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SOAR!
Application for Retirement Needs Grant
Instructions and Guidelines
Completed applications are due to the SOAR! office by the first Friday in February. Regular Grant Applications will not be accepted after the due date. The Grant Review Committee meets once a year in April. Regular grants will be announced and awarded in late Spring.
Congregations may submit an application for a single project. SOAR! will not accept multiple applications from a single congregation. If the project encompasses more than one location, please detail the request in a single application. Additional information (updated July 2012) on the grant application and program is available here, or by contacting Deborah Hudson Vornbrock at 202.529.7627 or dvornbrock@soar-usa.org.
All submissions must be typed, single sided. Applications should be both emailed and sent in hardcopy.
Scanned Email
- Complete Signed Application
- Complete NRRO Retirement Needs Analysis
(please note that these are often 2 sided – make sure that the scan captures the entire document, usually 3-4 pages) - Copies of 2 Bids (should be no more than 1-2 page summary)
Please send an email to Deborah Hudson Vornbrock at dvornbrock@soar-usa.org. The email subject should read: Grant Application – Congregation Name – City, State. Attach a single scanned pdf of the entire application package (3 items listed above). The PDF should be named as follows: Congregation_City_State (i.e. IHM Sisters_Scranton_PA.pdf)
Please do not send a cover letter with the emailed application unless it is in the body of the email. The emailed application should include 1 attachment only.
Hardcopy
- Complete Original Signed Application
- Complete NRRO Retirement Needs Analysis
(please note that these are often 2 sided – make sure that the scan captures the entire document, usually 3-4 pages) - Copies of Bids (should be no more than 1-2 page summary)
Please mail entire original package (3 items listed above) to Deborah Hudson Vornbrock at:
SOAR!
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Hecker Center for Ministry
3025 4th Street NE, Suite 14
Washington, DC 20017
Copies of audits and financial statements do not need to be submitted but should be available upon request.
