2007 Annual Report for Fund for Unitarian Universalism
Total Number of Grants Made: 28
Grants
Made: $217,540
Challenge
Grants Made: $21,500
Total
Grants Made: $239,040
Channing Murray Foundation—Urbana, IL
$14,500 Grant
“Raised UU” Core Group Development
To identify and reach out to recent Bridgers and “raised UU” students on the Urbana Champaign University campus and create a core group and center to serve the spiritual and community needs of Unitarian Universalist (UU) young adults.
Chicago Area UU Council—Hinsdale, IL
$5,200 Grant
UU Chicagoland Marketing Initiative
To make Unitarian Universalism more visible and to grow congregations though the development of marketing and PR events, skills and programs in congregations in the Chicago area. Congregations will receive coaching on public relations and will bring stories of UU work for justice to the news media.
Church of the Larger Fellowship—Boston, MA
$10,000 Grant
Growing New UUs Online
To refine the online New UU study course currently available on the website of the Church of the Larger Fellowship and make it available in an expanded, customizable form for use by individual congregations. This will be the first interactive, online newcomer course available to UUs.
Church of the Larger Fellowship—Boston, MA
$5,000 Grant
Companions in Faith II
To expand the highly successful religious education program offering spiritual support and faith development materials to prisoners. Over 300 prisoners across the country have joined CLF; lacking access to the internet or email, they rely on printed materials.
D.R.U.U.M.M.—St. Petersburg, FL
$11,000 Grant, $2,000 Challenge
Restructuring and Re-visioning of DRUUMM
To restructure the racially diverse organization to better serve the needs of Unitarian Universalist People of Color. The grant provides for an organizational consultant to help guide a process to revision the organization to best fulfill its mission, understand its membership values, meet the needs of its members and work to overcome racism.
First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta—Atlanta, GA
$9,000 Grant
Old Stone Church History Project
For a “living history” project dedicated to community re-education, documentation and preservation of the bi-racial dynamics of the church’s post civil war neighborhood and a goal of partnering with others to initiate acts of restorative justice.
First Parish in Cambridge—Cambridge, MA
$2,000 Grant, $2,000 Challenge
Harvard Square Library Worldwide Publishing
To publish UU materials online and in print for a wide distribution. The project offers a significant resource combining history, education and public relations. It will be used by religious leaders and the general public.
First UU Church of New Orleans & GNOUU—New Orleans, LA
$14,000 Grant
UU Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal
For development of a Center that will strengthen the presence of Unitarian Universalism in Greater New Orleans by providing strong programming and activities in partnership with community groups. The project will bring a focus and a literal center to UU social justice work and provide a way for the three congregations to create partnerships with each other and in the community.
First Unitarian Church of San Jose—San Jose, CA
$4,000 Grant
Beloved Community Project
To move the congregation to become intentionally multicultural, multiracial and multidimensional by exploring oppression through worship and workshops, by building relationships between groups in church and the neighborhood through church sponsored Spanish language activities, and through a language exchange program.
Interweave Continental—Montpelier, VT
$18,000 Grant
Singing for Our Lives: A History of Pioneer LGBT Ministers in UUism
To chronicle the struggles, celebrate the successes and share a vision for justice with the wider interfaith community through a book that will combine the oral histories of LGBT UU clergy with social and cultural history.
Meadville Lombard Theological School—Sankofa Archives—Chicago, IL
$8,000 Grant, $3,000 Challenge
Sankofa Project Archives
A second grant to the Society of Sankofa in partnership with the Department of Ministry and Professional Leadership at MLTS to document and showcase the lives and ministries of Unitarian Universalist ministers-of-color and laity-of-color ancestries, and to create a virtual archive with on-line accessibility.
Melrose UU Church—Melrose, MA
$5,000 Grant
Spirit Play Development
To develop and produce additional materials in support of an alternative religious education program that encourages a strong UU identity in children
Northeast and New Hampshire/Vermont Districts of Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)—Concord, NH
$8,000 Grant, $4,000 Challenge
UU Congregations in Partnership: New Dollars, New Spaces
For a one year pilot project to help UU congregations maintain their historic buildings, view their space as an extension of their religious values, provide a resource for the fulfillment of their mission, and identify and secure new sources of funding.
Prairie Star Dist. Southern Cluster Outreach & Extension Board—Lawrence, KS
$1,000 Grant, $3,000 Challenge
S.C.O.R.E.
