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The People In Need Grant Application Process
People In Need Grants allow organizations, primarily churches, to provide charitable services to society's poorest members.
Churches may apply annually for grants of $7,500.
The Fund expects that these funds will directly benefit the poor, the homeless, the hungry and the sick in the congregation’s community. Money may be used to purchase food, clothes or medicine, pay utility bills, or pay academic or summer camp expenses for children. Under no circumstances may these funds be used to support a special program, event or budget of the church.
The Fund expects that the minister or rabbi of the congregation will distribute these funds appropriately and maintain records of the distributions. Two signatures are required on all disbursement checks for People In Need funds.
The Fund expects that grantees will prepare a brief report describing how grant funds were spent. The Fund, however, does not seek to know the identities of individuals being served.