REQUEST FOR FUNDS
TH E
R I V E R S I DE C H U R C H
THE SHARING FUND COMMITTEE
490 Riverside Drive
New York, N.Y. 10027
Please provide all information requested
Request is for: (circle only one)
1. PROJECT support
2. GENERAL OPERATING support
A) Name of project for which funds are sought:_______________________________________________
B) Sponsoring Organization:_______________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number:_____________________________
C) Contact Person:
Name:_______________________________ Title:___________________________
E-mail Address: ____________________________
D) Name of person or organization who told you about the Sharing Fund: ____________________________
Telephone Number:__________________________
Email______________________
E) Amount of Request; _____________________
F) Has your organization ever received a Sharing Fund grant? If yes, when and for which project?
G) Organizational Description:
1. Provide a statement of purpose or mission for the sponsoring organization, indicating its general purpose.
2. Briefly describe the Organization’s programs and activities.
H) If you are requesting PROJECT SUPPORT, answers to the following questions should apply to the project. If
you are requesting GENERAL SUPPORT, answers should apply to the organization.
1. What needs are being addressed?
2. What needs will the requested funds address?
3. How did this project originate? What is the start date of this initiative?
4. How will the project’s goals and objectives be achieved? What are the program strategy and activities
proposed in the project’s plans?
5. What long- term funding strategies will sustain this project?
I) Personnel:
1. Names of the Board of Trustees of the Sponsoring Organization (Include titles and principal
affiliations)
2. Name and credentials of Director of Sponsoring Organization
3. If request is for project support, names and credentials of project staff
J). Financial Information:
1. On appended sheets provide statement covering the most recent financial year for the
sponsoring organization, indicating both expenses and sources of income.
2. Budget for the organization’s current year. If request is for project support, give a project
budget, including starting and ending dates.
3. What are the current sources of funding available for this project?
K). Other information: Please include any other information relevant to your proposal.
Funding Criteria
The Riverside Church is interdenominational and a member of the American Baptist Churches in the USA and the United
Church of Christ, and cooperates with the Council of Churches in the City of New York, and with the New York State,
National and World Councils of Churches. The Sharing Fund of The Riverside Church welcomes proposals from
denominational projects as well as others.
I.
All request for Sharing Fund grants should:
a)
reflect the mission of The Riverside Church;
b)
affirm the worldwide and ecumenical concern for justice, peace and the integrity of creation;
c)
provide services and/or effective advocacy for under served and marginalized populations, including but
not limited to:
 those adversely affected by racism, homophobia, sexism, ageism
 the chronically ill
 women and children
 the elderly
 those suffering the consequences of ethnic violence
 refugees and internally displaced persons
 victims of natural disaster
 prisoners
 those experiencing the effects of economic hardship, e.g. hunger, homelessness;
d)
II.
benefit the target population without regard to religious affiliation.
Preference is given to projects where:
a)
the beneficiaries themselves design and implement the project;
b)
the group requesting funds exhibits the knowledge and expertise needed to accomplish its goals;
c)
the project outcome or organization maximizes local resources to benefit the greatest number of people;
d)
the funding base of the project or organization is substantial enough to ensure goals are met, but not so
large that Riverside’s contribution of up to $5,000 has little impact.
III.
The Sharing Fund provides general operating support and project support.
With respect to project support, The Sharing Fund prefers NOT to fund: administrative salaries, benefits &
expenses (not connected with program expenses), utilities, rent, and insurance. Capital expenditures are
considered only when integral to the specific goal of the project.
IV.
Criteria for projects applying for funds to assist American Indian Youth (from the Densford Fund)
a)
Projects must provide “educational opportunities for American Indian young people, or for
young people of American Indian ancestry, so long as such need exists.” (Densford)
b)
The “Youth” is interpreted as American Indian adolescents and young adults in their early twenties.
c)
The above criteria in I and II (with the exception of Ic) also apply to grants from the Densford Fund.
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