Giving is Receiving Benevolence Fund
United Lutheran Church of Oakland
Giving is Receiving is a Benevolence Fund maintained by United Lutheran Church with funds that have been designated to make grants to various social service organizations.
The Giving is Receiving Team (GIR) is opening the grant application period from May 1 to May 31, 2019. Grants will be given to organizations in amounts up to a maximum of $1000. Grants will be restricted to Alameda County as the first priority of GIR is to support vulnerable residents of Alameda County, especially those of East Oakland, by funding organizations that provide direct services to children and youth, adults, the elderly, victims of violence, refugees and undocumented residents. Salaries and overhead expenses will not be considered. If you have questions, please contact Kathy Booker at kbooker817@comcast.net or Carla Dartis at carladartis@gmail.com
The following is a list of services potentially eligible for funding:
You may pick up applications at United Lutheran Church, Oakland; St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oakland; or Trinity Lutheran Church, Alameda.
You can also download your application below. (note the application is not fallible online)
The Giving is Receiving Team (GIR) is opening the grant application period from May 1 to May 31, 2019. Grants will be given to organizations in amounts up to a maximum of $1000. Grants will be restricted to Alameda County as the first priority of GIR is to support vulnerable residents of Alameda County, especially those of East Oakland, by funding organizations that provide direct services to children and youth, adults, the elderly, victims of violence, refugees and undocumented residents. Salaries and overhead expenses will not be considered. If you have questions, please contact Kathy Booker at kbooker817@comcast.net or Carla Dartis at carladartis@gmail.com
The following is a list of services potentially eligible for funding:
- literacy and education
- parenting education
- addressing hunger
- housing and homelessness
- employment development
- youth development and mentoring
You may pick up applications at United Lutheran Church, Oakland; St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oakland; or Trinity Lutheran Church, Alameda.
You can also download your application below. (note the application is not fallible online)
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Applications will be accepted on May 1st through May 31st, anything submitted before or after those dates will not be reviewed.
2018 Grantees
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Ancient Harmonies- Sing-along with Willard and Mary Alice
Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre-NICU Subsidized Care Bethlehem Lutheran Church- Feeding the community Building Futures with Women and Children- Cornerstones Program Cantare Con Vivo- Team Building for Nova Youth Choir Castlemont High School- Yearbook Club Charlotte Maxwell Clinic- Volunteer training Coding Music- Teaching youth to digitally write music Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice- Aztlan Beautification DreamCatcher- Youth Services for Homeless East Oakland Collective- Feed the homeless rapid response team Eden Housing- Expanded Learning Program- Summer Enrichment EPIK Project- Online solicitation of purchasing of sex diversion program Flourish Agenda, Inc.- Camp Akili Food of God 4 the People of God- Feeding the needy in our community Grandmothers Who Help- Summer STEMH field-trips for the underprivileged Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity- Nueva Esperanza Lutheran Church of the Cross- Weekly homeless dinner program Miracles of Faith Community Church- Miracle Harvest Food Program Oakland Rising- Support for Oakland Rising Oakland Trails- Youth Internships/Group Stewardship Projects Oakland Youth Chorus Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary- Student grocery replacement Restoring Our Communities- Delivery services Survivors Healing, Advising and Dedicated (SHADE)- Resilient project The New Market- hot meals for the hungry The Village- Meals at the Village Trinity Lutheran Church (Alameda)- Joyful Noise Choir YEAH Emergency Shelter for Homeless Youth- Meal program |
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2017 Spring Grantees |
Bethlehem Lutheran: Feeding the Community, Building Futures for Women and Children, Dream Catcher Youth Shelter, East Bay Youth Program - Germany Sponsorship, Eden Housing Summer Program(2017), Mas Makers Massive, Sacred Space, Smiley Scholarship, Clausen House, Oakland Elizabeth House, EPIK Project, Nkoaranga School, West Coast Children's Clinic, Food of God 4 People of God, Mercy Retirement Brown Bag, St. Paul Lutheran Church - Local Hunger Needs, St. Mary's Resources for the 3rd Age, AAU - Books for Every Child, St. Paul Hospital Task Force, Wishbone Sponsorship.
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For our 2017 Granting fiscal year we awarded approximately $100,000.
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2017 Fall Grantees |
ALMC School of Nursing, Alpha Omega Foundation, Bay Area Jazz Society, Bay view Nursing and Rehab Center, Blue Skies for Children, Communities for a Better Environment, Days for Girls, HEAL Trafficking, High Speed Track Club, Mercy Beyond Boarders, Oakland Children's Fairyland, Oakland Girls Softball League, Oakland Rotary Endowment, Our Family Circle Foundation 50+ Comm. Ctr., Pact, an Adoption Alliance, Plaster House - Arusha Tanzania, Raskob Day School, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Ruby's Place Shelter, SaveNature.org, Sister-to-Sister 2 Inc., St. Mary's Center - Winter Shelter, Friendly Manor, Team XOver, Telegraph Community Ministry Center, Trinity Lutheran Church, United Seniors of Oakland & Alameda Co., YEAH! Emergency Shelter for Homeless Youth
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