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Exploring Christian Practices Initiative - Lilly Endowment Exploring Christian Practices Initiative L illy Endowment’s Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aim s to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith .
In this competitive initiative, the Endowment invited charitable organizations to submit proposals for grants of up to $2.
5 million each that may be used for up to a five-year period to develop new and/or enhance existing programs that present promising strategies for advancing the aim of the initiative and provide compelling and thoughtful responses to the following guiding questions: Who are the specific groups of individuals (both inside and outside the organization’s current constituents and the congregations that the organization supports) that the organization seeks to reach and serve, and what are the spiritual interests and questions of these individuals?
What Christian practices that are grounded in the organization’s theological and ecclesial tradition have played central roles in nourishing the faith of individuals in the organization’s community, and how can the organization retrieve, adapt, refine and deploy these practices in appropriate ways today to help individuals address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith?
What are the most appropriate and promising settings (both inside and outside of congregations) that are most conducive for individuals to explore and engage in a variety of Christian practices that the organization identified as most helpful and appropriate for today, and how can the organization both multiply opportunities and increase access to these settings to enable more individuals to explore and engage in these practices?
The Endowment anticipates awarding approximately 60 grants and announcing grant awards in December 2026. Charitable organizations in the United States that are tax-exempt public charities under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and corresponding statutes and that have a demonstrated interest in nurturing Christian faith and life were eligible to apply. The submission window for this initiative is now closed.
Interested charitable organizations were able to submit proposals by May 18, 2026. Guide to Budget Preparation Exempt Status Charity/Foundation Status Information Form Sample IRS Exempt Status Determination Letter
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Christian organizations and congregations. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Exploring Christian Practices Initiative is funded by Lilly Endowment. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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