Potential+Grantmakers

Name: **Foundation Center**

Description: multi-faceted resources for grant-seekers including training, listings, and networks []

“Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs.”

Name: **//Philanthropy News Digest//, a service of the Foundation Center**

Description: newsletter/online publication []

Name: **990 Finder**

Description: the federal tax form that all grant-makers have to complete for tax purposes which lists who received money and how much []

Name: **//National Guide to Funding in Religion// by the Foundation Center**

Description: text, 7th edition available at: []

Name: **//The Catholic Funding Guide: A Directory of Resources for Catholic Activities// by the** **Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, Inc. (FADICA)**

Description: text, online (6th edition now available) FADICA is a nonprofit association working to strengthen and promote Catholic philanthropy. []

Name of Resource: **Grant makers without Borders** Description: [] Grantmakers Without Borders is a network of public and private foundations as well as individual donors who practice [|global social change philanthropy]. We invite you to [|join us] in providing resources to help make another world possible.

Name of Resource: ** Hartford Institute for Religious Research ** Description: [|http://hirr.hartsem.edu] A wide variety of sources in religion including materials such as books and workshops on grant writing.

Name of Resource: **Pew Charitable Trust**

Description: [], []
 * Pew Research Center**, a Pew subsidiary and a nonpartisan "fact tank" based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

__Center and Institutes__ Name of Funder: **The Louisville Institute**

Description: [] The Louisville Institute offers grants to support both pastoral sabbaticals and research by scholar/pastors and scholar/educators that strengthen the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological scholarship. These grant programs aim to serve three strategic constituencies whose competence and well being are essential to the future of the church: pastors, younger scholars, and researchers and scholars for the broader church. In doing so, they also seek to advance our understanding of three issues of importance to both church and academy: Christian faith and life, pastoral leadership, and religious institutions.

Type of funding: pastoral sabbaticals and research, dissertations

Funding Amounts Available: varies, $10,000-19,000

Funding source: Lilly Endowment Inc.

Related Areas of Interest: to bring together academics, pastors, and other religious leaders on behalf of North American Christians and their churches; religious life in North America

Specific Grant Programs: The [|Sabbatical Grants for Pastoral Leaders Program] provides pastoral leaders with sustained periods of time for rest, renewal, and reflective engagement with their life and work and issues related to contemporary religious leadership. Grants of $10,000 or $15,000 support sabbaticals of eight or twelve weeks respectively. Deadline: September 1 [|View Previously Awarded Grants]
 * Sabbatical Grants for Pastoral Leaders**

The [|Pastoral Study Project Program] offers pastoral leaders opportunity to conduct serious investigation of issues related to Christian life, faith, and ministry. Grants of up to $15,000 are available for study projects involving full or partial leave from the responsibilities of ministry. Deadline: August 15 [|View Previously Awarded Grants]
 * Pastoral Study Project**

The [|Dissertation Fellowship Program] offers $19,000 grants to support the final year of Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertation writing for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity, especially projects related to the current program priorities of the Louisville Institute. Deadline: February 1 [|View Previously Awarded Grants] (9 awarded in 2009 and also in 2008)
 * Dissertation Fellowship**

To apply: []

Name of Funder: **The Wabash Center**

Description: [] The Wabash Center supports teachers of religion and theology in higher education through meetings and workshops, grants, a journal and other resources to make accessible the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Type of Funding/Amounts Available: Small Project Grants (up to $2,500) Project Grants (up to $20,000)

Funding source: All Wabash Center programs are funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.

Related Areas of Interest: The Wabash Center gives grants to accredited universities, colleges, or seminaries in the United States and Canada and occasionally to non-profit organizations providing services to improve teaching and learning at such institutions. The Wabash Center provides funds for projects that enhance teaching and learning in the fields of religion or theology. It seeks to fund: • projects that improve the practical application of teaching and learning methods • projects that create supportive environments for teachers • projects that promote a sustained conversation about pedagogy

A grant project might involve a meeting of scholars from different schools, regions, denominations, or subject areas.

A grant project might focus on a topic such as syllabi, teaching strategies, student learning styles, articulating outcomes and objectives, assessment, teaching as a vocation, teaching cultures, mentoring, creating learning communities, or ministerial formation.

A grant project might create a faculty development program, or a program for a doctoral institution to help its students prepare for teaching careers.

Specific Grant Programs:
 * Small Project Grants** :have a short application procedure and can be approved anytime throughout the year, up to $2,500, group or individual projects, less elaborate application procedure, submit an online application form, attach a brief letter describing the project, include a budget of expected expenditures, and a budget narrative that explains how the budget figures were determined

Application Timeline: small projects (on-going), Project Grants January 1, May 1, September 1 To Apply: []
 * Project Grants:** require a full application process and are awarded at three different times during the year, up to $20,000

Name of Funder: **The Fund for Theological Education (FTE)**

Description: [] FTE offers support to help gifted young people explore and respond to God's calling in their lives. Our mission is to advance excellence as we encourage caring, capable and courageous young adults from diverse backgrounds on their journey to become pastors and scholars—the next generation of leaders for the church.

