Marge Christie Fund grant application

To initiate a Marge Christie Fund grant application, please fill out and submit this form.

The people designated as the Lead and Project Contacts will receive an email with further instructions and two links:

a link to a downloadable Excel spreadsheet with worksheets that must be completed;

a link to a Dropbox to upload the spreadsheet plus any supporting materials.
IMPORTANT: So that we can match the uploaded receipts to your application, please include the Submission ID # given in your email and your church name and town in each receipt's file name. For example:
[Submission ID #]-StSwithins-Swamp-1.pdf
[Submission ID #]-StSwithins-Swamp-2.pdf
etc.

If you don’t see this email in your inbox, check your spam filter for an email from episcopalhouse @ dioceseofnewark.org.

DEADLINE: All submission materials must be received by 12 noon on March 15.

Notice to all applicants: Effective January 1, 2023 The Diocesan Council has implemented a cap of $5,000 on requests to the Marge Christie Fund. Also being implemented from Diocesan Council's resolution of December 14, 2022, that applicants may apply for no more than three consecutive years (for a given project) and may only reapply after a hiatus of one year.

Church name & town: *

If application is for an outside organization or partnership of churches, select "Other" and enter name(s) below.

If "Other" selected, enter name(s): *

Check as many as apply:

Congregation

501c3

Diocesan Initiative

First Time Applicant

Lead contact: Name: *

Email: *

Phone: *

Project contact: Name: *

Email: *

Phone: *

Project name: *

Project location: *

If not on church premises, please name other location:

Project $ amount requested: *

(Not to exceed $5,000)

Total Congregational/Organizational budget: *

For current year

Dates covered by this budget: *

Format: mm/dd/yyyy - mm/dd/yyyy

Total project budget: * $

Dates covered by project budget: *

Format: mm/dd/yyyy - mm/dd/yyyy

Describe your congregation’s missional/revitalization goals and/or mission: *

How does your congregation understand its unique context and missional calling?

Please describe the needs of the community that you work to address, and the population that your congregation serves or seeks to engage: *

Include as applicable: geographic location, socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical ability and language.

How will this grant be used? *

Define the population that you plan to serve and how this population will benefit from the project, including number to be served: *

Explain how the program or project will aid your congregation’s missional/revitalization goals: *

What do you hope will be different as a result of this initiative?

Describe the goals and objectives of the project: *

Describe the strategies that you will employ to implement the project: *

Describe your congregation’s proposed participation and present support for the project, including congregation’s financial investment: *

Have you developed relationships with others serving the same needs or population or with other congregations?

How is the project to be managed and by whom: *

How will members of the congregation be involved?

Anticipated project length: *

Sustainability. What plans do you have for funding this project, both for this granting cycle and in the future? *

Evaluation. Please explain how you will measure the effectiveness of your activities: *

Describe your criteria for a successful program and the results you expect to have achieved by the end of the funding period.

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