A second grant for a cluster-based extension and growth program in Western Missouri and Kansas that will provide an infrastructure to support congregations in this large geographic area where increasingly regressive social policy demands a growing liberal religious response.
Prairie Star District: Heritage and Archives Committee—Minneapolis, MN
$2,500 Grant
Bringing Our History to Life
A second grant to provide technical and financial support to congregations planning to produce a UU history video, and to produce a tutorial, “Why Do UU History?”
Shawnee Mission UU Church—Overland Park, KS
$2,000 Grant
Julia’s Voice: Moms Against the War
To establish a Mother’s Day event in the name of Julia Ward Howe that will raise awareness of UUism, bring mothers together in Kansas City to speak out against war and to provide on-line resources to prompt similar activities around the country.
Southwest UU Women—Houston, TX
$5,000 Grant, $3,000 Challenge
International Convocation for UU Women: Cultural Literacy and Scholarship Program
For the development and promotion of a curriculum to educate and interest UUs in participating in and providing scholarship funds to bring women from abroad to the International Convocation of UU Women.
Southwestern UU Conference—Fort Worth, TX
$4,000 Grant
Frederick J. Streng Memorial Dialogues
To launch a series of facilitated theological dialogues that will train UUs in the practices of interfaith dialogue, equip UUs to articulate their own beliefs, increase tolerance and understanding of beliefs of other UUs and contribute to UU theological scholarship.
Starr King School for the Ministry—Berkeley, CA
$18,000 Grant
Microfilm Thomas Starr King Manuscripts
To microfilm the manuscripts of Thomas Starr King that are held at the Boston Public Library (some 400 items) and place copies at Starr King, Meadville Lombard and Harvard Divinity School.
T.R.U.U.s.T.—Boston, MA
$9,000 Grant
TRUUsT Formation
To develop an organizational structure for transgender religious professionals that will provide support, enable transgender leaders to emerge, educate Unitarian Universalists, combat discrimination and provide a model for others in the interfaith community.
UU Church of the Philippines—Oriental Negros, Philippines
$8,000 Grant
REVIEW (Revisit Existing Vision)
To support new and ongoing programs, including strategic planning around growth, a supplemental worship guide booklet, and musical instruments for congregations.
UU Congregation of the Shoals—Study Group—Florence, AL
$7,000 Grant, $1,000 Challenge
The Alfred Hobart Project
To catalogue and edit the papers of the Rev. Alfred Hobart, a Unitarian minister who served in Birmingham, Alabama during the years of the civil rights struggles. The documents reveal Hobart’s commitment to the principles of social justice, and this project will make them more accessible.
UU Fellowship of Longview—Longview, TX
$4,000 Grant, $1,000 Challenge
Community Outreach
For a program to increase the visibility of the church and Unitarian Universalism and reach out to the larger community through print and radio messages and a weekly speakers platform."
UU Fellowship of Mankato—Mankato, MN
$2,500 Grant, $500 Challenge
UU Humanity Speakers Series
For increased outreach to broaden the demographic base of attendees and increase the audience size of a lecture series that broadens the public awareness of the liberal religious community,"
UU Ministers Association / C.E.N.T.E.R. Committee—Boston, MA
$17,000 Grant
Fostering Ministerial Excellence
For research on the continuing education needs of ministers in relation to their congregations and agencies. The project will also develop new programs and guidelines identifying criteria for ministerial excellence and accountability."
UU Ministers Association—Convo ’09—Boston, MA
$9,000 Grant
Narrative Stories: Collecting and Honoring Stories of Ministry
For a project to gather and preserve stories of Unitarian Universalist ministers, and honor the power of those stories as an aspect leading toward the Convocation of Ministers in 2009.
Unitarian Universalists with Disabilities—Albuquerque, NM
$14,840 Grant
UUs with Disabilities Organizational Meeting
To create a self-advocacy, educational and support organization of UUs with disabilities and their families, friends and allies.
United Ministries in Higher Education—Boulder, CO
$2,000 Challenge
UUs at CU
To build on a partnership with an existing progressive campus ministry at University of Colorado in Boulder, to establish a strong UU presence, to offer UU college students an affirming and sacred community and the opportunity to join like-minded students in pursuit of justice and service.
For more information contact uufp @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, May 13, 2008.
