First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church Outreach Grant Fund Ministry

Click here for sample of the OGFM Application forms

As an act of stewardship, the First Presbyterian Church has created an Outreach Fund using interest earned from Trust Funds. Grants for the development and support of innovative and inspiring outreach programs are awarded to qualified applicants. The Outreach Fund awards between $35,000 and $50,000 annually, for 6 to 15 small grants ranging from $500. to $10,000. each.

An Outreach Fund Ministry, a sub-committee of the Mission Ministry of First Presbyterian Church, Galveston, receives, reviews and makes recommendations on qualified proposals. Members of our church are involved in many community organizations; priority is given to proposals from these organizations.

Deadline for 2008 grant letters of intent was March 9, 2008.

Previous Grant Recipients

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2008 Calendar of Events for Funding Projects

Below is the calendar of events that determines how the process of selecting and funding projects will be carried out.

Date	Activity
January	Annual Announcement to the Congregation and other interested parties of the Request for Proposals
Thursday, March 6, 2008	Deadline for receipt of Letters of Intent
Last Week in March 2008	Completion of review of Letters of Intent. Each submission will be notified whether or not they should submit a full proposal.
Thursday, April 24, 2008	Deadline for receipt of completed applications.
Fourth Thursday in May (in 2008, May 22)	The final approval of the projects to be funded is completed by the Session, the governing board of Galveston First Presbyterian Church. Subsequent to this approval, successful applicants will be notified and negotiations on a contract will begin. On completion of the contract, disbursement of funds can begin. The contract will spell out the disbursement schedule which should be completed within 12 months and reporting requirements.
Early June	Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to the applicants.

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