Can you provide examples of church and/or faith based projects that would not be eligible to apply for a grant from MMT? What would make them eligible?
Topics: Responsive Grants | Eligibility
Recent examples of organizations deemed ineligible were a faith-based school that had in-class prayers and required students to attend church service as part of their school day. Another was a church-operated food pantry that included religious materials in food boxes. Those applicants would likely have been eligible if they did not require prayer or religious service attendance of students and did not include religious materials in food boxes, assuming they met other eligibility criteria.
Your eligibility guidelines prevent applicants from requiring adherence to religious/faith beliefs. Our church operates a food pantry and obviously our pastor must have religious beliefs as a requirement of the job. Are churches ineligible for MMT grants?
Topics: Eligibility
Thank you for this important question, which gives us an opportunity to more fully explain our policy. First, MMT recognizes the critical role churches and faith communities play in providing non-religious social services in communities across our region. We have a long tradition of supporting many of those efforts through our grants.
