Helping those that are helping our community.

2011 Outreach Allocations

Each fall, the Outreach Committee makes grants to local charitable and social justice groups, in support of our church’s mission to make Christ known. In 2011, Grace St. Luke’s had $46,259 available for Outreach. This includes funds budgeted by the vestry, but does not include funds given to the diocese, or designated donations by GSL members. These funds were distributed as follows:

Clergy Discretionary Fund $3600
Ministries to the local poor
   GSL More Than a Meal $13290
   GSL Food Pantry $369
   Church Health Center $3000
   MIFA $3000
   Samaritan Counseling Center $3000
   United Housing $2500
   Door of Hope $2000
   Alzheimers Day Service $1000
   Outreach, Housing, and Community $500

Ministries for child protection and development
   Emmanuel Episcopal Center $1000
   Jacob’s Ladder $3000
   Exchange Club Family Center $3000
   Memphis Child Advocacy Center $3000
   Caritas Villiage $1000
   Peacemakers at Caritas Villiage $1000

International Ministries
W. Tennessee Haiti Partnership $2000

If you have any questions or comments, or would like to get involved with any of Grace St. Luke’s Outreach activites, please contact Murray McKay(murraymckay [at] comcast [dot] net), Outreach Chair, (901) 277-8867.

Requesting Funding

To request funding from the the Grace St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Outreach Fund, please provide the following information in hard copy, mailed or delivered to Outreach Committee; Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.

A. Proof of your organization's 501(c)(3) status

B. Certificate of insurance (indicating, at a mimimum, comprehensive general liability for bodily injury and property damage and, if you have volunteers operating automotive vehicles, automobile liability insurance)

C. Financial statements which have been audited or reviewed (including statement from auditor/reviewer and date of audit/review) and the latest 990 IRS filing.

D. Answers to all of the following questions:

Organization Name:
Address:
Contact Name:
Contact Email Address:
Contact Phone Number:

1. Please provide a brief history of your agency, list of services provided and target population.
2. Have you ever requested funding from GSL in the past? If so, what was the result?
3. How much are you requesting at this time?
4. What other funding supports your agency and/or this specific use?
Why does other agency funding not cover your agency and/or this specific use?
5. What percentage of your overall budget/funding does the amount you are requesting from GSL equate to?
6. Do the funds requested match or leverage other funds from other sources?
7. Why is this funding needed? What specifically will it be used for?
8. What is the time frame for using this money?
9. How many people will be served?
10. How does the proposed project serve midtown Memphis?
11. How will you measure the success of this project?
12. Please add any additional materials or discussion not covered above specific to your agency and this specific use.