The Duke Endowment – Rural Church
- Amount
- Not published
- Status
- No deadline published
- Region
- North & South Carolina
Diaconal Ministry Grant
Presbytery of Greater Atlanta
- Amount
- Maximum request $5,000
- Deadline
- Closes Oct 26Due Oct 26, 2026 (midnight)
- Who
- PGA member churches and worshiping communities
- Use
- Diaconal/outreach ministry projects
You match if
Your church is a PGA member or approved worshiping community, and the project reaches beyond your congregation. Administration, salaries and needed equipment or facility costs can qualify.
You’ll need
- A project narrative of two pages or fewer
- A budget
- Endorsement from your Clerk of Session
- Your own investment at least equal to what you request
Email it all to grants@atlpcusa.org.
Watch for
- After two funded years in a row, you wait one year. A second-year request needs an impact report.
- The linked form still shows an October 27, 2025 date. The current page says October 26, 2026. Confirm with grants@atlpcusa.org.
- We could not confirm whether volunteer time counts toward your investment.
Source: atlpcusa.org/events/diaconal-grant-2026. Recorded Oct 16, 2026. Reviewed Oct 17, 2026. Scope: reviewed.
Decision notes and evidence
Before you pursue
Decision notes
The original listing remains an October 16, 2026 snapshot. This panel is a separately checked layer, not a guarantee of an open cycle or applicant eligibility. Research scope describes the review, not your eligibility.
Fit
- Source-reviewed
For PGA member churches and approved worshiping communities addressing human need, hunger or related systems change. Ministry must reach beyond the congregation; administration, salaries and needed equipment/facility costs can qualify.
Source 2
Disqualifiers
- Source-reviewed
Other denominations or community agencies cannot apply alone. After two consecutive funded years, a one-year wait is required; a second-year request needs an impact report.
Source 2
Money required
Next step
- Source-reviewed
The 2026 website deadline is midnight October 26, 2026. The linked form calls for a project narrative of at most two pages, budget and Clerk of Session endorsement, emailed with attachments to grants@atlpcusa.org.
Source 1 Source 3 - Editorial guidance
Confirm which form to use and the deadline timezone with grants@atlpcusa.org; the downloaded form retains an old date.
Source 1 Source 3
Evidence
- Diaconal Ministry Grant Deadline — Presbytery of Greater Atlanta
Source-reviewed · Accessed
2026 event announcement reviewed; deadline October 26, 2026.
- Grants and Funding — Presbytery of Greater Atlanta
Source-reviewed · Accessed
Both 2026 grant sections reviewed, including membership restrictions, Diaconal investment requirement and conditional late Beyond the Building applications.
- Diaconal Ministry Grant Application — PGA
Source-reviewed · Accessed
Official linked four-page form reviewed. Filename and final-page date are 2025, while page 1 defers to website deadline; confirm form with staff.
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
Presbytery of Greater Atlanta — Diaconal Ministry
PGA member churches and approved worshiping communities; Georgia location alone is insufficient.
PGA affiliation required for a stand-alone applicant; partnerships encouraged but outside churches/community agencies cannot apply alone.
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: published window not expired · as of 2026-10-19
Published opening: Not stated · deadline: 2026-10-26 · timezone: Not stated
Official page gives midnight Monday deadline; timezone and acceptance in live form not tested.
Live submission portal not tested; recheck before preparing an application.
Amount: maximum $5,000 USD; maximum request
Supported projects: Human-needs projects; Hunger and food insecurity; System/policy changes related to those needs
Requirement: Maximum request $5,000; applicant investment must equal or exceed request.
Requirement: Serve communities beyond PGA congregations; internal beneficiaries may share the community’s needs.
Requirement: Two consecutive funding years possible; impact report before renewal, then one-year waiting period after second year.
Exclusion: Outside denominations and community agencies cannot apply on their own.
Unknown: Precise service boundaries, deadline timezone and applicant approval workflow should be confirmed.
Confirm exact service area, applicant route and current cycle directly.
gfm-enrichment-002 · funder official document · Publication: Publication date not stated (unknown) · Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Retrieved 2026-10-19T02:38:53.073323+00:00. Grant Opportunities — Presbytery of Greater Atlanta
Plenary finds the matches and drafts the applications.
It ranks funders against your ministry's profile and drafts each answer in your voice. You review and submit.
Try Plenary (opens in new tab)Plenary is a separate service, not a funder endorsement or a guarantee of funding.