Mission Partnership Grant

The Mission and Ministry Committee is pleased to be able to offer Mission Partnership Grants for 2025. These grants are intended to equip churches and congregants to demonstrate Christ’s love. Please note that, because of a reduced budget, grants are available for up to $2000 and applications are limited to two per church. We encourage you to think deeply about how this grant could encourage the people of your church to become more involved in the mission of God!

To apply for the grant, please read through the following qualifications and then fill out the online form below accordingly. Or, paper applications can be mailed to the Presbytery Office (1864 Highway 86, Milford, IA 51351) or scanned/emailed to office@presbyteries.org. To download the application, click here.

Essential Information—all must be complied with, or a grant will not be considered.

1. The deadline for submission of grant applications is January 31,2025. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

2. Applications are limited to 2 per church. If you are requesting funds for more than one project, please submit them as different applications and note on the application its order of importance in terms of funding (1 = Top Priority).

3. Mission Partnership Grants are meant to support mission work in which members of your congregation are involved. Preference will be given to start-up funds for those projects that have been funded for three years or less.

4. This grant is intended to encourage local churches in mission; it is not intended be a pass-through. Preference will be given to applications that clearly demonstrate how this grant will help equip members of the congregation to be involved in the mission of displaying Christ’s love through compassion, evangelism, justice, peace, or care of creation.

5. Projects funded for 3 years or less may request up to $2,000; renewal projects that have been funded for more than three years can request up to $1,000.

6. Grant money cannot be used for travel to a mission site.

7. The grant application must be approved by the Session of a North Central Iowa Presbytery congregation, and the date of approval and the signature of the Clerk of Session must be included (electronic signature is preferred, but the signature can be typed if necessary).

8. The Mission Partnership Grant Consultation will be held March 1, 2025 from 9:00 a.m.-noon via Zoom. A representative from the sponsoring congregation must be present at the Consultation meeting. Otherwise, the application will not be considered. All presentations will be via Zoom so the representative must be able to use Zoom.

9. A summary of the work accomplished with the grant money must be completed by December 15, 2025.

Mission Partnership Grant Application

Mission Plan Title(Required)

Congregation(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Date of Session Approval(Required)

Signature of Clerk of Session(Required)

Contact Person(Required)

First Last

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION

Please be brief

1. How many years has this project received grant money from the Presbytery?(Required)

2. How will this project help your congregation witness to the kingdom of God in the world?(Required)

3. How much total income do you need in order to fulfill the purpose of this mission project?(Required)

4. How much funding are you requesting from North Central Iowa Presbytery? (Projects funded for 3 years or less may request up to $2,000; renewal projects that have been funded for more than three years can request up to $1,000.)(Required)

5. How much financial support will your congregation give to this project?(Required)

6. Is this a matching fund?(Required)

Yes

If this is not a matching fund, please explain.(Required)

7. How many other congregations or organizations—Presbyterian or otherwise—will participate in your mission plan? Please list the other sponsors of this project, and the amounts of funding you have received.(Required)

Example: First Presbyterian Church- $100

8. How many people from your congregation will be involved?(Required)

9. Approximately how many hours will be contributed by them to this mission?(Required)

10. Please include a 250-500 word narrative, telling us:

a. Describe the purpose and goal of this project. How does this project fit with the mission of your congregation?

b. What excites your congregation about doing this project? Approximately how many people from your congregation are involved?

c. What is the general nature and timing of the mission plan (i.e. multi-year, season of the year)?

d. If this is an ongoing project, please share with us what you have accomplished so far. (Please make this narrative interesting by including pictures, etc.)

Please describe.(Required)

At the MISSION PARTNERSHIP CONSULTATION, please be prepared to speak for five minutes about your project. You should be ready to answer these questions:

- How will this mission plan fulfill the stated mission of your congregation?
- Give us your three best reasons to say “YES!” to this project.
- How do you intend to share your project with other congregations in the Presbytery in 2025?

Mission Partnership Grant Application

DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION

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