund Development Service provider for Christian Missions and Institutions worldwide, for more information of HERE 4 YOU FUNDS Inc. Please visit www.npfunds.com,

It is my pleasure to inform you about the Brotherhood Charity Group Grant to religious institutions (2009) involving the distribution of $ 200,000,000 (Two hundred Million US Dollars) amongst community churches in need worldwide, as a stimulus to assist community church groups like yours cope with the global recession.

While your church/group may be qualified for the grant of $ 50,000 (Fifty thousand Dollars) - $ 250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars), the Brotherhood Charity Group grant is optional, and the grant must be preceded by an indication of your interest in the grant by way a of formal application to be made under your church headed paper and under your church seal and addressed to:

Prof. Jaq. L. Turner (Mrs.).
The Coordinator:
Brotherhood Charity Group Grant to religious institutions (2009)
Gallant_mopol@yahoo.com

Applications for this grant program must be sent by email between the 27th day of August 2009 up until the 27th day of December 2009. Applications received after this date may not be processed.

We wish you success.

Regards,

Jeffrey J. Rodman, CFRE, CGS, M.Ed.
Preseident and CEO,
HERE 4 YOU FUNDS Inc.

Posted by: J. J. Rodman at September 29, 2009

I am the grant admministrator for a church in the South Los Angeles. we presently have a Youth Center, a Senior Center and classroom space -- but no funds to do a program for this low-income community. We already have a proposal to do an afterschool program and programs with our senior citizens. Please give direction and advise.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Posted by: LaCarol Miles at September 29, 2009

Dear beloved,
I a youth minister in a chucrh whose youth come from one of the biggest slum in Nairobi Kenya. One of the challenge encountered is rehabilitation of youths addicted to drugs, rejection from home/family and other social group. As our intiative to empower these young people who give their life to christ we have intiated short term programmes while exploring long term programmes that would economically empower the youth to have means of livelivelihood and loose them from social ills in this environment. Kindly advice or give contact for a reliable/potential sponsor for such faith based intiative.
God bless you
Joseph

Posted by: Joseph Waweru at October 14, 2009

The church I atttend, the homestead,florida haitian church of the Nazarene we are in need of a church building. We currently worship in a private school cafeteria.I become a member of this ministry not to long ago after coming out of a crisis unit. The love that this ministry have shown me is beyond reproach.The pastor and the majority of the members made it their business to visit me and pray everyday while each member including the pastor working full-time jobs.This is a wonderful ministry that has the potenital to touch ,heal and save people as the did for me and countless others that has shared their testamonies with me in the community of homestead and florida city. Many people in the community of homestead, florida city , would like to be members of this loving ministry. However because this ministry under there pervious pastor loss the building they had they had to find somewhere to worship they could afford unfortunately that was not in the homstead or florida city area.Again the homestead haitian church of the nazarene is a wonderful ministry that would greatly benefit from this grant.
Carline Paul

Posted by: carline paul at October 15, 2009

I am a pastor of a small but growing congregation in El Paso, TX. The congregation is diverse, and small up of retirees who are on fixed incomes, the working poor and young and military families with small children. My vision in to increase the size of our building by adding office space, classrooms, kitchen, and expand our small children's area. Additionally, we plan to establish an educational service withih the bulding to accommodate a school for 6 -12 grade students, with tutoring, GED and a drop-out recovery program and other educational service for the divese need of the Northesat El Paso community.

In His Service

Mc Keithan Smith, Jr.
Pastor, Sweethome Bible Church
El Paso, TX

Posted by: McKeithan Smith, Jr. at October 19, 2009

Pastor, Kakooza Mulumba, senior Pastor of Wattuba christian followship church which is under Wattuba christian followship ministry , which is a registered non-pofit organisation , seeking funding to for the construction of our church building in Uganda ( East Africa ) May God bless you all

Posted by: Pastor, Kakooza Mulumba at November 2, 2009

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