| Instructions
and Guidance to Applicants for Grants
The
purpose of Friends Institute shall be to support and encourage young adult
Friends, between the ages of 18 and 40, in ministry, service, witness
and Quaker study. Friends Institute will sponsor activities and programs
to provide opportunities for interaction between members of PYM and those
forming a community of interest with them, for the purpose of strengthening
the Religious Society of Friends. Its activities and programs shall have
as a goal spiritual nurture and sharing which will encourage both inward
and outward religious experience and service.
Funds
are available for the following purposes:
Programs,
events or activities which support and build the community of PYM young
adult Friends, ages 18 to 40.
Maximum grant amount: $1,000**
• We especially encourage
local and creative projects/events.
• We strongly favor
projects where there is a significant contribution from other sources
or the individual in the form of financial support or services in kind
(such as volunteer hours, use of meeting facilities, etc.)
• We do not make multi-year
commitments, preferring to make one-time only grants. However, programs
may re-apply and may receive funding in more than one year. Priority is
given to first time applicants.
• We support individuals
and programs of Friends’ organizations active with the PYM area.
Individuals should be understood to mean persons 18-40 years of age, who
are active members or attenders of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting constituent
meetings.
• We offer grants of
up to $1,000 to individuals with a well-thought-out program to develop
a particular ministry or calling that has the potential to provide leadership
within the Society of Friends. Projects can take the form of putting Quaker
values into practice and in action or to apply Quaker perspective to a
pressing social concern in the form of service projects.
• We do not provide
scholarship money towards college education, nor for general religious
study or solely for inward spiritual growth.
• We do not provide
salleries or paid internships.
• We ask that Friends
seek travel assistance first from other sources, including the Pemberton
Grant: www.pym.org/pm/grants
**We occasionally consider
grants for larger amounts, including scholarships for Quaker events or
gatherings, sponsorship of specific programs as part of a larger event,
or grants to fund a percentage of a program or gathering.
Requirements:
Friends Institute expects
that within one year of every approved grant:
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Grant money not used within one year for the specified
purpose of the grant will be returned |
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Grantees will send, by an electronic version, a report describing
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• How funds
were used, with a one-page accounting of expenditures
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What difference the project has made for the people served
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How it will serve the Society of Friends either for inreach or outreach
• What impact
the project had on the applicant. |
All grant applications should provide the following
information:
1. Name, address, phone and email address of the individual applying
for a grant
2. Purpose for which the grant is sought.
3. The amount of funds requested, and a breakdown of their intended
use.
4. How your proposal relates to, or meets the needs/interests of Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting young adult Friends.
5. Other funding sources that have been approached for the grant. Amount
contributed, if any, from such sources.
6. Date by which you need the grant (awards are March, June, September,
and December).
7. A minute of support from your Monthly Meeting, Quarterly Meeting
or clearness committee/person familiar with your proposal.
8. Expected date of final report, with the understanding that it should
be completed within a year or receiving the grant.
Download
Friends Institute grant application guidelines
as a pdf document.
Please make your application clear, complete and concise; it should be
no more than two typed pages in length. Submit via email to friendsinstitute@pym.org
in MS-Word compatible or text format.
Sadie
Forsythe
Young Adult Friends Coordinator
www.pym.org/education/yaf
Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
1515 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA, 19102
215-241-7075
or 800-220-0796, Ext. 7075
Fax:215-241-7045
sadief@pym.org
EarthQuaker
Earlier this summer, an intergenerational group of Friends made
a nearly 300-mile bicycle trip from Pendle Hill to Johnstown, PA
to attend FGC Gathering. Along the way, they visited three Monthly
Meetings in Caln Quarterly Meeting to engage their faith community
and perform service projects. The bikers kept a weblog and online
photo album to share and promote spiritual insight and bonding before,
during, and after the eight-day trip.
Co-organizer Carl Magruder laid out his vision for the bike trip
in FGC’s QuakerYouth bulletin: to “travel sustainably
to Gathering by pedal power, a rolling faith community witnessing
to others that we meet along the way.” He feels that Quakers
should be leading the global charge for earthcare.
