Applications for the 2027 Hope Trust Grants are due by September 30, 2026. 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 2026 grants made by the Hope Trust were as follows:
- Joyce Uptown Food Shelf $3000
- American Family Indian Center $2000
- Tapestry Minister $2000
- ULCH (First Aid/CPR and Active Threat training for staff) $2500
- ULCH Event Materials (event tables) $1500
- Southside Family Nurturing Center $3000
- Healing to Hope $5000
- Lutheran Campus Ministries at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities $3000
- ULCH Prayer Slip Transfer Bowl $125
- Hope’s Sunday Forum Committee: Making Forums More Visible $3176
- Assistant to the ULCH Director of Music (choral scholar) $1000
- Gardens of Hope Raingardens Revitalization $3500
- Hope Quilters $1000
- Jonathan House Cohort Pillot Program (through the International Association for Refugees) $4500
TOTAL $35,301
For more information on the ULCH Trust Board, contact Co-Chairs Shelly Parry or Leena Rapacz. Other Trust Board members are James Flaten, Bo Peery, Tim Hopkins, Kathy Kufus and Kerry Pearson.