Apply For A Grant
Applications for grants are submitted in proposed form to the Outreach Fund Liaison, Alice (Mikie) Fernley. Please contact her to receive an invitation to apply. Proposals should be no longer than two pages in twelve point type. Grant applications are due by September 1st for grants awarded the following January.
St. Thomas’ Church Outreach Fund
The Fund’s income is granted annually for the purpose of assisting in the initiation of new outreach programs solely for the assistance of economically disadvantaged individuals and organizations which have a primary purpose of providing such assistance. Some of our most sustainable programs (e.g., St. Thomas’ Summer Camp and our Scholarship Program) and those of our partner, Episcopal Community Services, have been jump started by Bob Fernley’s far-sighted generosity in establishing the fund.
| PAST GIVING |
2023
Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels – to support their effort to provide low-cost meals for eligible recipients in two additional zip codes.
Stand With Iraqi Christians – to provide financial assistance to three new business ventures initiated by Iraqi Christians.
2022
The Community Network - provided seed money for The Housing Scholarship Fund. It is designed to cover the difference between what eligible students from Gwynedd Mercy University and Montgomery County Community College can afford to pay for their housing on or off campus.
2021
Episcopal Legal Aid – to expand pro bono civil legal aid to economically disadvantaged individuals at community and on-site food distribution centers; to create specialized programs in legal areas including immigration, senior law and housing issues.
Tree House Books – to fund the creation of Covid-19 Equity Pods for K-5th grade students in North Philadelphia
2020
Historic Fair Hill Literacy Partner Program – to reopen the library in the Hartranft School in North Philadelphia, an expansion of its current School Literacy Partnership Program at the Julia de Burgos School Due to the constraints of the pandemic, the money was used to provide funding for seven Literacy Assistants to assist the teachers and parents as the students attended school virtually. Funding also provided for the purchase and delivery of books to individual students and to learning pods throughout the district .
2019
Mitzvah Circle Foundation – supporting purchases of essential period supplies distributed to one of the most vulnerable populations – transition-aged children and young adults (from 15-25) who struggle with not only poverty but have experience with mental health, foster care, juvenile or substance abuse.