Funding Amounts Available: varies, from $2,500-18,000

Funding source: Lilly Endowment Inc.

Related Areas of Interest: Undergraduates exploring ministry, seminary students, African-American Ph.D./Th.D. scholars, racial/ethnic minority background scholars

Specific Grant Programs: FTE supports outstanding African-American students pursuing graduate degrees in religion, theological studies, and religious studies. Diversity is crucial to the vitality of the academy and the Christian church. A strong presence of African-American faculty in the nation's theological schools in particular is needed to serve today's diverse student body, to attract and inspire outstanding candidates for ministry, and to contribute to broad, deep and inclusive teaching and research. The program offers two kinds of fellowships: Application deadline: March 1, 2010
 * FTE Doctoral Fellowships for African-Americans**
 * [|**Doctoral Fellowships:**] to recruit more African-American doctoral degree candidates and support them in the first year of their graduate programs.
 * [|**Dissertation Fellowships:**] to help African-American doctoral students successfully complete their dissertations and move toward faculty positions in theological schools and seminaries.

To apply: [] Application deadline: February 1, 2010

North American Doctoral Fellowships are for talented students from racial and ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in graduate education who are currently enrolled in Ph.D. or Th.D. programs in religion, theological studies, or biblical studies. The fellowship provides financial assistance to outstanding candidates who might not otherwise have the means to complete their studies.
 * Racial/Ethnic Ph.D./Th.D. scholars**

To apply: [] Application Deadline: March 1, 2010

Name of Funder/Resource: **National Humanities Center**

Description: [] The National Humanities Center is the only major independent American institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities. Privately incorporated and governed by a distinguished board of trustees from academic, professional, and public life, the Center was planned under the auspices of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and began operation in 1978. It provides a national focus for the best work in the liberal arts, drawing attention to the enduring value of ancient and modern history, language and literature, ethical and moral reflection, artistic and cultural traditions, and critical thought in every area of humanistic investigation. By encouraging excellence in scholarship, the Center seeks to insure the continuing strength of the liberal arts and to affirm the importance of the humanities in American life.

Funding Amounts Available: varies, depending on fellow’s need; generally provides one-half salary and travel costs.

Related Areas of Interest: The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies and history; English literature; art history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology.

To apply: []

Application Timeline: October 15 prior to academic year

Name of Funder: **Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University**

Description: [|www.radcliffe.edu] The mission of the Radcliffe Institute is to create an academic community where individuals can pursue advanced work in any of the academic disciplines, professions, or creative arts. Within that broad purpose, it sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society.

Funding Amounts Available: up to $65,000/year, with additional funds for other costs

Funding source: affiliate of Harvard University

Related Areas of Interest: Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2011 through May 31, 2012. Visual artists and film, video, sound, and new media artists may apply to come for one semester only. The stipend is $32,500. Fellows are expected to be free of their regular commitments so they may devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal. Since this is a residential fellowship, we expect fellows to reside in the Boston area during that period and to have their primary office at the Institute so that they can participate fully in the life of the community.

Application Timeline: May 3, 2010 for Academic Year 2011-2012

__Foundations__

Name of Funder/Resource: **PORTICUS North America**

Description: [] The Porticus North America Foundation seeks to enrich the life of the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Canada and to support the Church's outreach to the marginalized and disadvantaged. Our work falls into three priority areas: 1) renewal of the pastoral life of the Catholic Church; 2) social service and outreach to disadvantaged families and communities; 3) Catholic education and faith formation.

Funding Amounts Available: Most funding requests range between $20,000 & $50,000.

Related Areas of Interest: The Foundation is interested in projects in a number of areas of Church activity. In the area of // Church renewal ,// the Foundation supports projects that promote 1) spirituality of the laity ; 2) high quality religious & lay leadership ; 3) vital parish life ; 4) Hispanic ministry ; 5) pastoral research; 6) planning; 7) consultation. In the area of // social service and outreach //, the Foundation is interested in projects that: 1) provide direct service to those in need; 2) strengthen family life within disadvantaged populations. In the area of // education and formation ,// the Foundation looks for projects that: 1) promote quality religious education; 2) create access to Catholic education; 3) strengthen the religious identity of Catholic institutions; 4) encourage effective Catholic campus ministry. To apply: []   Timeline: February 1 for consideration in the spring cycle. July 1 for consideration in the fall.

