The Hays First United Methodist Church has endowed funds and has established the following guidelines for grant applications:
Annually the Permanent Endowment Committee sets a budget for grant requests to be funded.
Endowment Funds should only be used to support ministries beyond standard local Church activities or to provide temporary assistance in starting new ministries in the Church. The Church’s established programs are funded, or should be funded, through the annual operating budget of the Church and the regular giving of those attending.
Any church member is encouraged to begin a grant request by filling out a grant application form that can be accessed below or from the church office.
All grant applications must go through and be approved by an appropriate standing committee of the church before proceeding to the Permanent Endowment Committee for a decision on funding. Those committees would include:
· Administrative Board
· Committee on Finance
· Memorials Committee
· Committee on Staff-Parish Relations
· Board of Trustees
· Missions Committee
· Education Committee
· Worship Committee
· United Women in Faith
Once a grant is approved, the approving committee will be responsible for administering the grant.
Completed grant requests should be submitted to:
Hays First United Methodist Church
Permanent Endowment Committee
305 W 7th St
Hays, KS 67601
If submitting by email, please send to bev@haysfumc.com