Past Neighbors in Need Grant Recipients
Review the grant recipients from 2017 to 2019 by UCC Conference. No grants were awarded in 2020 due to funds being allocated to COVID-19 relief efforts.
2019 Recipients
Central Atlantic Conference
- Rise Up Hagerstown / Rise Up Hagerstown (Phase II)
- Rock Spring UCC / Congregation Action Network
Connecticut Conference
- Hands on Hartford / MANNA Community Meals Day Center
Hawaii Conference
- Kaumakapili Church / Ke ola Kukulu Kumuhana (tr. “Salvation and Healing through Prayerful Conversation”)
Illinois Conference
- Avalon Park Community Church UCC / Avalon Park Project Against Violence
- Grace UCC / Combatting Food Insecurity
Missouri Mid-South Conference
- Christ Church UCC / Sanctuary and Immigration Reform Advocacy
- Emmaus Homes / Growing Grassroots Advocacy at Emmaus Homes
- Epiphany UCC / Salam Free Health Clinic
- Unleashing Potential (former The Board for Inner City Missions of the United Church of the United Church of Christ in Metropolitan St. Louis d/b/a Neighborhood Houses) / Baby Essentials
New York Conference
- Pilgrim – St. Luke’s United Church of Christ / PSL Sanctuary Support Project
- Rivers of Living Water UCC / The G.I.V.E (Gaining Inspiration, Value and Empowerment) Art Program
Ohio Conference
- Plymouth Church, UCC / EYEJ Discussion Series
Penn Central Conference
- Christ Church United Church of Christ / The Little Pantry
- Grace United Church of Christ / Helping 1000
South Central Conference
- Just Love UCC / Young Change Makers
Southern California Nevada Conference
- Pilgrim United Church of Christ / Lived Experiences, Inc. Non-Profit
Southern Conference
- Good Shepherd United Church of Christ / Get Real: An Anti-Racism Children’s Camp
Southwest Conference
- First Congregational Church of Flagstaff / Flagstaff Sanctuary Support Network
- Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ / Creation Care Ministry
Tri-Conference Ministries
- Harvard United Church of Christ / Harvard United Church of Christ Reach Out: Dare to Care
Wisconsin Conference
- Alliance for Justice / Alliance for Justice
- Finley Foundation, Inc. / ConstructionASAP Pre-Apprenticeship Program
- Lake Edge United Church of Christ / Invest in People
- Union Congregational Church UCC / On the Mark Dyslexia Clinic
2018 Grant Recipients
Grant Recipients for 2018 by UCC Conference
2017 Grant Recipients
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Bentley deBardelaben-Phillips
Executive Associate Justice & Local Church Ministries
216-736-3713
debardeb@ucc.org