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Grants & Scholarships

Below is a brief overview of grants available through the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina with links to applications, additional information and selection committee contacts.

Not sure which grants might fund your project? Let us help.

Building repairs and updates

North Carolina Episcopal Church Foundation Grants can be used for the erection of needed church buildings or acquisition of church property, or capital repairs and renovations.

Green Grants are awarded to churches within the diocese looking to make facility improvements to reduce the consumption of energy or other natural resources required to operate church facilities.

Mission Endowment Grants have been used to repurpose church-owned buildings for collaborative mission projects.

Continuing education

Continuing Theological Education Grants are available to help clergy and laity participate in theological education programs.

The Lex Mathews Scholarship for Women provides resources for women seeking specialized training in vocational or technical skills, a degree or certification below the masters or doctorate level, and/or continuing education courses for upgrading job skills.

Seminarian assistance is provided on a yearly basis for seminarians through the Seminarian Assistance Fund and the Trustees of the Francis J. Murdoch Memorial Society. Contact Maria Gillespie, director of administration and finance, for information about the Seminarian Assistance Fund. Contact the Trustees of the Diocese for information about the Francis J. Murdoch Memorial Society

Fund a new collaborative mission project

Mission Endowment Grants support efforts to establish the Episcopal presence of Christ in communities in ways that brings the community to see Christ's presence among them.

Seed funds are available to start qualifying outreach programs at congregations through the Chartered Committee on Grants Parish Grants program.

Both of these grants use the Common Application.

Fund a new worshiping community

The Missionary Resource Support Team (MRST) offers a seed grant of up to $7,500 for new worshiping communities.

Mission Endowment Grants have been used to support collaborative new worshiping communities.

Implement a green initiative

Green Grants are awarded to churches within the diocese looking to make facility improvements to reduce the consumption of energy or other natural resources required to operate church facilities.

Fund an international mission project

International Mission Grants support international missions that will contribute to the sustainability of the community served, with the prospect for self-sufficiency being particularly encouraged.

Pay clergy salary

The Missionary Resource Support Team (MRST) offers a clergy salary support grant.



COMMON APPLICATION

Grants covered by the common application produced by the Mission Funding Consortium include the Mission Endowment Grant, the Mission Resource Support Team (MRST) seed and salary support grants, the parish grants and the North Carolina Episcopal Church Foundation (NCECF) Grants. The benefit to filling out the common application is its submission to all four of these granting boards, all of which are looking to disburse their funding to an expanded pool of applicants. Even if you believe your project only qualifies for one type of funding, the Mission Funding Consortium might be able to help you attain funding from sources you hadn't considered.

  • Common Application (Short answer questions for reference)
  • Budget worksheet (Excel sheet with formulas embedded)
  • Sample vestry resolution
  • Contact: The Rev. Robert Black
  • Individual grant deadlines apply. Please read the grant application carefully.

CONTINUING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION GRANTS FOR CLERGY & LAITY

Diocesan funds are available to help clergy and laity participate in theological education programs. These grants are administered by the Chartered Committee on Grants and are considered based on the following provisions: available money, event appropriateness, and application timeliness and thoroughness.

  • Continuing Theological Education Grant Application
  • Contact: Beth Morphis, Committee on Grants chair, 336-971-0769

GREEN GRANTS: NC EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOUNDATION

Green Grants are awarded to churches within the diocese looking to make facility improvements to reduce the consumption of energy or other natural resources required to operate church facilities.

Learn more.

  • Green Grants Application
  • Deadline: February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1, annually
  • Contact: The Rev. Brad Mullis, chair of the North Carolina Episcopal Church Foundation


GREEN GRANTS
: CHARTERED COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY

The North Carolina Diocesan Environmental Ministry Committee currently has green grants in the amounts of $250 and $500 available to assist congregations in our Diocese interested in starting an environmental ministry program. Due to the strains on congregational resources caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, preference will be given to small and low income congregations.

Learn more.

  • Deadline: December 31, annually, or until funds are depleted
  • Contact: David McDuffie, chair, Environmental Ministry Committee


INTERNATIONAL MISSION GRANTS

Awarded through the Chartered Committee for Global Missions to support international missions that will contribute to the sustainability of the community served, with the prospect for self-sufficiency being particularly encouraged.

Learn more.

  • Stay tuned for an updated application and guidelines for the 2020 grant cycle.
  • We welcome grant requests ranging from $1000 - $5000.
  • Deadline: April 1 and October 1, annually
  • Contact: Sherry Owens, Chartered Committee on Global Mission chair

LEX MATHEWS SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN

A scholarship which provides resources for women seeking specialized training in vocational or technical skills, a degree or certification below the masters or doctorate level, and/or continuing education courses for upgrading job skills. This scholarship is overseen by the Episcopal Church Women's Lex Matthew's Scholarship Committee.

Learn more.

  • Lex Mathews Scholarship Application
  • Contact: Barbara Longmire, Diocesan ECW president

MISSIONARY RESOURCE SUPPORT TEAM (MRST) GRANTS

from the Missionary Resource Support Team

MRST offers two grants: a clergy salary support grant for the following calendar year and a seed grant of up to $7,500 for new worshiping communities that disburses several months after the grant is approved.

