Applications for the 2025 Hope Trust Grants are due by September 30th, 2024. Please Click here to access the downloadable form for the trust grant application, or Click Here to access the online application form. Click Here for instructions on how to apply or review the document below.
The 2024 grants made by the Hope Trust were as follows:
- MNCAN (Connect Aphasia Now) $1600
- Joyce Uptown Food Shelf $3850
- My Very Own Bed $1980
- Give Us Wings (work with people in Uganda) $1650
- Lutheran Campus Ministry $2200
- ULCH Wood Fired Oven Ministry Team $1650
- Peace House (ice-maker project) $4100
- Women of Hope (labyrinth) $1650
- Global Health Ministry $1000
- Sanctuary & Immigration Team (backpacks) $2200
- Clean Energy Team $2100
- ULCH Little Free Library (food pantry) $1200
- Homeless in Minneapolis book (Chris Zann) $1100
- ELCA Youth Gathering (or Amnicon) $2500
- ULCH recording project $780
- ULCH choir music cabinet $2750
- Be That Neighbor (community arts) $900
- Giving Voice (choir for people with memory issues) $900
For more information on the ULCH Trust Board, contact Co-Chairs James Flaten or Scott Hvizdos. Other Board members are Meri Hauge, Ruth Hedman, Tim Hopkins, Leena Rapacz, and Shelly Parry.