The New Jersey Diocesan Global Goals Task Force and Matching Grant Program
Application and Instructions
Solicitud e Instrucciones (Español)
Did your congregation raise funds for Episcopal Relief and Development (such as for earthquake relief in Morocco or Gifts for Life), or support the education of a child at Good Shepherd Home in Cameroon, or work with a different international development organization? The Diocesan Global Goals Task Force offers matching grants each year to parishes engaged in international development and relief work, and up to $750 may be available per project. The applicant decides which partner organization to support and may request matching funds for either an ongoing or a new project. Each project must address at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals in an international location. Congregations may apply for more than one grant.
In the year 2000, nations from throughout the world formally joined together with the common cause of eradicating extreme poverty. Their work has been guided and held accountable by, first, the eight Millennium Development Goals and, now, the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, 2016-2030). The Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, are listed at the end of this document.
In response to the vow made in our Baptismal Covenant to “strive for justice and peace among all people,” The Episcopal Church has dedicated 0.7% of its annual budget to support the achievement of the MDGs/SDGs since 2006 and has charged each diocese and congregation to do the same. In our own diocese, the Diocesan Global Goals Task Force, which is charged to create a Diocesan-wide movement to promote awareness of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to help congregations develop plans to assist in their achievement, oversees the distribution of this 0.7% through the Global Goals Matching Grants program. Since the beginning of the Matching Fund, participating congregations and organizations have enabled upwards of $13,000 annually to be distributed to a variety of organizations which are fighting extreme poverty beyond our borders. In the past, grants have been given to congregations across the diocese to further God’s work among the poor.
Applications for Global Goals Matching Grants in 2023 were received from and for:
1 St. John the Baptist, Linden – Good Shepherd Home, Cameroon (1 child)
2 Trinity Church, Cranford – Good Shepherd Home, Cameroon (1 child)
3 Church of the Resurrection, Millville – Episcopal Relief-Syrian Earthquake
4 Christ Church, Woodbury – Episcopal Relief & Development (Global Needs)
5 St Thomas Church. Pittstown – Episcopal Relief & Development (Global Needs)
6 St John’s, Somerville – Urban Promise International
7 St Peters, Medford – Episcopal Relief & Development (Global Needs), Redemption School, Haiti, and Child Fund International
8 St Francis, Dunellen – Amer Friends of Diocese of Jerusalem
9 St. John’s, Little Silver- Rise against Hunger and Medical Mission- Ecuador
10 Church of the Advent, Cape May – Flying Kites and Collateral Repair Project
11 Trinity Cathedral, Trenton – Children International
12 St Bartholemew, Cherry Hill – Good Shepherd Home, Cameroon and Episcopal Relief & Development-Turkey
13 Trinity Church, Princeton – Cristosal, GAIA Global Health, and Episcopal Relief & Development (Global Needs)
14 St Raphael the Archangel, Bricktown – Episcopal Relief & Development (Global Needs)
A total of 23 grants were received with 21 being funded, one withdrawal, and one ineligible.
What is The Global Goals Matching Grant Program?
The Global Goals Matching Grant Program encourages congregations in the Diocese of New Jersey to support the eradication of extreme poverty by providing matching funds for projects supported by the congregation. A grant of up to $750 per project may be available to match funds raised and donated by the applicant. The applicant decides which partner organization to support and may request matching funds for either an ongoing or a new project. Each project must address at least one of the SDGs in an international location. Congregations can apply for more than one grant. Application help is available.
For more information, please contact the Very Rev. Dr. Caroline Carson, Global Goals Task Force Chair at theparsoncarson@gmail.com or 504-390-5331.
