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Cady Grants applications now being accepted
February 3, 2025 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Could you or your ministry qualify for a Cady Grant? The Cady Grant is a valuable funding opportunity available to local United Methodist churches, individual United Methodists, and district or conference ministry teams within the Upper New York Conference. This grant supports educational initiatives that foster growth, learning, and leadership development within the church and community.
Cady Grants have supplemented, supported, and financed many creative projects. In the recent past, it has been used to:
- Sponsor an Inner-City Learning Center to enhance young children’s education in alignment with the local school curriculum and forge relationships with target schools.
- Help a New Faith Community to provide transportation to worship which brought a diverse group together at Sky Lake; this ministry also provided free laundry nights in a neighborhood that truly valued that.
- Support Native American Dance and Music through the E-Yah-Pah-Hah Concert of Native American Music and Contemporary Dance held to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at Ganondagan State Historic Site, Victor, NY.
- Sponsor 25 African American youth to travel to Washington DC to learn about African American history and culture, and about the social justice work of the UMC.
- Teach English classes and financial management, prepare people for citizenship test, and help the community network while it promoted a Hispanic ministry.
- Support the establishment of a coding camp aimed at providing educational opportunities in coding to low-income youth aged 8-17 within a five-ten mile radius of Rochester, NY.
- Support a camping ministry that fostered relationships of youth and adults of color together.
- Support a local church’s ministry with the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota that provided free eye exams and prescription glasses.
Established in accordance with the wishes of its benefactor, Ercil Cady, this grant gives priority to educational proposals that benefit minority groups or individuals, with a particular emphasis on supporting Black and Indigenous communities. If you or your ministry have a project or program that aligns with this mission, you’re encouraged to apply as grants are awarded up to $5,000. The application deadline is March 15.
Click here for more information and click here to apply.