Learn more.

  • Apply with the Common Application
  • Budget worksheet ( PDF for printing | Excel sheet with formulas embedded )
  • Spring cycle applications (salary support) are due to Erin Sweeney by June 15, 2020.
  • Fall cycle applications (seed grant only) are due to Erin Sweeney by October 1, 2020.
  • Contact: The Rev. Daniel Reeves or the Rev. Bonnie Duckworth

MISSION ENDOWMENT GRANTS

A grant supporting efforts to establish the Episcopal presence of Christ in communities in ways that brings the community to see Christ's presence among them. One and two-year grants available; five grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 awarded each year.

Learn more.

  • Apply with the Common Application
  • The fall application deadline is November 30.
  • Contact: The Rev. Robert Black, Mission Endowment chair, 704-633-3221

NORTH CAROLINA EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOUNDATION

The North Carolina Episcopal Church Foundation, Inc., was established in 1955 for the purpose of aiding the expansion of the Church in the Diocese of North Carolina. An initial capital funds campaign raised over $300,000 to start this fund, which has grown over the years through additional gifts and investment income.

The Foundation has given over $3,000,000 in grants and loans since its beginning. The funds may be used for:

  • The erection of needed church buildings or acquisition of church property.
  • Capital repairs and renovations.
  • Guidelines
  • Apply with the Common Application

The NCECF also funds mission and historic church grants that provide assistance up to $10,000 to mission or historic congregations. Grants are typically based on need and are not repayable.

  • Mission Church Grant Guidelines & Application
  • Historic Church Grant Guidelines & Application
  • Contact: Diocesan House, 919-834-7474

Learn more.

PARISH GRANTS FOR NEW PROGRAMS

Seed funds are available to start qualifying outreach programs at congregations through the Chartered Committee on Grants Parish Grants program.

  • Apply with the Common Application
  • Contact: Beth Morphis, Committee on Grants chair, 336-971-0769

SEMINARIAN SCHOLARSHIPS

Seminarian assistance is provided on a yearly basis for seminarians through the Seminarian Assistance Fund and the Trustees of the Francis J. Murdoch Memorial Society.

  • Contact: Maria Gillespie, Director of Administration and Finance, for information about the Seminarian Assistance Fund.
  • Contact: Trustees of the Diocese, for information about the Francis J. Murdoch Memorial Society

YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS

The Chartered Committee for Youth (CCY) provides opportunity for scholarship assistance for youth events in two categories: requests for events under $200 and another for larger requests (which require a more detailed application process).

  • Youth Scholarship Application
  • Contact: Lisa Aycock, Diocesan Youth Missioner, 919-834-7474
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The Rev. Canon David Forster Sellery
Canon for Congregational Mission
919-834-7474, ext. 5303 
Erin Sweeney
Finance and Benefits Coordinator
919-600-5313 

The Rev. Canon David Forster Sellery

Canon for Congregational Mission
919-834-7474, ext. 5303 |

Before joing the staff of the Diocese of North Carolina, Sellery served as priest-in-charge at St. John’s, Salisbury, Connecticut. He successfully opened the doors of St. John’s to the community, particularly to young people and families, through the “WiFi Café” program he hosted every week in the parish hall. As part of his community outreach mission, Sellery actively served as an emergency medical technician with the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service.

In addition to extensive parish work, Sellery served as the director of institutional advancement for two of New York's premier not-for-profit organizations, focusing in the areas of community development and healthcare. While working in portfolio and investment management, he continued his active ministry serving as visiting clergy to parishes in Connecticut and New York and on Long Island. His experience as a commuting executive informs his perspective in serving families in commuter communities. He later returned to full-time parish work to which he brought his enhanced administrative, communications and stewardship skills.

Born in Norwood, Massachusetts, Sellery was educated in public schools in Darien, Connecticut; Malvern, Pennsylvania and Woodland Hills, California. He majored in English Literature and received his B.A. from the University of Connecticut (1989), Masters of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary in New York (1992), and Certificate in Appreciative Transitional Ministry (2013) and Certificate in Appreciative Coaching via The Clergy Leadership Institute (2015). Sellery serves as a director of Nazareth Friends, Inc. a family foundation that owns and operates four homes for people with developmental disabilities in Florida.

Sellery is married to Jane Muir Sellery. They have two sons, Robert and William.

Website: davidsellery.org
Podcast: Fr. Sellery Presents This Week’s Focus

Erin Sweeney

Finance and Benefits Coordinator
919-600-5313 |

A native North Carolinian, Erin was born and raised in the Raleigh area. Prior to joining the team at the Diocesan House in Raleigh, she worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for several years. She finds great joy in welcoming all who visit the Diocese, and she supports the diocesan office in countless administrative tasks.

In her free time, Erin enjoys cooking, traveling, cheering on her favorite sports teams, and volunteering at her church in Wake Forest.

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