Process for Applying for Diocesan Financial Assistance
Is there a program/ministry initiated by your congregation that could use financial support from the diocese? Have you always wanted to engage in another ministry or maintain an old one, but just did not have the finances to do so? This is to announce the process for applying for financial assistance from the diocese.
As part of the annual budget for the diocese, convention allocates funds for the programs/ministries of the diocese on the congregational level. If you would like to have your program/ministry considered for funding, please contact Rob Rogers at .
As you may know, financial assistance from the diocese to a parish is a line item on the Program Budget. Requests for financial assistance are considered by the Financial Assistance Committee, a sub-committee of the Finance and Property Committee. The committee reviews requests in the Spring for inclusion in the Program Budget presented at Convention in the Fall for spending in the next calendar year.
Application Checklist
The following items are needed as part of your application packet for 2010:
- 1. 2008 Parochial Report on file at Church House
- 2. 2008 Audit on file at Church House
- 3. 2009 Budget (including actual year to date numbers)
- 4. Proposed 2010 budget
- 5. Description of program/ministry to be funded
Please download the Questionnaire to assist with completing item #5.
The deadline each year to return the completed application is May 01.
Deadlines
As part of the process, you must also adhere to the following deadlines:
- Submission of your Program Budget pledge
- Filing of your Parochial Report no later than March 15
- Payment in full of Assessments no later than June 1
- Submission of audited financial statements no later than June 15 (To learn more about this requirement, please refer to Diocesan Canon 17.1.5.)
