Catholic Church Extension Society

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Grant Guidelines Review
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Overview of Five Grant Programs

• Building the Foundation
• Building Capacity
• Building Leaders
• Building Faith
• Building Churches (and other Facilities)

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General

• Catholic Extension works with and through
  dioceses
• Diocesan Bishop must continue to endorse every
  request, even parish requests
• Chancellor/Board of Governors decide who is
  Mission Diocese
• Mission Diocese is in a under-resourced and
  isolated area of our country

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GRANT PROGRAMBuilding the Foundation

• For the most under-resourced dioceses among the
  Mission Dioceses
• Support for BASIC programs, to sustain critical
  pastoral work
• Examples subsidies for ministers and parishes,
  funding for critical diocesan offices and
  diocesan ministries

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GRANT PROGRAMBuilding Capacity

• Help dioceses raise money, save money, conduct
  research and planning for the future, and become
  more efficient in operations
• This is a new funding opportunity for mission
  dioceses
• Examples research initiatives, supporting the
  work of development staff, technology

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GRANT PROGRAMBuilding Leaders

• Pastoral Leadership recruitment, training and
  ongoing formation
• Religious, Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, Lay
  both paid and volunteer leaders

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GRANT PROGRAMBuilding Faith

• New initiatives and incubation of Best
  Practices
• New or expanding programs
• Social or clinical outreaches
• Faith formation or evangelization

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GRANT PROGRAMBuilding Churches

• Churches and chapels, program space, residential,
  temporary space
• Minor repairs, equipment up to 100
• Renovations, expansions, new construction up to
  20

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Formerly Independent Programs Absorbed into New
Areas

• Bible Distribution
• Liturgical Goods
• Mass Offerings
• Campus Ministry and Religious Education
• Christmas Wish List
• Disaster Relief

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Requests Not Likely to be Funded

• Operations funding for diocesan Catholic
  Charities or diocesan Social Services
• Operations and facility funding for Catholic
  hospitals
• Tuition assistance and basic education expenses
  for Catholic schools

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Three-Step Process for Grants

• Submit Application for consideration as a Mission
  Diocese
• Submit Grant Proposal for funding individual
  projects
• Report on project/program one year later

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Step One MISSION DIOCESE STATUS

• Application for consideration as a Mission
  Diocese
• Will be conducted in November 2009
• Mission Status generally valid for 3 years
• Ultimately decision of the Chancellor/Board
• Catholic Extension will let your diocese know if
  you are eligible for Building the Foundation
  Grants
• Submit audited financial statements yearly

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Step Two - PROPOSALS

• Dates include March 1, May 15, September 1 and
  December 15
• Building the Foundation proposals will be
  accepted only on March 1
• Those eligible for Building the Foundation may
  also apply for grants in other programs
  throughout the year
• All proposals must be funneled through diocese
  with bishops approval
• New applications for each type of funding request
  must be submitted with their own documents
• Considerations for Five-year Plan participants
  will be June 12

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Step Two (continued)

• Online Process
• Access applications through website at
  www.catholicextension.org
• Please notify Catholic Extension if you dont
  believe diocese has technical equipment to submit
  online grants

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Step Three - REPORTING

• One year after the grant is approved, Catholic
  Extension will request a report, using data which
  is agreed upon in the grant proposal
• Example Campus Ministry will track the
  approximate number of new and returning students
  to program, their level of involvement, etc.
• Actual outputs and desired outcomes
• If it is multi-year grant, or a building project
  which is not complete must still report

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Questions?

• Email Grants_at_catholic-extension.org
• Now or at a later time
• Please also email with feedback about usefulness
  of webinar as medium of communication
• Thank you for participating!

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