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‘Becoming Beloved Community’ 2024 grant recipients named

May 2, 2024
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Forty Becoming Beloved Community grants supporting the work of racial justice, healing, reconciliation, and creation care were approved by The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council during its April meeting. The grants total $226,930.

Funds for these grants were first allocated in 2018 by the 79th General Convention; in 2022, the 80th General Convention approved further funding for continuing the work of “organizing our efforts to respond to social and racial injustice and grow a Beloved Community of healers, justice makers, and reconcilers.”

Since 2019, more than $1 million has been granted for approximately 120 projects.

“Reviewing the grant proposals and learning about the Beloved Community work that is happening throughout our church has been balm for my soul in the midst of these troubled times,” said the Rev. Edwin Johnson, chair of the Becoming Beloved Community Advisory Group. “It is clear that the church is taking this work seriously and engaging it in faithful, innovative, and Spirit-driven ways. We are excited to support this work broadly and look forward to learning and sharing how the work unfolds.” 

Awards 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 racial justice, healing, reconciliation, and creation care.

“We received many, many more applications than the church could fund with this cycle of grants; and to me, that is a sign of how broadly and meaningfully the church is engaging with the work of truth-telling, reckoning, and healing,” said the Rev. Canon Meg Wagner, a member of the advisory group.

The following grants were awarded:

Seed grants

  • Racial Justice and Reconciliation Task Force of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.: $6,375
  • Historic Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans, Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana: $5,100
  • The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas, Texas, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas: $6,375
  • Episcopal Church of St. Anne, Stockton, Calif., Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin: $3,410
  • Christ Church in La Plata, La Plata, Md., Episcopal Diocese of Washington: $2,550
  • San Mateo Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas, Episcopal Diocese of Texas: $2,250
  • Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE Pacific Northwest), Seattle, Wash., Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, Episcopal Diocese of Olympia: $5,625
  • The Episcopal Church of Saint John the Evangelist, San Francisco, Episcopal Diocese of California: $4,125
  • Beloved Community Action Network, Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida: $3,000
  • Thunderhead Episcopal Center, Pierre, S.D., Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota: $4,200
  • Corpus Christi Episcopal Church, Okahumpka, Fla., Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida: $4,500
  • Harcourt Parish Episcopal on behalf of Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies, Gambier, Ohio, Episcopal Diocese of Ohio: $3,000

Impact grants

  • St. Stephen’s Youth Programs, Boston, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts: $10,200
  • Truth and Conciliation Commission, Cove, Ore., Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon: $8,500
  • St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Herndon, Virg., Episcopal Diocese of Virginia: $9,350
  • Ascension School Camp and Conference Center, Cove, Ore., Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon: $7,990
  • Province V of the Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago: $10,200
  • St. John’s Episcopal Church, Roseville, Calif., Episcopal Diocese of Northern California: $9,000
  • Camp Henry, Asheville, N.C., Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina: $7,500
  • Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, Newport News, Virg.: $7,500
  • St John’s Episcopal Church, Ellicott City, Md., Episcopal Diocese of Maryland: $5,625
  • Task Force on Truth and Reconciliation of the Diocese of Oregon, Lake Oswego, Ore.: $1,500
  • Anti-Racism Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Norristown, Penn.: $5,625
  • Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.: $8,250
  • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Marfa, Texas, Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande: $7,500
  • Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Trenton, N.J.: $4,540
  • Bishop Anderson Foundation, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago: $7,500
  • Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Washington, D.C.: $3,000
  • Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, Council for Native American Ministry, Phoenix, Ariz.: $6,000
  • St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Charleston, S.C., Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina: $4,500
  • Episcopal Diocese of Utah, Salt Lake City: $2,640
  • St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Episcopal Diocese of Arizona: $9,000
  • The Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center, Greenfield, N.H., Episcopal Church of New Hampshire: $7,200
  • Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana—New Happening Ministries, South Bend, Ind.: $6,000
  • Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, Birmingham: $6,000
  • Trinity Episcopal Parish/The Episcopal Church in Delaware, Wilmington, Del.: $4,500
  • St. Philip’s Family Life Center, Inc., Annapolis, Md., Episcopal Diocese of Maryland: $4,500
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Towson, Md., Episcopal Diocese of Maryland: $4,500
  • The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: $6,000
  • Middleham and St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish, Lusby, Md., Episcopal Diocese of Maryland: $1,800

Read past press releases about Becoming Beloved Community grants.

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