Below are some funding sources and grants that your communities of faith and other United Church entities can apply for. Please check individual organization’s section for information, requirements and deadline for application. Click here for a PDF overview of national United Church grants, updated November 2021.
Bursary Funds
The purpose of the Prairie to Pine Regional Council Bursary Fund is to financially assist promising candidates for Order of Ministry (ordained or diaconal) who began their candidacy pathway in the Conference of Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario / Prairie to Pine Region who are registered in theological studies, as well as applicants for the Designated Lay Minister program, qualifying for leadership in the church.
Letter to Official Boards of Communities of Faith and UCWs or Women’s Groups
Bursary Funds application form
The United Church Women (UCW) of the Prairie to Pine Regional Council has established a bursary of $800 to be awarded annually.
Church Development Inc. (CDI)
CDI (Church Development Incorporated) provides grants and loans for United Church congregations and United Church accountable entities within the boundaries of the former Winnipeg Presbytery. Created by Winnipeg Presbytery to supervise funds donated from the sale of congregational assets and individual bequests, CDI is currently working with the National Council and Prairie to Pine Region to revise its by-laws so that funding may be made available to qualified applicants from the entire Prairie to Pine region. For more information and an application form, please contact Stuart Cook, Chair, Church Development Inc. at churchdevelopmentinc6@gmail.com
Application for Grants: March 31 & October 31
Application Deadlines for Loans: Accepted at any time
2024/2025 CDI Members, Directors and Officers
(The CDI by-laws proscribe: a maximum of 11 members – no fixed term; 7 directors of whom at least 5 must be members of the United Church of Canada- 3 year term, renewable twice)
Chair: Stuart Fletcher-Cook (Member, Director, UCC member)
Vice-Chair: Dwight Rutherford (Member, Director)
Secretary: Betty Young (Member, Director, UCC member)
Treasurer: Spencer Libbrecht (Member, Director)
Dennis Butcher (Member, Director, UCC member)
Lisa Lix (Member, UCC member)
Sheron Miller (Member, Director, UCC member)
Andrew Fletcher-Cook (Member, Director, UCC member)
Mission Support Grants
Each year, the United Church of Canada issues application forms for Mission Support and Regional Council Grant. The Prairie to Pine Regional Council sends applications in June to pastoral charges and outreach ministries that have applied in previous year/s. This form replaces MSG forms 3, 5 and 7.
Date: One intake per year, due 31 August every year. Send your completed application to prairietopine@united-church.ca
The form is available on the national website, under “Grant Applications”.
IMPORTANT:
Please ensure your application is complete and all required information is sent with the application, or your application will not be considered.
The United Church of Canada Foundation
The United Church of Canada Foundation provides grants to assist United Church organizations undertake new and innovative projects that fulfill the mission and vision of the church as well as fulfilling the wishes of donors who provided specific instructions on how their funds were to be used.
Grant Information Overview-The United Church of Canada Foundation
The purpose of the Capital Assistance Fund is to provide financial assistance for the renewal and development of congregations, camps, education centres, community ministries, and chaplaincies. Assistance is available in the form of loans and targeted grants for eligible pastoral charges/congregations and other ministries that would otherwise be unable to undertake or complete these projects.
The fund is made up of several categories, each described in more detail and having a separate application form.
