CBA Hub Grant Application Form

Funded by a Lilly Endowment Hub Grant, the CBA is administering two major programs in 2027 and 2028 to further clergy wellness. Participants in grant funded programs must meet the definition of clergy in your plan document.

To learn more about why we are asking certain questions, check out these documents:

• Why are you asking that question in the Full Scale Denominational Grant application?
• Why are you asking that question in the Be Still and Know Grant Application?
• Glossary of terms found in CBA grant applications

There is a "save" button at the bottom of each page so that you may save your responses, and come back to continue filling out the application at a later time. 

Provide the contact information for the financial officer or corporate treasurer who will be signing the grant agreement and will be responsible for financial reporting.

Based on the aggregate benefit plan assets under management, including pension, retirement, health, and welfare plan assets as of 12/31/2025. For group health plans:

• For self-insured plans, use the greater of health plan assets or annual health plan claims paid.
• For fully insured plans, use the total annual premium spend as the asset base.
• Please exclude non-plan assets such as funds managed for institutional investors, relief and charitable programs, operating reserves, or other non-benefit plan assets.

You may apply for both of the following grants. Select either grant application box to begin the process. After completing the form for the grant selected, you will have the option to either submit the one proposal (if only applying for one grant), or select the option to fill out a proposal for the other grant before submitting both proposals.

Be Still and Know Grants are available to clergy for a month’s additional leave from their congregational context any given year. These grants target clergy serving smaller congregations that do not afford clergy a sabbatical (3 months away) nor have the capacity to apply for Christian Theological Seminary's Clergy Renewal Program, funded by the Lilly Endowment. Criteria for these grants are: clergy serving congregations with budgets approximately less than $200,000 (may vary slightly based on denomination) and have an average worship attendance of less than 125.

The month must be taken all at once. The month of leave is not intended to replace the pastor’s normal vacation and/or sick leave during the calendar year. The resources up to $5,000 should be used to provide for self-care for the pastor and the pastor’s family, or as needed, congregational care and pulpit supply costs. Funds cannot be used for capital improvements.

This leave time is not about producing or fixing anything. It is designed for rest, for reconnecting with their spouse, playing with their children, visiting with friends they haven’t seen in ages, taking a trip with an aging parent, or visiting a place they’ve always wanted to see but simply did not have the funds or time. It’s designed to “be still and know”- words from Scripture that speak deeply to who they are as God’s beloved.

Organizations that receive funding will be required to collect survey data using a brief 10 question evaluation (provided by CBA) at the close of the sabbatical.