The Friends Institute Granting Group — which funds Young Adult
Friends’ leadings in ministry, service, witness, and Quaker
study — has awarded grants to the EarthQuaker trip in its
two most recent granting cycles. In addition, Sadie Forsythe spoke
for Friends Institute Granting Group at EarthQuaker’s kickoff
event at Pendle Hill.
The Friends Institute group was particularly inspired by this
project because of its originality, potential to touch a lot of
people as they traveled from Meeting to Meeting, and witness to
Friends’ need for a more sustainable way of life. The group
strives especially to fund projects that – like the EarthQuaker
trip – are small, grassroots, and just getting off the ground.
—Sadie Forsythe, Friends Institute, and Sharon Cantor, Grants
Associate
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Previous Grants
Recipients
Read more about a recent EarthQuaker
project supported by the Friends Institute Granting Group.
2008 Awarded Grants:
• Beth E. $500 to travel to India with the India Friends Working
Group.
• Tri-Quarter Gathering $500 towards scholarships to enable participation
of young adult Friends.
• Emma C. was twice granted $500 (total $1,000) to support the EarthQuaker
Bike Trip project – traveling by bike from Wallingford to Johnstown,
PA, doing service along the way.
• Clarese D. $500 for travel expense to Israel & Palestine with
Guilford College.
• Dan Z. $500 to participate in Quaker education events at Woodbrooke,
Birmingham, UK, including Friends Association of Higher Education conference.
• Angelina C. $500 for Quaker Youth Book Project.
• Friends General Conference, $2000, in support of registration
scholarships to enable participation of young adult Friends in their annual
Gathering – this year in Johnstown, PA.
• Timothy E-H. $500 for living expenses while doing documentary
photography in Uganda.
2007 Awarded Grants:
• Andrew E-H. $1,500 for traveling ministry project.
• Nathanial B-P. $1,550 for gathering/reunion of Young Adult Friends
of North America at Olney Friends School.
• Tri-Quarter Gathering $1,000 to support program and registration
scholarships for young adult Friends. Follow grant approve $570 for same
purpose.
• Peter Y. $500 work with African great Lakes Initiative of Friends
Peace Teams.
• Zac D. $500 for Young Peoples Empowerment Convergence.
• Karen M. $500 for planning eco-village in Philadelphia.
• Margaret M. $500 to send a YAF to the FCNL summer gathering
• Laura S. $500 for FWCC event.
• Friends General Conference $550 for YAF scholarships.
2006 Awarded Grants:
• Mark M. $15,000 to PYM to start YAF program.
• Burlington YAF conference $7,000
• Friends General Conference $3,500 for YAF registration scholarships
• Julia J-R. $2,000 work on Friends Center Renovation Project, and
travel to Friends Environmental Education Network Conference.
• James W. $500 travel to do service work in wake of hurricane Katrina.
• Tri-Quarter Gathering $3,000 for YAF programs and registration
scholarships.
• Mariana G. $284 to attend Non-Violent Peaceforce meeting.
• Susanna C-F. $500 to attend China Summer Workcamp.
• Sue M. $1,500 as support for Residential Yearly Meeting.
• Tristan $500 to build bridges with European Friends.
• Harriet H. $3,500 support of Quaker Parenting Project.
2005 Awarded
Grants
- Paige M. $2000 to develop
and deliver a curriculum to educate children about sustainable agriculture
and local ecosystems.
- Elizabeth (Ellie) P. $500
to support travel to Israel-Palestine.
- Leila H. $250
- Greta R. $250 explore issues
between US and Mexico
- Adrian W. F. $250 to help
finance interfaith trip to Tuzla, Bosnia sponsored by the Fellowship
of Reconciliation and the Muslim Peace Fellowship.
- Pamela M. $250 to exolore
issues between Mexico and the US along the border. BorderLinks
- Evan D. $250 to explore
Mexico-US issues along the border. BorderLinks
- Peace
and Concerns Standing Committee $1,000 to support travel to Friends
Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Gathering on yearly basis
for two young Friends.
- Karelyn M. K. $250 to support
travel to Bosnia.
- Arin H. $250 to support
travel to the Friends
China Summer workcamp.
- Richard P. $250 to support
travel to the Friends China
Summer workcamp.
