Lilly Endowment Grant Opportunity: National Storytelling Initiative in Christian Faith and Life
The Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities is pleased to share with you information on a new grant opportunity from Lilly Endowment Inc. The following information is taken from the Endowment’s grant announcement:
Lilly Endowment is pleased to announce its National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life. The aim of the Storytelling Initiative is to unlock and tell compelling stories that portray the vibrancy and hope of Christian faith and life and help people from a wide variety of backgrounds to come to know and love God.
In this open and competitive initiative, the Endowment is inviting eligible charitable organizations to submit concept papers that provide initial descriptions of potential projects that advance the aim of the initiative and the following three objectives:
Identifying stories about Christian individuals, groups, churches and communities that are compelling examples of authentic and vibrant Christian faith and life.
Producing compelling stories about these examples of Christian faith and life in various media formats.
Sharing these stories through different media with a wide variety of people in a broad spectrum of contexts and from many different backgrounds.
The Endowment anticipates inviting up to 30 charitable organizations that submit the most promising concept papers to develop their concepts into projects and apply for implementation grants that range up to $5 million each that may be used for up to a five-year period to execute their plan. The Endowment anticipates awarding grants totaling up to $101 million through the initiative.
More information about the initiative may be found on the Endowment’s Storytelling Initiative webpage.