Grant for Pastoral Sabbatical Projects and Community Impact
GrantID: 74818
Grant Funding Amount Low: $2,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $20,000
Summary
This opportunity offers meaningful support to faith-based leaders and practitioners across parts of North America, particularly in the United States and Canada. It’s designed to help individuals devote time and resources to deeply explore questions related to community life, spiritual practice, and leadership. Available to both solo applicants and small collaborative teams, this flexible grant empowers pastors, chaplains, denominational staff, artists working in ministry, lay community leaders, counselors, and independent researchers engaged in practical, thoughtful reflection and creative inquiry.
Funding—up to around $20,000—is tailored to be transformative rather than transactional. It can cover time away from usual duties (like temporary coverage or income support), learning resources such as books or training, essential tools like library access or transcription services, travel for research or immersive experience, family or childcare support, and even compensation for project collaborators or interviewees. The grant avoids standard operating or degree-related expenses, instead championing study that is reflective, contextual, and rooted in lived experience.
Applications generally open mid-summer, with projects running across roughly 18 months. Recipients typically gather at the start of their funding cycle in a shared retreat or consultation—fully supported—to connect, reflect, and refine their work together. From each year’s applicant pool, about 20 to 25 recipients are selected through a review process by a discerning committee.
The goal is to foster work that deepens understanding, inspires new approaches to faith and community, and equips practitioners to share meaningful insights through writing, media, presentations, creative expression, or community programs. It’s less about credentials and more about the potential impact of your ideas grounded in real-world faith settings. If you’re a thoughtful practitioner asking important questions, this could be a nurturing pathway to explore them more deeply.
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