- Sharpless H. $250 to support
travel to Nicaraqua under the auspices of Bridges
to Community to help build a school.
- Ian R. $250 to support
travel to the Hiroshima World Friendship Center in Japan as part of
the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting Youth Peace Witness.
- Laura S. $200 to support
travel to the Hiroshima World Friendship Center in Japan as part of
the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting Youth Peace Witness.
- Kimberly R. $250 to support
participation in the PYM Youth Delegation, August 2005.
- Christina R. $500 to support
travel to the World Gathering of Young
Friends in the UK, 2005
- Johanna Riordian $500
to support travel to the World Gathering
of Young Friends in the UK, summer of 2005.
- Jada J. $200 to support
travel to the Hiroshima World Friendship Center in Japan as part of
the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting Youth Peace Witness.
- Douglas T. $200 to support
travel with the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting Youth Witness to Japan, Sumer 2005
2004 Awarded
Grants
- Susan E.
- Alycia S. P. $500 support
the Quaker
Pilgrimage to England Trip, Summer, 2004
- Megan G. $1,313 to support
participation in Cameroon Village Concept Project (CVCP) through the
International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
- Amanda K. $1,200 to plan
and direct an Underground Railroad History and Performance summer camp
for 5th and 6th graders from Lancaster MM and Mt. Zion AME Church in
Columbia, PA
- Zoe C. $500 to support
paricipation in the AFSC Youth
for Peace and Sustainable Community,Mexico Summer program.
- Katherine P. to support
service/study trip to Israel and Palestine led by a Guilford College
group.
- The World
Gathering of Young Friends $10,000
to support the attendance of Friends from Yearly Meetings in Afica at
World Gathering of Young Friends.
- Sustainable
Business Network of Greater Philadelphia $10,000 to fufill pledge
to support New Profiteer Business Plan Competition held November 18,2004.
- Johanna R. to support travel
related expenses associated with volunteer work at Corrymeela Center
in Ireland.
- Jada J. $500 to support
travel costs up to $500 to attend FCNL Annual Gathering.
2003
Awarded Grants
2002 Awarded
Grants
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Elena W., from London
Grove Meeting to attend
PYM China Workcamp in Summer 2002. Read more ...
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Jessica O., from Abington
Meeting to support her efforts in promoting local governance in WA
state by organizing an event with the mayor of Olympia. Read more
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Susan E., from Chester
Meeting to attend the FGC
Conference
on Nurturing and Ministry held in the fall in Wisconsin. Read
more ...
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Nathan G., from Lancaster
Meeting to participate in project run by Amigos de las Americas (AMIGOS)
in Honduras.
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Christina F., from Wilmington
Meeting to participate in Youth for Peace and Sustainable Community,
a project in Mexico. Read more ...
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Jessica O., from Abington
Meeting to attend the United Nations “PrepCom 4” in Indonesia in early
June 2002 for the World
Summit on Sustainable Development. Read more ...
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Eric M., from Westtown
Meeting to support him and his family during his sabbatical year abroad.
Read more ...
2001 Awarded Grants
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Aaron C., from Newtown
Meeting to participate in the planning of
YouthQuake 2003 as Volunteer Youth Quake Coordinator.
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Melissa W., from Central
Philadelphia Meeting to support her ministry about
drug concerns and prison. As a dancer and performer, she developed
an awareness program for kids in schools. See more about her performance
...
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Susanna T., from Summit
Meeting to support her in a wide range of ministries and leadings.
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Sarah G., from Newtown
Meeting to support her while doing an unpaid internship at Friends
Journal. Her writings and report available here ...
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Deanna M., from Westtown
Meeting to attend a seminar held at The Wounded Heart Ministries in
Seattle, WA. Read more ...The
Wounded Heart Ministries, Inc
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Sophy I., from Woodbury
Meeting to attend a summer school
session at the Quaker United
Nations Office, QUNO. Read more ...
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Peter Y., from Germantown
Meeting to serve as a volunteer on a project of the African
Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends
Peace Team Project in Rwanda. He co-facilitate many Alternatives
to Violence Project (AVP) workshops. Read more ...
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