Each year ELCA World Hunger offers three-year Domestic Hunger Grants (DHG) for up to $10,000 per year to assist with ministries that improve food security in communities in the United States.
This year the cycle begins with a Letter of Inquiry request from May 1 through June 16, 2024.
Review of these Letters of Inquiry will begin after June 16, 2024 to determine which ministries will be requested to complete a full proposal.
DHG selection stresses accompaniment with those who may be receiving benefits from the grant. That means that the food-related ministry would provide support to help solve underlying issues that lead to food insecurity in that community. This could be job skills development, abuse support, addressing policies in the community such as summer feeding programs, etc.
The application process was modified last year. Our Synod Hunger Team learned a lot and would like to share that information with ministry sites interested in pursuing DHGs. If you have applied in the past we encourage you to try again.
To find more information about DHGs, please go to:
https://www.elca.org/domestichungergrants
If you have questions, or would like to talk about a ministry or would like more assistance, please contact Pastor Ethan Bergman at bergmane25@gmail.com or Bishop Meggan Manlove at bishopmeggan.manlove@nwimsynod.org and we can arrange a zoom or phone call.