Apply for a 2025 UTO Grant

The 2025 Focus is Water based on Matthew 25:31-46. “I was thirsty and you gave me water.”

UTO 2025 Grant Application materials are now available, the submission process will open in November, 2024. All completed grant applications must be received at our diocesan office by Friday, January 3, 2025. Only one can be sent from Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.

UTO Grant Criteria

UTO will fund projects focused on water, including but not limited to projects that:.

• Address water issues such as desalinization, access, care of water sources, water rights & education about water resources.
• Increase water awareness (drought tolerance, flood prevention).
• Address health issues directly related to water quality (formula access for babies, aftermath of contaminated water, etc.)..
• Address water needs of unhoused people (laundry, showers, bathrooms, drinking water).
• UTO recognizes that many water access issues today stem directly from historic trauma and harm done to marginalized people. Projects that encourage truth-telling, acknowledge historic trauma around water, and establish pathways towards healing also fit this focus.

Downloadable materials can be found at unitedthankoffering.com, including Sample Budgets, Sample Timelines, Focus and Criteria, Helpful Hints, 2025 UTO Grant Application, and Bishop’s Signature Form

Funding Range: The UTO Board will accept applications from $1,000 to $55,000. Please note we ask you to request only what you need for your project so that we can fund as many grants as possible. Only Episcopal institutions (parishes, dioceses, provinces, schools, seminaries, monastic communities, Episcopal organizations, and other Episcopal affiliated entities) are eligible to receive these funds. Partnerships with non-Episcopal entities are welcome and encouraged, but an Episcopal entity must serve as the recipient of the funds, project leader, active manager, owner of any materials/equipment/land purchased, supervisor of staff paid with UTO funds.

Preparation videos, open hours for speaking to UTO grant committee, all forms are available at episcopalchurch.org/uto.

Brenda Hawkins, UTO Coordinator, Diocese of MS ECW
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