Faith Based

A “faith-based organization” is an organization that has some degree of connection to an organized faith community.  These connections may include an organization’s: founding; mission statement; a shared religious ideology among staff, volunteers and/or leadership; conviction that motivates or guides actions and decisions by staff; and reliance on financial sources of a religious nature.  Faith-based organizations can, in general, be identified as congregation-based,  religious-affiliated nonprofits, and large national faith-affiliated social service providers.

An example of a faith-based organization that utilizes GrantedGE is Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):

• The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with denominational offices in Louisville, Kentucky, has approximately 2.1 million members, more than 10,000 congregations and 14,000 ordained and active ministers.
• The Office of Financial Aid for Studies awards more than 1 million dollars annually to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) students pursuing undergraduate, graduate and post graduate degrees. 
• The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) works with congregations and partners around the globe to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes.  It issues approx. 1/2 million dollars annually both nationally and internationally.