Endowment Grants Information


​St. Margaret’s Church is blessed to have an endowment that generates income for providing grants to local, regional and global programs for specific use compatible with the mission priorities of the congregation. Thanks to the vision and foresight of the vestry and parishioners upon receipt of a generous unrestricted bequest from Edwin and Zoe Hall in 1995, with the vestry’s approval, the St. Margaret’s Grants Committee, made up of dedicated parishioners, will issue new grants this program year for the 19th time.
 
Our mission priorities are:

• Endow the poor and hungry with the means to feed, shelter and clothe themselves

           - particular consideration for opportunities that help others sustain themselves

• Restore the ill to health and heal the broken

           - consideration includes prevention of human brokenness and healing the broken

• Promote, preserve and sustain environmental health and good practices

           - primary considerations are sanitation, human health, sustainability and reduction of destructive and dangerous environments

• Improve access to educational opportunities;

          - consideration includes efforts that empower the powerless and enfranchise the disenfranchised                                                       
The amount of funding awarded is determined by the Missions Commission. Each year the total amount of giving varies but has been as high as $145,000 and as low as
$83,000. In 2020, the total grants awards totaled $113,000.

​Applicants do not need to be faith-based or church-affiliated.

Grants Info 2020

New Grants Coordinator is
​Christine Duray Feldmann.
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missions@st-margarets.org

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2021 Application Form
Will be available here in the late summer of 2020
​Due date will be November 30, 2020

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Grants Committee Members 2020 
​Hutch Robbins, Chair
​Barbara Freidmann,
Christine Frost,
Charlie Grayston,
Jim Hall,
James Hanrahan,
Katie Leavy,
Kim Morrow,
Jim Reising,
Richard Schwappach
Lyn Sloan

2020 Grant Awardees: 
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​The Missions Commission allotted $113,000 for the program this year and the grants committee, with Vestry approval, has selected the following organizations to receive funding:
 
Joel Nafuma Refugee Center, Rome, Italy
$17,500
Meals and emergency funds for housing of refugees
 
Court Appointed Special Advocates, Anne Arundel County
$15,000
Full-time staffer to manage volunteer CASAs
 
Center of Help, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
$15,000
Expanded case management for clients
 
Lighthouse Shelter, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
$10,000
Safe Harbour Resource Center Prevention and Diversion Program
 
SEEDs for Success, Anne Arundel County
$12,500
Expansion of program to additional area in county, volunteer manager position
 
STAIR, Anne Arundel County
$10,000
General support of reading intervention programs
 
RISE, Baltimore County
$10,000
Executive director for refugee assistance program
 
Next One Up, Baltimore
7,500
Sunday mentorship program for at-risk youth
 
Annapolis Immigration Justice Network, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
$8,000
Legal fund for unaccompanied youth
 
Clothing Depot at Severn River Middle School, Broadneck Peninsula
$5,000
Shoes, undergarments, supplies for newly created clothing closet for needy families
 
Sarah’s House, Ft. Meade
$2,500
Ice maker, shelving and supplies
 
 We appreciate the support of the entire parish as we work to spread God’s love across the globe!