The Funding page includes a listing of known Mission & Outreach Grants, funding ideas to consider, as well as potential funding opportunities. Please let us know when you find a funding source and we will add it here.
Mission & Outreach Funding Sources for Outreach
PARISH-BASED OUTREACH GRANTS: The purpose of these grants is to encourage parishes to start new or expand existing outreach ministries that will become self-sustainable within three years. These grants are only for parish-based outreach and cannot be used for pass-through monies to other agencies or groups that do not directly involve parishes or parishioner. The Department hopes that these grants will enable parishes to engage in new and creative ways of being Christ’s presence in Alabama. The deadline for submitting these grants is May 1.
Parish-Based Outreach Grant Application 2020 (PDF)
Potential Funding Sources for Outreach and Mission Ministries
Episcopal Church Grants: http://www.episcopalchurch.org
Department of Mission and Outreach: www.dioala.org Mrs. Sarah Sartain: ssartain@dioala.org
Fundraising Ideas (known examples listed in italics)
• Festivals (Lobsterfest, St. Thomas Huntsville/Grace Anniston)
• Galas (St. Philip’s Ft Payne, Holy Trinity Auburn, St. Andrew’s Montevallo)
• Barbeque/Chili/Gumbo Cook-offs (Gumbo Gala for Episcopal Place)
• Themed Dinners
• Fashion Show
• Silent/Live Auctions/Raffles (often included with the Galas and/or Festivals)
• Art Auctions
• Wine Tastings (St. Stephen’s Birmingham)
• Soup Sales
• Bake Sales
• Cheese Ball Sales
• Cookbook Sales (Trinity Wetumpka, St. Andrew’s Montevallo)
• Used Book Sales (Grace Woodlawn for 55th Place)
• Book Sales with Wine and Cheese ($5 Entry on Friday, Free Entry on Saturday, Left-overs $1/bag on Sunday)
• Jewelry Sale
• Yard Sales/Bazaars
• Sales of Crafts and Other Items from the Mission Field or Fair Trade Items
• Golf Tournaments (All Saints Homewood)
• Doe Hunts (St. Stephen’s Eutaw)
• Farmer’s Market: Rent Space to Farmers
• Money Jars
• Selling Stock for Mission Trips
• Personal Letters for Individual Mission Trip Fundraising
• Poker Games (see Bishop Sloan for details)
Other Funding Sources (for money, for in-kind donations, or for volunteers)
• Christian Bikers Association
• Masonic Lodges
• Target
• Walmart
• Grocery Stores
• Panera Bread (perhaps other Bakeries/Bread Shops)
• High School or College Service organizations or fraternities/sororities
Mission & Outreach Funding Sources for Outreach
PARISH-BASED OUTREACH GRANTS: The purpose of these grants is to encourage parishes to start new or expand existing outreach ministries that will become self-sustainable within three years. These grants are only for parish-based outreach and cannot be used for pass-through monies to other agencies or groups that do not directly involve parishes or parishioner. The Department hopes that these grants will enable parishes to engage in new and creative ways of being Christ’s presence in Alabama. The deadline for submitting these grants is May 1.
Parish-Based Outreach Grant Application 2020 (PDF)
Potential Funding Sources for Outreach and Mission Ministries
Episcopal Church Grants: http://www.episcopalchurch.org
Department of Mission and Outreach: www.dioala.org Mrs. Sarah Sartain: ssartain@dioala.org
- Parish-Based Outreach Grants (start-up outreach projects)
- Individual Mission Grants (domestic and global)
- UTO (United Thank Offering) Grants
- Jubilee Ministry Grants
Fundraising Ideas (known examples listed in italics)
• Festivals (Lobsterfest, St. Thomas Huntsville/Grace Anniston)
• Galas (St. Philip’s Ft Payne, Holy Trinity Auburn, St. Andrew’s Montevallo)
• Barbeque/Chili/Gumbo Cook-offs (Gumbo Gala for Episcopal Place)
• Themed Dinners
• Fashion Show
• Silent/Live Auctions/Raffles (often included with the Galas and/or Festivals)
• Art Auctions
• Wine Tastings (St. Stephen’s Birmingham)
• Soup Sales
• Bake Sales
• Cheese Ball Sales
• Cookbook Sales (Trinity Wetumpka, St. Andrew’s Montevallo)
• Used Book Sales (Grace Woodlawn for 55th Place)
• Book Sales with Wine and Cheese ($5 Entry on Friday, Free Entry on Saturday, Left-overs $1/bag on Sunday)
• Jewelry Sale
• Yard Sales/Bazaars
• Sales of Crafts and Other Items from the Mission Field or Fair Trade Items
• Golf Tournaments (All Saints Homewood)
• Doe Hunts (St. Stephen’s Eutaw)
• Farmer’s Market: Rent Space to Farmers
• Money Jars
• Selling Stock for Mission Trips
• Personal Letters for Individual Mission Trip Fundraising
• Poker Games (see Bishop Sloan for details)
Other Funding Sources (for money, for in-kind donations, or for volunteers)
• Christian Bikers Association
• Masonic Lodges
• Target
• Walmart
• Grocery Stores
• Panera Bread (perhaps other Bakeries/Bread Shops)
• High School or College Service organizations or fraternities/sororities
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It should.
They have LOUSY return on investment. Do the math. Add up the hours required to finding and retrieving items, pricing, writing and framing descriptions, displaying, assembling auction book (while items are coming in), and disturbing the good time guests are having for bidding. Now add in the days you spent coordinating checkout and gaggle of volunteers. Don't forget to include the fact that a wonderful evening ends by requiring guests to stand in line.
Silent auctions are more work than you earn, and they put dampers on great evenings.
This year at your big event / gala - consider alternatives:
It should.
They have LOUSY return on investment. Do the math. Add up the hours required to finding and retrieving items, pricing, writing and framing descriptions, displaying, assembling auction book (while items are coming in), and disturbing the good time guests are having for bidding. Now add in the days you spent coordinating checkout and gaggle of volunteers. Don't forget to include the fact that a wonderful evening ends by requiring guests to stand in line.
Silent auctions are more work than you earn, and they put dampers on great evenings.
This year at your big event / gala - consider alternatives:
- hold a live raffle every 30 minutes
- have a marketplace of Haitian goods
- sign up guests to visit Haiti (spend more time telling folks about your work)