Episcopal Charities of Long Island Archdeaconry and Church Based Grants

Mission Statement
The mission of Episcopal Charities of Long Island is to foster, develop and contribute to the support of the religious, educational and charitable work of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Long Island.

Eligibility
Only outreach ministries that are affiliated with a Parish, Deanery, or Archdeaconry within the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island are eligible. Preference will be given to those ministries that provide direct service to the largest number of potential recipients and appear structured and financed to continue in the future. The ministry must have an organized committee or board that supports the program both financially and through personal involvement. Please indicate other funding sources to which this outreach ministry is applying or have already committed to support this effort. Preference will be given to those programs that are locally defined and fulfill the mission of ECLI.

Grant Requirements
† Outreach Program Support and Endorsement

• The Outreach Program for which funding is being requested must have the support of your clergy (rector, vicar, priest-in-charge), and the ACB Grant Application must be signed by him or her, certifying that the conditions of the grant will be met.
• This Outreach Program must have the support and endorsement by recorded vote of the vestry, bishop’s committee, or institutional board with governing authority over the Program.
• Your Archdeacon must receive a copy, endorse and sign the Grant Application.

† Any and all promotional literature pertaining to the Program must contain acknowledgement of funding from Episcopal Charities of Long Island.

† An Annual Report must be sent to ECLI no later than 12 months after having received the grant, containing:

• A detailed accounting of how any money received was spent including all receipts, payroll registers, etc,
• A record of the number of people served by the program,
• An assessment of the effectiveness of the Program based on how closely it achieved the desired stated outcomes,
• A description of the program’s efforts to move toward sustainability,
• Copies of program promotional literature showing acknowledgement of ECLI funding,
• Photos/digital images of program activities and testimonials of program participants to be used by ECLI for its own publicity and donor education purposes.

NOTE: Failure to comply with reporting requirements will adversely affect consideration of future grants.

† No ECLI Grant money is to be used to:

• pay for existing debt.
• purchase real property,
• or be spent for purposes other than described in the grant application and approved by the ECLI Board of Directors.

† All unused ECLI Grant monies received must be returned to ECLI within 60 days of the end of the 12 months following receipt of the grant.

† Total amount available for an Archdeaconry and Church Based Grant:

• Grants are available for three consecutive years per program,
• In the first year of a program, grants of as much as $10,000 are available, but such grants must no constitute more than 75% of the total budget of the new program for which a grant is sought, and
• Thereafter, grants up to $4000 per year are available for up to two consecutive years with the grant constituting no more than 60% of the budget in the second year and 35% of the budget in the third year.
  

To Request an Application or for more information

Please send an email to:
ecli@dioceseli.org

or call 516-248-4800, Ext. 19

Deadline for Submission
Completed applications are to be received no later than February 1 for the Spring Grants and June 15 for the Fall Grants.