Name of Funder/Resource: **Raskob Foundation**

Description: [] The Raskob Foundation is an independent private Catholic family foundation. We make grants and loans worldwide for projects and programs associated with the Catholic Church.

Funding Amounts Available: $1,000- 90,000

Related Areas of Interest: []

The Foundation **//does not accept//** applications for the following purposes:
 * 1) Tuition, Scholarships or Fellowships
 * 2) Reduction of Debt
 * 3) Endowment Funds
 * 4) Grants made by other grantmaking organizations
 * 5) Individual Scholarly Research
 * 6) Lobbying or Legislation
 * 7) Projects completed prior to our Board Meetings (mid-May and late November)

Specific Programs: For examples of funded programs, see: []

To apply: []

Timeline: Applications are accepted between December 8 and February 8 for our May Meeting and between June 8 and August 8 for our November Meeting.

Name of Funder/Resource: **Luce Foundation**

Description: [] The Henry Luce Foundation seeks to bring important ideas to the center of American life, strengthen international understanding, and foster innovation and leadership in academic, policy, religious and art communities.

Funding Amounts Available: varies, from $5,000-30,000

Related Areas of Interest: The program seeks to foster excellence in theological scholarship, and to strengthen the links among theological research, churches and wider publics. //The fellowships are administered by the Association of Theological Schools (see below.)//

Specific Programs: The **Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology** **program** is designed to encourage high-quality research that promises both to contribute to theological inquiry and to provide leadership in theological scholarship. Since its inception in 1994, the program has funded intellectually rigorous research projects that emphasize the interdisciplinary character of theological scholarship and education, and address the needs of the academy, communities of faith, and the wider society. The fellowship enables each Fellow to conduct year-long research in one of several areas of theological inquiry ( Bible and the Church, Christianity and Contemporary Culture, Christianity and World Religions/World Christianity, Constructive Theology, History of Christianity and the Church Today, Ministry and Practice of Communities of Faith .) In addition, Fellows present their findings at a yearly conference, and in both scholarly and popular journals. Interdisciplinary research and research appropriate to the multiple audiences and diverse discourses of theological scholarship are particularly encouraged. Applicants to The Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology program must be full-time faculty at ATS accredited or candidate schools.

To apply: []

Application Timeline: not noted

Name of Funder/Resource: **Association of Theological Schools**

Description: //[|www.ats.edu]// The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) is a membership organization of more than 250 graduate schools that conduct post-baccalaureate professional and academic degree programs to educate persons for the practice of ministry and for teaching and research in the theological disciplines. The Commission on Accrediting of ATS accredits the schools and approves the degree programs they offer.

Funding Amounts Available: (see below)

Related Areas of Interest: The **Lilly Theological Research Grants** program, inaugurated in 1996 and revised in 2001 and 2008, is designed to enhance the skill and capacity of faculty in ATS schools as theological researchers and scholars. It supports research efforts of faculty, particularly at junior and non-tenured levels in order to nurture the development of their scholarship; seeks to enlarge the pool of faculty actively engaged as theological researchers; works to increase knowledge about grant seeking and the craft of theological research; and nurtures the habit of research as an ongoing aspect of scholarly life.

Specific Programs: The ATS Lilly Theological Research Grants program has four components: Each grant type supports researchers engaged in well-designed and significant research projects in theological scholarship and education. Applicants to the Lilly Theological Research Grants program must be full-time faculty at ATS accredited and candidate schools.
 * Faculty Fellowships will support up to six faculty members with awards of $30,000 each during an institutionally approved research leave of at least one full semester.
 * Theological Scholars Grants will provide as many as six grants of up to $12,000 each for research apart from a formal research leave.
 * Research Expense Grants will give up to $5,000 each to as many as six scholars for direct research expenses.
 * Collaborative Research Grants will provide grants of up to $16,000 each to as many as four collaborative research projects.

To apply: []

Application timeline: January prior to academic year

Name of Funder: **Ford Foundation**

Description: []

Funding Amounts Available: up to $21,000

Related Areas of Interest: diversity, international, individuals or groups

Specific Program: The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) is a unique effort to identify emerging leaders from marginalized communities outside the United States. IFP fellows represent historically disadvantaged groups, including racial, ethnic and religious minorities and people living with disabilities. The program was established in 2001; by 2014, it will have selected approximately 4,300 fellows from 22 eligible countries for three years of advanced study. IFP is financed by the largest single grant in the history of the Ford Foundation—$280 million. An additional $75 million commitment was made in 2006. Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program applicants must be resident nationals or residents of an eligible IFP country or territory. Currently, these are: Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam. In 2009, final selections were held in Brazil, Russia, the Philippines and Palestine. All other sites will hold their final selections in 2010. IFP selects Fellows on the strength of their clearly-stated intention to serve their communities and countries of origin, and expects that they will honor this obligation.
 * International Fellowships Program **

To apply: All applications must be submitted to the appropriate [|IFP International Partner] in the country or region where the applicant resides.

