SDOP Grant


Self-Development of People
    PRESBYTERY OF GENESEE VALLEY



GRANT PROCESS 2012

Are you a member of a group that has a vision for empowering your community?
If so, the Self-Development of People of the Presbyterian Church (USA) may have funds to help you realize your vision.

What is Self-Development of People?
Self-Development of People (SDOP) is a ministry that affirms God's concern for humankind.  We are Presbyterian and non-Presbyterian people, dissatisfied with poverty and oppression, united in faith and action through sharing, confronting, and enabling.  We participate in the empowerment of economically poor, oppressed and disadvantaged people seeking to change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression, and injustice.

What does Self-Development mean?
Self-Development is NOT charity.  Rather, it is a ministry in which people join together to share and use the human and material resources God has provided.  Self-Development is the spiritual, social, political, and cultural freeing of persons to be who God intended with dignity and worth.  It is a partnership with the oppressed who have decided what they will do to change their situation.  It is Christ's Church in action, made possible by the One Great Hour of Sharing offering.

What is required?
Self-Development funding is very special and very limited in scope.  It is only for groups of    economically poor, oppressed, or disadvantaged people to be used for projects that are owned           and controlled by the people who benefit directly from them.  While congregations and other      organizing groups are encouraged to help groups develop and submit proposals, the proposals         must be presented, owned, and controlled by the direct beneficiaries.
   
How to Apply - There are two types of funding available--local and national.
  Local funding is provided through the Self-Development of People Committee,
  Presbytery of Genesee Valley.  The Committee is currently accepting           
  applications for funding up to $10,000.  An application form and grant criteria         are available from the Presbytery Office at 242-0080, or can be downloaded
  from the Presbytery website www.pbygenval.org/documents.


WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2012.

Presbytery of Genesee Valley
1190 Winton Road South
Rochester, New York  14618-2244
ATTN:  Janice Bilohlavek
Electronic applications preferred to programsecretary@pbygenval.org



Organizations may be eligible for extended funding over $10,000 through the National SDOP Committee.  If you think your group may qualify or you know of a group who may, see more information at www.pcusa.org/sdop/applicationprocess.htm.  You may download the Domestic proposal form at that site.



MAIL TO:                             
                        Presbytery of Genesee Valley
                        1190 Winton Road South
                        Rochester, NY  14618




SDOP CRITERIA:
The following national criteria of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are used by Self-Development of People Committees to determine whether a proposal is valid for funding within this ministry.  (Grant requests over $10,000 up to $20,000 should be directed to National Self Development of People, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY  40202-1396.)

  1. A proposal will address long-term correction of conditions that keep people bound by poverty and oppression.
  2. A proposal will be owned and presented by a group of people who will benefit directly from it.  The proposal will identify the people by name, economic situation, and background.  While congregations and other organizing groups are encouraged to help groups develop and submit proposals, the proposals must be presented, owned, and controlled by the direct beneficiaries.
  3. A proposal will describe, in detail, its goal (the point of the proposal), its objectives (the specific steps the group will take to accomplish the goal), the way the direct beneficiaries will be involved in all stages of the proposed project, and the methods to be used to achieve the goal and objectives.
  4. A proposal will not advocate violence as a means of accomplishing its goal or objectives.
  5. A proposal will describe fully the resources known to be available to support the project, including a description of a) those within the community, b) those available to the community, and c) the in-kind and other financial resources sought or to be sought.
  6. A proposal will contain a balanced income and expenditure budget.  A financial plan showing expected income and expenditures over the life of the project will be included, as well as a statement of how the group intends to manage the program.
  7. A proposal will specify how progress toward the stated goal and objectives will be evaluated by the group, and when the evaluation will be made.  It also will say how the group will engage the greater community in evaluating the program.







I. NAME AND LOCATION OF PROJECT

Name:________________________________________________________________________

Address:____________________________ City, State: _________________ZIP:____________


II. GROUP CONTACT PERSON

Name:_________________________________________Phone:__________________________

Address:_____________________________ City, State: _________________ZIP:___________

Position/Title_________________________


III. REPRESENTATION ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Please attach a list of all members of your Board of Directors, indicating with an asterisk those who are members of the community in need of funding.


IV. PEOPLE ORGANIZATION SERVES

Describe:______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________


V.  FUNDING

Amount requested from the SDOP Committee: $_____________
List other sources of funding, with amounts funded, being asked for by your project. Underline funds already firmly promised you. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Have you received funds from SDOP before? ____ If so, when ______ and how much? $______

How were funds used? ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

1. What is the total cost of the project? 

Last year? __________ This year?__________ Next year?__________
Text Box: Attach a completed INCOME AND EXPENDITURE BUDGET for the project and show each item the group proposes for the Self-Development of People to support.
2. What is the project and why is it needed?



 3.  What is the singular goal of the project?  What are the immediate and long-term goals of the project?          
                                               
                                   
4.  What are the step-by-step things the group will do to reach these goals?


5.  Please give names of the people who own the project.  Are they economically poor, oppressed, or disadvantaged people?


6.  Please give names of the people who control the project and makes decisions for it.  Are they economically poor, oppressed, or disadvantaged people?


7.  Who benefits directly from the project?



8.  If the names in #5, #6, and /or #7 are different please explain.



VII. EVALUATION

A.   Please limit your answers to the above questions, and to not more than four (4) pages.

B.   Attach a completed income and expenditure budget for the project and show each item
       that you propose SDOP to support.

C.     A Site Visit may be required of your project.  If funds are granted, there will be a follow-up
       visit within the funding year.

D.   Should you have any questions, contact:                

Walter Stuber, Chairperson
                                     stuberman1@yahoo.com

 
Attach a completed INCOME AND EXPENDITURE BUDGET for the project and show each item the group proposes for the Self-Development of People to support.



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