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Funding application’s Primary Focus shall be either for a Christian Charity or Christian Education initiative that targets to enhance the ministry of God’s church.
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Grant Applicant must be a Qualified Donee for the application year, i.e. they must provide a valid Registered Charity Business Number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency.
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Funding applications can be made to support start-up or one-time initiatives but will not be considered if they are primarily in support of base budgets.
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Funding applications shall be for one year only and shall be for no more than $25,000. (a Qualified Donee is not restricted from submitting a separate application in subsequent years but each application will be judged individually on the criteria stated herein)
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Funding application for a capital project shall be in support of a clearly defined program or purpose and shall not be for more than 1/3 of the project’s total cost to a maximum Grant of $10,000.00.
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Preference will be given to requests from Lutheran organizations.
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Within the group of requests from Lutheran organizations, preference will be given to those from the Synod of Alberta & the Territories congregations or organizations and other ELCIC congregations or organizations.
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All applications shall provide a financial break down totaling the grant request amount of how funds will be expended.
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All successful applicants shall provide a report to LTE&BSC by September 30 of the following year of how the initiative went including an accounting of how the money was spent.
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Unspent funds are to be returned to LTE&BSC.