UTO Grants Criteria
Resolution text
Resolved, that the Mission Within the Episcopal Church of Executive Council, having met February 9-12, 2023, in San Francisco, California, affirm and uphold The United Thank Offering’s 2023-2025 focus on areas of ministry that welcome the stranger and serve those who society has left out and left behind.
Explanation
The 2024 UTO grants will directly support programs that will be focused on “the stranger” Jesus mentions, offering welcome and inclusivity. UTO requests grant applications that welcome people with differences that cause isolation (culture, life experience, disability, mental health, etcetera) in new ways that are meaningful and deemed necessary by that community. UTO requests projects that encourage truth telling, acknowledging historic trauma, and establishing a pathway towards healing.
UTO will continue to support Resolution D006 in the considering and awarding of grants.