Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church Endowment Fund
Internal Endowment Fund Grant Application
The following application can be used for any internal request for financial support from the Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church Endowment made by staff, committees, programs and ministries of Kountze. Deadlines for submission of applications throughout the year are January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15.
Funding Purposes
Grants from the Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church Endowment Fund (“Kountze”) may be made for one or more of the following purposes:
1. Capital Improvements for Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
2. Community and Synodical Ministries
3. National and Global Ministries
4. Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church Media Ministries
Funding Priorities
Funding of requests for ministries will be made on the basis of available funds and funding priorities of:
- Extending the outreach of Kountze through inspiring projects in the community, country and world.
- Leveraging grants to match other funding sources.
- Unmet community needs.
Please note: Prior to submitting a request for the Endowment Fund Board for any new program/ministry at Kountze or any individual expenditure above $1,000, appropriate Committee and/or Council approval is required before submitting this application to the Endowment Fund for funding. Please visit with the Senior Pastor if you have questions about prior approvals necessary.
Name of Project or Funding Request:
Applicant’s name: ______
E-mail or Phone: ______
1. Amount of Funding requested: $______
one-time multi-year (Explain:______)
2. Have you obtained prior funding from the Kountze Endowment for this project? If so, please list amounts and dates in the last five years.
3. Please provide an overview of the project, the support you are requesting, and indicate if this is an existing or new initiative and the purpose of the ministry/event/organization/purchase. Please be as detailed as possible and attach a separate document, if necessary.
4.Describe the goal of the project, intended outcome and how success will be measured. Why is this important?
5. Please provide a detailed budget and/or cost estimate(s), as appropriate. Please be as detailed as possible and attach a separate document, if necessary. For proposals that involve outside contractors or purchases, a minimum of two bids or price comparisons is required (three are preferred).
6. Confirm that upon completion or execution of the project, you will, as appropriate, provide Kountze with a report describing the outcome of the project, its successes and failures, and the reasons for those successes and failures.
In submitting this application, the applicant certifies that the information is complete and accurate to the best of the applicant’s knowledge.
Please check which prior approvals you have obtained:
Committee: ______Church Council Senior Pastor’s Approval
Other: ______ None/Not applicable