Grants That Make a Difference
Profiles in this archive may become incorrect over time.
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
Spelman College in Atlanta has been
selected as one of the thirty-nine colleges to receive funding from the Indianapolis-based
Lilly Endowment to implement programs focused on religion and spirituality. The school,
which was awarded a five-year, $2 million grant by the Endowment, is one of two historically
black colleges and one of the two women's colleges to receive an award in this round of
grantmaking.
Spelman's new program, Sisters Center for WISDOM: Women in Spiritual Discernment of
Ministry, aims to increase student, faculty, and staff awareness of and knowledge about
religious vocations, spirituality, and ethical leadership; recruit and retain students
pursuing the ministry as a vocation; expand the college's related course offerings; and
establish connections with religious groups in the community. The program also is designed to
increase research and scholarship on black women, religion, and spirituality and examine the
gender-based disparities and inequities that have affected society and the church in the past.
"Although women represent 75 percent of church membership, they are disproportionately
represented in senior positions in the Black church," said the Rev. Lisa Rhodes, a dean at
the college. "The grant will enable us to develop programs that help students explore career
choice and vocation as a calling, and religious leadership and pastoral ministry as a viable
vocational option."
The Lilly Endowment gave a total of $76.8 million to the thirty-nine liberal arts colleges in
this round of funding to help them prepare leaders for the church and society. Overall, the
Endowment has awarded approximately $171 million through its Programs for the Theological
Exploration of Vocation initiative.
Recipient Contact Information:
Spelman College
350 Spelman Lane S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30314
Phone: 404-681-3643
URL: www.spelman.edu
Grantmaker Contact Information:
Lilly Endowment Inc.
2801 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-0068
Phone: 317-924-5471
Contact: Sue Ellen Walker - Comm. Assoc.
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to atweb@fcncenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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