{"id":17905,"date":"2025-06-30T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/?p=17905"},"modified":"2025-06-30T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:50:05","slug":"2026-sharing-vitality-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2026-sharing-vitality-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Sharing Vitality Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1185.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Enhance Ministry Thriving and See Impact Grow Through a SHARING VITALITY Grant!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the hottest topics for churches to wonder about and discuss today is \u201cvitality.\u201d How do we get it, sustain it, or recapture it? More importantly, what part of the church does it refer to and what does it look like in practice? There are member churches out there who are currently exploring and answering these questions in new and exciting ways. The NACCC Vitality Ministry Council believes these creative endeavors are worth supporting financially to see what they can inspire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2026, the NACCC Vitality Ministry Council is prepared to offer <strong>10 one-time grants<\/strong> to active member churches (or church cohort groups) <strong>of $2500 each<\/strong> to support new or expanding ministries or projects that involve churches being exploratory, ambitious, collaborative and generative as a way to enhance the vitality of the local church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The two main goals of these grants are to 1) give a boost to ministries that have otherwise felt out of reach or unattainable due to cost, and 2) to provide a platform to share what you\u2019re doing with fellow churches. We believe there is amazing potential in every ministry that we want to help unleash. If your church has an idea that you believe could benefit yourselves and others, submit a request <b>to the Vitality Ministry Council through lwright@naccc.org by <\/b><b>November 1, 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h3><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">The Details\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">All active NACCC member churches can apply. A church cohort anchored by an active NACCC member church can also apply, even if it includes some partner churches of other denominations or traditions. Cohorts may be formed by geography, or by ministry affinity, etc.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Applicants must submit a proposal of no more than 3 pages which should include a narrative of the project goal and a simple budget for use of funds.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Grant applications must be received by email <strong>on or before November 1, 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Awardees will receive notice of award in December 2025 to receive funding and begin projects in January 2026.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Churches and\/or cohorts can apply for any amount up to $2,500.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Applications will be reviewed and approved by members of the NACCC Vitality Ministry Council and NACCC staff.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Awardees will stay in communication with the Vitality Ministry Council and NACCC staff as projects progress, including about ways their ministry lessons and examples can be shared with other NACCC churches looking for ministry options that could be adapted to their context, and for support around implementation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Program information about those awarded and their midway progress through the year will also be shared by awardees in collaboration with the NACCC and Vitality Ministry Council at the NACCC 2026 Annual Meeting and Conference in Massachusetts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-Sharing-Vitality-Grants-Progress-Report-Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the 2025 Sharing Vitality Grantee Progress Reports<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":725,"featured_media":17933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,86,45,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-resources","category-featured-financial-support-resources","category-financial-support","category-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17934,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17905\/revisions\/17934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}