Grant Funding
Grant Guidelines and Funding
Classis Holland supports congregations and ministries through various grant funding programs
Grant Guidelines
Grant guideline for budget year 2026
- Congregations with 75 or fewer active adult professing members are eligible for sustaining grants.
- Grants will ordinarily support CRCNA affiliated ministries within the geographic footprint of classis.
- A ministry may apply for only one type of grant per year
- Maximum grants are $8,000/year
- Student funding grants have a maximum of $5,000/year and $20,000 for the entirety of a student’s years of theological training
- Sustaining grants are renewed every five years only after a ministry review with particular attention given to a clear mission focused vision, sustained congregational health, and demonstrated evangelistic and community engagement outcomes (see below for questions to be addressed).
- Classical grants are distributed through a networking process whenever possible:
- Classis approves a grant funding request
- A congregation agrees to enter into a networking relationship with a grant recipient
- The contributing congregation reduces their classical ministry shares by the amount of the grant request and write a check directly to the grant recipient and notify the classical treasurer
- No grant projects can be dually funded by both Classis Holland and another granting organization without the prior approval of the Classical Ministries Coordinator and the Classical Executive Team.
- Grants may include approved diaconal ministries and campus ministries
- All grant requests must be submitted by July 15 in the year prior to the granting year.
