UTO Grant Application Deadline

December 16, 2011 at Diocese of Hawai'i

2012 United Thank Offering Grants

Applications are now being accepted for the United Thank Offering (UTO) Grants.  This is your opportunity to apply for a UTO Grant for your ministry.

Diocese of Hawai'i Deadline:
Applications must be received in the Office of the Bishop by Friday, December 16, 2011, at 5:00 p.m., to be considered for the Bishop's endorsement.  The UTO application deadline is January 15, 2012, but the Bishop's endorsement is required for an application to be considered.

The United Thank Offering addresses compelling human need through grants to projects that alleviate poverty, both domestically and internationally, within the Anglican provinces, dioceses, and companion dioceses.

The United Thank Offering supports projects that:
  • Address poverty of women and children
  • Make significant impact
  • Demonstrate new and innovative work
  • Are a part of a planned diocesan/provincial mission strategy
The United Thank Offering will not fund:
  • Capital fund campaigns or debt reductions
  • Deferred maintenance
  • Operational budgets, meaning the proposed budget and program is the same as the year before
  • Debts obligated or incurred before the date of the grant award
  • Purchase of consumable items (e.g. food, medicine, paper goods, toiletries, fuel, etc.)
  • Scholarships, tuition, camp fees, and attendance incentives
  • Emergency response
In Episcopal dioceses within the United States, the United Thank Offering will not fund:
  • Previously funded requests
  • Capital improvements that do not expand capacity to meet compelling human need or mission and ministry need in disadvantaged situations
  • Programs regarded to be diocesan operating budgets
The UTO applications can be found HERE.

Each diocese is invited to submit one grant application for a companion diocese and one for a project in its own diocese.