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Apply for a grant
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People is prepared to establish partnerships with groups in the United States or other countries who:
- are oppressed by poverty or social systems,
- want to take charge of their own lives,
- have organized or are organizing to do something
about their own conditions,
- have decided that what they are going to
do will produce long term changes for their lives or communities,
- will control the programs they own and will
benefit from them directly.
Partnerships are initiated by
applications to the Self-Development of People Committee
and are evaluated against Self-Development's funding criteria.
- Applications are accepted at any time
- The application process takes up to six months from the time that the application is received in the SDOP office until it is validated and funded by the National Committee.
- To initiate partnerships with Presbytery
and Synod Committees contact them directly.
- Contact the Synod and Presbytery SDOP
Committee for their deadlines and methods of submission
You may send grant applications:
By email
For domestic applications, you will be asked to submit additional copies.
Or by post office to:
Self-Development of People
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202
- Domestic in English (five copies)
- Domestic in Spanish (one copy)
- International in English (one copy)
- International in Spanish (one copy)
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Download International and domestic applications |
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Criteria for applying |
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- A project will be presented, owned and controlled by the
group of people who will benefit directly from it.
- A project will address long-term correction of conditions
that keep people bound by poverty and oppression.
- A project presented for funding will describe, in detail,
its goal (the point of the project), its objectives (the specific
steps the group will take to accomplish the goal), the way
the direct beneficiaries will be involved in all stages of
the project and the methods to be used to achieve the goal
and objectives.
- A project will be sensitive to the environment while accomplishing
its goal and objectives.
- A project will not advocate violence as a means of accomplishing
its goal and objectives.
- A project presented for funding will describe fully the resources
known to be available for its support, including a description
of a) those within the community, b) those available to the
community and c) the in-kind and other financial resources
sought or to be sought.
- A project presented for funding will contain a balanced
income and expenditure budget. A financial plan showing expected
income and expenditures over the funding term of the project
will be included.
- A project presented for funding will specify how progress
toward the stated goal and objectives will be evaluated by
the group, and when the evaluation will be made.
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Required Documents |
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All
items requested must reflect the same group name (no individuals)
and same address.
1. Documentation from the group's bank (on
the bank's letterhead or affixed with its stamp) that reflects:
- Account in the name of the group
- Account number
- Two signatories are required to draw from the
account (the signatories cannot be from the
same family.
2. Taxpayer Identification Number (W-9 Form) in
the name of the group (Government registration
for International Applicants.)
3. In the rare case that your group needs to channel
the funds using another organization all
the above items are required from them.
4. A letter of understanding
and agreement to the conditions and purpose of the
grant, signed by each member of the governing group.
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Domestic
and international applications |
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Applying for a Self-Development
of People Grant is now as easy as 1-2-3. Everything you need
to know about the application process is in our Web site. You
can download the applications in Microsoft Word format from
our Web site.
If a group wishes, it may fill out a pre-application as a PDF  or Word document  before taking time to complete the full version of the grant application. If your group submits a pre-application, we will review it and discuss with you whether to proceed with filing a complete grant application.
En Español
Pre-solicitud
Pre-solicitud
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Download
applications in Microsoft Word or PDF format
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NOTE: Due to changes in our funding focus for the next three years we will not be accepting international applications from groups. Read more
NOTE: Debido a cambios en nuestro programa internacional, por los próximos tres años no estaremos aceptando solicitudes de grupos. Más información |
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The Presbyterian Committee on
The Self-Development of People |
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How do you start a presbytery or synod Self-Development of People Committee?
Download the committee guidelines |
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Synod and presbytery
forms |
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The following resources are
now available for you to download and complete on your computer.
You may print and return them to us at Self-Development of
People, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202. |
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Certification Application Certification Application |
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Project Evaluation
Payment
Request |
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Grants list |
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Self-Development of People announces grant recipients: more than $300,000 awarded
Close to $500,000 in grants awarded to fund 21 self-help projects in the United States
Self-Development of People announces grant recipients:
More than $200,000 awarded
The following packets of information will provide you with
a brief description and grant amount of SDOP domestic and
international projects. They will also give you the project
name and grant amount for projects funded by presbytery and
synod SDOP Committees. Learn about SDOP projects in the United States and around the world.
Final approval of all grants listed below is pending
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Use our Web ads on your Web site
If you want to place an SDOP ad on your Web site copy the code below, then paste it into the HTML of your Web site using your favorite HTML editor. Use our ads in spanish.
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marked with this icon can be downloaded in Microsoft
Word format. For best results, right-click the link (or
click and hold for Macintosh), select "save target
as" and save the document to your desktop.
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