Impact Grant Application

Impact Grant Application

The District Mission Council is charged with the local distribution of an annual budget allocation from the Pacific Southwest District Board of Directors. In coordination with the District, the local DMC will work to coordinate and evaluate the applications of Grantees. The DMC has the freedom and authority to distribute three types of funding: Innovation, Incubation, and Impact Grants. This is the 2024 Mission Grant Application form that you will use to apply for an Impact grant for this coming year.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU AS YOU APPLY FOR A GRANT.

The Impact Grant is designed to offer an emerging ministry significant funding support to build the systems and capacity necessary to grow and sustain a congregation, school, or mission agency. The District Mission Council offers funds up to $50,000 to supplement your budget to build your ministry to this kind of scale. Keep in mind that the District Mission Council will want to see applications that include detailed plans to further develop sustainable and self-supporting Christian ministry anchored in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ideally this ministry has grown from an innovative idea, well incubated and well poised to keep reaching people in your community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that your ministry will be a healthy model for the inspiration and development of others within our District.

The District Mission Council (DMC) members are representative of the diverse regions and cultures of our District. They are is charged with the local distribution of an annual budget allocation from the Pacific Southwest District Board of Directors. The DMC operates on a bi-annual grant application and distribution model. The DMC meets in February and September to consider grant requests and evaluate the progress of grant recipients. Grant funds are distributed via EFT over a 12-month period beginning in March and October respectively. Please be on time with your applications and progress reports and be willing to share stories of what God is doing in your ministry.

May God bless you as move forward in the mission of Christ!

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Impact Grant Description

Impact Grants are designed to offer significant funding to support the building of systems and capacity necessary for a healthy, sustainable, and self-sufficient congregation, school, or mission agency.
Provide a BRIEF Description of the Ministry (a more detailed description required below)
I believe this project qualifies for an Impact Grant (up to $50,000)

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Tell us about your community. Who are your neighbors and what are some of their greatest needs?
Is there a sponsoring congregation or agency of your ministry? Please explain how your ministry is accountable to your sponsoring congregation or agency.

Provide a detailed description of your Ministry

Definitions of the Vision Frame from Will Mancini, Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement. San Francisco, CA: Josey Bass, 2008.
What is the VISION for this ministry for the next five years?
(This is the living language that anticipates and illustrates a picture of God’s better immediate future as a result of this ministry.)
What is the MISSION?
A clear and concise statement that defines what the ministry is ultimately supposed to be doing.
What are the VALUES?
The shared convictions that motivate starting this ministry, guiding your actions and revealing your strengths.
What is the STRATEGY?
The process or picture that demonstrates how you work toward accomplishing your mission in the broadest terms.
What are the MEASURES?
A set of attributes that define advancement in the steps toward accomplishing your mission
Based on the measurable outcomes you described, how will you measure progress quarterly?

Current Statistics

Attach a report of the relevant statistics for your congregation, school, or ministry for the past two years. These may include membership, attendance, baptisms/affirmations of faith, enrollment, staffing, community connections, etc. Guidelines for both congregational and school statistics are available through the District Staff. Please include your statistical goals
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Current and Projected Budget

It is necessary that the RMC fully understands how will your mission be supported financially in the coming year. Please attach your current and projected budget for last year, including a detailed income and expense report. DO NOT include the amount of this Grant Application.
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Describe the financial blessings and challenges you expect.
Describe your additional funding sources, and provide documentation or other proof of these sources.
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Describe the support and partnerships you will have from local congregations and circuit. Provide documentation or other proof of this support and partnerships.
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Explain in specific detail how the granted funds will be used to Impact your ministry and the community you serve.

Important Information for Grant Recipients

If your application for an Impact grant is approved, it is important to understand the mutual partnership and responsibilities we share in this process:

1.Progress Reports are MANDATORY - The award of an Impact Grant is a sacred trust. You will receive funds that have been given toward the advance of the Kingdom mission of Christ, and those who faithfully gave these gifts are anxious to hear of their impact for the Gospel. To that end, you are obligated to fully comply with these reporting requirements as well as to fully cooperate requests for information from the District Mission Council.

Progress reports shall be submitted electronically no later than August 15 and December 15. These reports will include the scope of the mission, your intended results, the actual results, and a significant story of a life being transformed by the Gospel.

2.Responsibilities Related to Employees - While it is NOT recommended that funds are used to hire or retain personnel (whether called church workers or lay persons) please understand that these individuals will be and remain your employees and not employees of the District or Synod. You are responsible for procuring and maintaining all necessary insurance coverage (including, but not limited to, worker’s compensation, disability and unemployment insurance) as well as any other benefits.

3.Grant Contingencies - Although we hope to carry out our mission pledge to you in full, please realize that the amount granted may be subject to budgetary or other exigent circumstances which may make it necessary to reduce, defer, or terminate this grant. Upon receiving your approved grant, you will acknowledge that the grant is “at will”, that the grant may reduced, deferred and/or discontinued at any time for any reason, at the District Mission Council’s sole discretion, and is not a promise of continued or future financial support. Additionally the grant is subject to termination and/or deferral should you fail to fulfill your reporting requirements and cooperation obligation to the District and/or to the District Mission Council. The recipient of the grant also agrees to provide the DMC with any information or additional reports that may be requested.

The District Mission Council and the Pacific Southwest District-LCMS thank you for your enthusiasm and passion for reaching the lost with the good news of Jesus Christ. You are in our prayers!
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Impact Grant Application

Impact Grant Description

Provide a detailed description of your Ministry