Application Timeline: varies The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase faculty diversity at the nation's colleges and universities. Fellowship grants are made at the pre-doctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to become a professor. Only U.S. citizens or nationals are eligible. Through its Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
 * Diversity Fellowships **

To apply: []

Application Timeline: November of prior academic year __Florida-based foundations__

Name of funder: **Marian Park Deaver and Harry Gilbert Deaver Foundation** c/o Wachovia Bank, Capital Management Group 975 south Federal Highway Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-750-1040 Description: FADICA Funding Amount Available: varied, from $380 up to $100,000 Related Areas of Interest: higher education To apply: First Union National Bank of Florida, 561-750-1040 Timeline: no formal application procedure

Name of funder: **Jeffer**s**on Lee Ford III Memorial Foundation, Inc.** c/o sun Trust Bank, Inc. Trust Dept. 9600 Collins Avenue Bell Harbour, FL 33154 305-868-2668 Description: FADICA Funding Amount Available: $250-10,000 Related Area of Interest: higher education To apply: initial approach should be by letter

Name of funder: **Robert G. Friedman Foundation, Inc.** 76 Ila Bahia Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-351-9000 Description: FADICA Funding Amount Available: $15-120,000 Related Area of Interest: higher education To apply: application form not required

Name of funder: **McKeen Fund** c/o Bessemer Trust Company of Florida 222 Royal Palm way Palm Beach, FL 33480 561-655-4030 Description: FADICA Funding Amount Available:$500-100,000 Related Area of Interest: universities To apply: Initial approach should be by letter. Applicant should submit supporting documentation and copy of IRs Determination letter.

Name of funder: **Mary Jane Crowe Foundation** c/o Bank of America, N.A. 231 south LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60697 312-828-5554 Contact: M. Catherine Ryan Description: FADICA Funding Amount Available: $150-$715,000 Related Area of Interest: emphasis on Illinois and Florida; primarily higher education To apply: Initial approach should be by letter. Applicant should submit: 1) purpose for which grant will be used, 2) amount of requested funds, and 3) copy of IRs Determination letter. Timeline: no deadline

Name of funder: **The Holt Family Foundation, Ltd.** P.O. Bo 88 Elm Grove, WI 53122 Contact: Wayne G. Holt, President Description: FADICA Funding Amount Available: $500- $20,000 Related Area of Interest: primarily Florida and Wisconsin; higher education To apply: Application form not required. Written request proving information on organization and use of funds.

Name of Funder/Resource: **Lilly Endowment, Inc.**

Description: [], [] Major North American funder of religious initiatives since the 1930’s. The Lilly endowment is drawn from stock in the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company. Both the company and the endowment are based in Indianapolis. Craig Dykstra is the Senior Religion Program Officer; Chris Coble and John Wimmer are associates within the religion division. Lilly funds many project directly, particularly large-scale projects or initiatives. In addition, it also provides large grants to separate grant-makers such as the Louisville Institute, which in turn funds applicants in the area of religion. The list below includes some of the organizations funded by Lilly’s Religion Division: The Alban Institute - **www.alban.org** (offers congregational support) American Religion Data Archive - **www.thearda.com** (data) Association of Theological Schools - **www.ats.edu** (network) Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (Calvin College) - **www.calvin.edu/worship** Congregational Resource Guide - **www.congregationalresources.org** (offers congregational support) The Fund for Theological Education - **www.thefund.org** (fellowships, minorities) Indianapolis Center for Congregations - **www.centerforcongregations.org** (offers congregational support) Lilly Fellows Program (Valparaiso University) - **www.lillyfellows.org** (fellowships, youth) The Louisville Institute - **www.louisville-institute.org** (grants for pastors/scholars) Practicing Our Faith - **www.practicingourfaith.com** (spirituality resources) The Pulpit & Pew Project (Duke Divinity School) - **www.pulpitandpew.duke.edu** (research) Religion & Ethics Newsweekly - **www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/index.html** (online news) Resources for American Christianity - **www.resourcingchristianity.org** The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion - **www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu** Auburn Theological Seminary - Center for the Study of Theological Education - **www.auburnsem.org/study/?nsectionid=2** (research) Faith Communities Today (Hartford Seminary) - **www.fact.hartsem.edu** (research) U.S. Congregational Life Survey - **www.uscongregations.org** (research) Explore Ministry - **www.exploreministry.org** (resources) National Study of Youth and Religion - **www.youthandreligion.org** (research) Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation - **www.ptev.org** (variety of programs)