Episcopalians interested in applying for a Becoming Beloved Community grant are invited to register for a July 1 information session before applications open July 3.
These grants are funded by the General Convention budget and are designed to support projects that seek to create sustainable, systemic change in truth-telling; sharing the dream of Beloved Community; practicing healing and reconciliation; and repairing the breach in institutions and society.
Since 2019, approximately 120 projects have received Becoming Beloved Community grants totaling more than $1 million.
Applicants should review criteria and additional information online. Priority will be given to initiatives that address policy advocacy, systems transformation, and environmental change strategies. Projects may include efforts to reform institutional policies, shift cultural norms, reallocate resources, or influence public systems and structures in ways that align with the vision of Becoming Beloved Community.
The deadline to apply for grants will be Aug. 31. Applications officially open online July 3.
Grants include seed grants up to $7,500 and impact grants up to $15,000. Seed grants are geared toward groups launching new projects or growing existing projects. Impact grants are aimed primarily at increasing the capacity, impact, and reach of communities and institutions already working to advance justice, healing, reconciliation, and creation care.
“These grants are seeds of communion. They help communities root deeper into God’s dream—where truth is told with courage, healing is practiced in community, and justice flows not as charity but as relationship restored,” said the Rev. Lester Mackenzie, chief of mission program and an Associate of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine community. “As one elder once whispered to me, ‘We do not walk alone—we carry one another home.’
“Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of God is within you’ (Luke 17:21). These grants call that kingdom forth. Yebo.”
The July 1 info session will be at 4 p.m. EST and include Spanish translation.
Read past press releases about Becoming Beloved Community grants.
