The Duke Endowment – Rural Church
- Amount
- Not published
- Status
- No deadline published
- Region
- North & South Carolina
Diocese of Southwest Florida
Episcopal Charities Fund
- Amount
- Not published
- Deadline
- Closed2026 deadline was July 31, 2026
- Who
- Diocese of Southwest Florida congregations with outreach ministries
- Use
- Outreach to vulnerable communities
You match if
Congregations, deaneries and Episcopal schools within Southwest Florida may apply, alone or with partners, for nonprofit ministries addressing unmet needs of vulnerable communities.
Examples include food access, eldercare, literacy, after-school programs, health screening and housing-related services. Work must be sustainable beyond the one-year award unless completed during it.
You’ll need
- The July 31, 2026 deadline has passed. The guidelines identify Michelle Mercurio (mmercurio@episcopalswfl.org) for questions and emailed applications; clergy and lay signatures are part of the form.
- Our note: Ask about the next cycle before preparing a submission; a historic application download does not establish a current opening.
- Congregational involvement can be funding, oversight, volunteering or other support; the guidelines do not limit involvement to a cash contribution.
Watch for
- Parishes must have timely parochial reports, audits and apportionments. Church repairs, debt reduction, deferred maintenance, general operating costs outside the funded program, and employee payroll/expenses are excluded.
- Not confirmed: an individual award cap, a mandatory cash-match percentage or an application fee.
- Official program page read in full as extracted text; scope limited to this page.
- Official download redirected to a legacy .doc. All readable guideline/application text reviewed; punctuation encoding artifacts do not affect listed rules.
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.
Check this local pathway
Episcopal Charities Fund — Southwest Florida
Churches within the Diocese of Southwest Florida; not all Florida churches.
Diocesan congregation route.
Check this local pathway, not an eligibility determination. State is only a discovery filter; confirm county/diocese/presbytery and actual affiliation.
Application route: open — published route does not mean open today.
Window status: closed · as of 2026-10-19
Published opening: Not stated · deadline: 2026-07-31 · timezone: Not stated
Fund page calls this the calendar-year 2027 grant, while June 9 news headline calls it 2026 grants. Both give July 31, 2026. Do not collapse application year and award/service year.
Live submission portal not tested; recheck before preparing an application.
Amount: Not stated in reviewed source; not stated in reviewed pages
Supported projects: Parish-based outreach; Special-needs ministries; Existing or new ministries responding to unmet community needs
Requirement: Competitive annual review; Council on Deacons recommendations and Diocesan Council awards.
Unknown: Next cycle, individual award range, match and detailed form requirements not established.
Confirm exact service area, applicant route and current cycle directly.
gfm-enrichment-004 · funder official document · Publication: 2026-06-09 (day) · Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Retrieved 2026-10-19T02:38:53.543995+00:00. Episcopal Charities Grant Cycle Opens for 2026 Grants News & Updates- Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida
gfm-enrichment-010 · funder official document · Publication: Publication date not stated (unknown) · Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Retrieved 2026-10-19T02:42:55.580724+00:00. Episcopal Charities Fund - Diocese of Southwest Florida
Source: episcopalswfl.org/news/episcopal-charities-grant-cycle-opens-for-2026-grants, episcopalswfl.org/the-episcopal-charities-fund/episcopal-charities-grant-fund-program-guidlines-2026. Recorded Oct 16, 2026. Reviewed Oct 17, 2026. Scope: reviewed.
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