Google for Nonprofits
- Amount
- No-cost and discounted tools (amount not stated)
- Status
- Rolling
- Region
- 180+ countries/regions
Vital Worship, Vital Preaching (Worshiping Communities)
Calvin Institute
- Amount
- $8,000 to $25,000
- Deadline
- Not confirmedOct 15, 2026 deadline passed; spring and fall 2027 due dates to be announced
- Who
- Tax-exempt Christian worshiping communities (churches, plants, schools, chaplaincies) in US/Canada
- Use
- Year-long worship/discipleship & faith-formation projects; equipment capped at 10%
You match if
Year-long worship and faith-formation projects can receive $8,000–$25,000. Eligible Christian communities include churches and plants, schools, and institutional ministries in the United States or Canada; proof of tax exemption is required.
You’ll need
- Our note: Use the official Timeline page to verify the next cycle before preparing a collaborative proposal with tax-exemption documentation. The reviewed overview links to the application portal but does not itself state the current deadline.
Watch for
- The program generally excludes individual grants, construction or renovation, products made for sale, and stand-alone events outside a year-long learning process. Administrative compensation is capped at 20% and equipment at 10% of the grant.
- Previous recipients must finish the prior project and propose a new idea or a project building on prior learning.
- Not confirmed: a mandatory cash match, application fee, or participant travel contribution. The overview establishes spending caps, not a universal matching requirement.
- Not confirmed in this review: the snapshot's October 15, 2026 deadline and subsequent 2027 schedule. Do not treat the visible Apply now link as proof of an open cycle.
- Snapshot URL redirected to this official overview; full extracted eligibility, assessment, award-range, and exclusions text reviewed. Timeline and detailed proposal instructions were not reviewed.
Dated supplemental evidence
Reviewed October 19, 2026. This layer does not refresh the older catalog below. Historical examples are selective, not typical awards or eligibility promises. Application-route access is separate from whether a round is open.
Historical recipient examples
St. Bart’s
St. Bart’s · 2024 (award year) · $25,000 USD
Recipient location: New York, NY
Expand Imagine Worship NYC, including worship resources, streamed observances, guest musicians and lay-leadership development.
Purpose scope: recipient-specific
Amount basis: announced grant, not verified cash disbursement
Exact award date: Not established
Review date: 2026-10-19
Historical recipient example; not evidence of current application access or award likelihood.
Recipient-published primary announcement, not independent audit or grant contract.
Worship formation precedent; not evidence that general building or equipment requests qualify.
Exact award approval day and cash disbursement not established.
gfm-enrichment-016 · recipient official announcement · Publication: 2024-08-23 (day) · Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Retrieved 2026-10-19T02:47:25.538400+00:00. Grant us Imagination | Notes and News | St. Bart's
Source: worship.calvin.edu/grants/worshiping-communities, worship.calvin.edu/grants/info/worshiping-communities. Recorded Oct 16, 2026. Reviewed Oct 17, 2026. Scope: partial.
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