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2011 Funding Objectives

ANGLICAN COMMUNION IN AFRICA

Target Allocation: $997,724

Funding supports the Anglican Communion in Africa to be self-sustaining, engaged in deeply mutual partnerships, and acting for and with the next generation as agents of change in local communities to bring about God’s Mission. Grants will be awarded for up to two years, except in the case of conferences. Special consideration will be given to programs that involve young people and future leaders in planning and implementation. Application Deadlines are February 1, August 1, and November 1.

Program emphases include:

Leadership & Contextual Education to develop strong local leaders — lay, clergy, and bishops — through Leadership/Community Organizing training, Theological Education by Extension (TEE), and Program Management training to enable leaders to organize their communities for transformational change.

Microfinance & Vocational Training to improve the quality of life for the next generation of women and young people. Grantees will be matched with a regional ‘learning partner’ to provide technical assistance.

Peacebuilding & Reconciliation to support the integral role of the Church and the next generation in building community and promoting reconciliation in countries experiencing or emerging from conflict. The Grants Program will also support prophetic voices for peace in situations of serious social or political instability.

Financial Sustainability & Stewardship to strengthen the Church’s financial resources for mission through investments and stewardship. Funding is available for feasibility studies or for income generation projects, after a feasibility study (funded independently or by Trinity) is completed.

Feasibility Studies
Studies should explore two income-generation project possibilities. The Grants Program will fund up to 90% of the total cost of a feasibility study, up to $25,000. The remainder should be paid for by the diocese/province.

Feasibility study requests should include:

• Curriculum vitae (CV) for the independent consultant who will conduct the study
• A detailed description (see following list) of the income-generation opportunity to be studied and an alternative
• A list of the leadership committee(s) overseeing the project (A majority should be laity with relevant expertise)
• A description of the committee’s reflection/study process and how the two income- generation possibilities were chosen
• Expense and income budget for the study
• Financial statements for the previous year, including sources of income and most recent audit
• Contact information for the planning committee chair
• Feasibility study plan and timeline

Complete feasibility studies will include:

• Description of the business: the product or services to be offered
• Market feasibility: a study of the industry, current market, anticipated future market potential, competition, sales projections, and potential buyers
• Technical feasibility: how you will deliver a product or service (i.e., materials, labor, transportation, where your business will be located, technology needed, etc.).
• Financial feasibility: projecting how much start-up capital is needed, identifying sources of capital, and estimating returns on investment, or profit.
• Organizational feasibility: the legal and corporate structure of the business (including local Anglican professionals with relevant skills who will contribute their expertise).

Income-Generation Projects
Projects that support an Anglican diocese, Province, or institution, and for which a feasibility study has been completed (whether independently or through a Trinity grant), will be eligible. Special consideration will be given to provinces and regional groups of dioceses working together. Funding can be up to 75% of a proposed income- generation project, not including purchase of land, up to $200,000. The remainder should be paid for by the grantee. Income-generation requests should include:

• Description of a stewardship/community mobilization plan to contribute financial, technological, and/or human resources
• Description of partners (community groups, financial institutions, and/or other provinces/ dioceses) who will participate in the project, and their roles
• Plan for evaluation of the project
• CV/biographical information for the program’s administrator
• Financial statements for the previous year, including sources of income and most recent audit

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Target Allocation: $462,000

Telecommunications funding seeks to strengthen the Anglican Communion’s capacity for Mission through access to data and information. A primary focus is funding the creation of databases and online libraries for seminaries and other Anglican/ Episcopal institutions in the Global South with limited funding for communication technology, such as internet access and email, in newly created provinces and dioceses.

GLOBAL PARTNERS

Target Allocation: $101,850

The Global Partners program seeks to strengthen ties within the Anglican Communion through mission-based partnerships.

Eligible Partnerships include Episcopal Church (TEC) with ‘Global South’ and ‘South with South’ partnerships, whether between provinces, dioceses, seminaries, parishes or Mothers Union (MU)/Episcopal Church Women (ECW) groups. A covenanted companion relationship is not required. In this context, the term ‘Global South’ refers to developing countries in Africa, Asia/ Oceania, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Mutual Learning & Shared Mission programs will bring together two or more Episcopal/ Anglican partners for shared learning and work. Each partner should clearly identify the ways in which they will participate in the project and how the experience will enhance their ministry. Special consideration will be given to projects that bring together common ministries — HIV/ AIDS ministries, literacy ministries, or gender ministries — to learn from each other. Possible areas of partnership include but are not limited to lay leadership development, income-generation, development, hunger/poverty, primary education, gender equality, or environmental sustainability.

Funding limitations

In addition to the Grants Program-wide limitations, Global Partners funding will not support requests for the following:

• Programs that do not have the active involvement and participation of at least two Anglican/Episcopal church jurisdictions.
• Expenses associated with trips from the U.S. to the Global South, EXCEPT economy- class round-trip airfare. U.S. to the Global South economy-class round trip airfare and ALL ‘South to South’ or ‘South to U.S.’ trip expenses are eligible.
• Staffing costs for U.S.-based personnel.

METROPOLITAN NEW YORK

Target Allocation: $787,500

The goal is to strengthen the Episcopal Church to raise a generation of leaders who are healthy, productive, and empathetic by: (1) providing a true education to youth and (2) forging the economic opportunities that can support them as adults.

Providing Equal Access to a True Education by strengthening public schools through grassroots involvement of Episcopal faith communities and their allies. The total suggested commitment is $2 million in grants over four years.

Supporting Jobs & Economic Opportunity by identifying effective ways the Episcopal Church can increase access to living-wage jobs and economic opportunity for young people between the ages of 16 and 24. A particular focus is the seven New York City neighborhoods that provide more than fifty-percent of the inmates at New York State prisons. The total suggested commitment is $1 million in grants over four years and $2 million in program- related investments.

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Target Allocation: $382,000

Young Adult Spirituality – Investments in young adult service initiatives that offer opportunities for full-time service and life within intentional spiritual community, with a particular focus on the launch of new program sites sponsored by Episcopal dioceses, congregations, or affiliated agencies.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY

Special Opportunity proposals are received by invitation only when Trinity Wall Street learns of special programs or initiatives that merit attention because they will make a major contribution to the life of the Anglican Church.

This year, the Grants Program has issued a special invitation to all participants in Reading Scripture through Other Eyes, the 2011 Trinity Institute conference. For further information, please contact Ms. Sarah M. Grapentine at sgrapentine@trinitywallstreet.org.

Limitations The Trinity Grants Board will not entertain proposals for the following:

• Support for programs that do not have the active involvement and participation of an Anglican/Episcopal church jurisdiction
• Scholarships for study or assistance to any individuals
• Purchase of land
• Building construction and renovation, except for the purposes of income-generation as part of the Financial Sustainability & Stewardship program emphasis
• Establishment of endowment funds
• General operating expenses of established organizations (except through specific program/budget)
• Funding of deficits
• Operation of neighborhood service facilities such as preschools, daycare and community centers, orphanages, shelters
• Feeding programs, emergency relief, or disaster response (except in the case of an invited proposal or special initiative)
• Arts and cultural programs
• Repetition of “one-time” grants

For more information contact:
Trinity Grants Program
74 Trinity Place New York, NY 10006
Tel: 212.602.0710 | Fax: 212.602.0717 email: grants@trinitywallstreet.org