As of June 30, $23,479,057.03 in actual gifts has been received by the Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church campaign, with outstanding pledges of $12,408,128.75. These amounts total $35,887,185.78 from 8,549 donors. In addition, four parishes have pledged to conduct campaigns on behalf of the diocese. Their total campaign goal is $4,345,000, of which $2,649,000 is to be remitted to the diocese.
Funds from the Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church campaign will be used to strengthen ministry in our diocese in the coming years. Not only will the funds allow many parishes to invest in serious capital upgrades, retrofits and renovations, they will also allow parishes to dream about programs that they never thought possible – either revitalizing our inheritance or reimagining the church of tomorrow.
As of June, 2014, $7,535,116.21 has been returned to parishes. This portion represents the 40 per cent that is returned to parishes on a quarterly basis as funds are received, and will continue through 2017.
The diocese has initiated an allocations process for evaluating parish proposals for significant grants from the campaign. The Grant Application Guidelines are available on the diocese’s website (www.toronto.anglican.ca) on the Grants & Funding page under the Parish Administration section. Parishes and congregations in the diocese are invited to submit applications to receive grants. Grants are awarded on a semi-annual basis in May and October. A total of 40 grants have been approved, totaling just over $2.5-million. (See related article on this page for a list of the grants given to date.) This last round of funding – completed in May – granted funds to 27 projects.
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