Up to $5 Million Serving Neighbors Grant
- Organization: Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Type: Grant
- Location: United States
- Deadline: January 19, 2027
- Funding: Fully Funded
Lilly Endowment, the Indianapolis private foundation, is funding US charitable organisations to help Christian congregations and local charities team up on community needs such as hunger relief, after-school programmes, violence reduction and homelessness. It runs in two stages: a short concept paper for a planning grant of up to $50,000, then an invited proposal for an implementation grant of up to $5 million over as long as four years. **What you get:** - A planning grant of up to $50,000, usable for up to one year, for about 60 selected organisations - The chance to submit a proposal for an implementation grant of up to $5 million, usable over up to four years - No minimum implementation grant: smaller programmes suited to an organisation's capacity are welcome - Free virtual information sessions on the aims and the submission guidelines **What you'll do:** - Write a concept paper of no more than five pages describing a programme that brings congregations and local charitable organisations together - If selected, spend the planning period convening congregational and community leaders and designing the programme - Submit an implementation grant proposal by 19 July 2027, then run the programme with participating congregations and local partners **Key dates:** - Virtual information sessions 2, 3 and 10 November 2026 (the 2 November session is full) - Concept papers due 19 January 2027 - Planning grant decisions expected by the end of March 2027 - Implementation grant proposals due 19 July 2027 - Implementation grant awards expected by the end of November 2027 **More information:** - The full Request for Concept Papers, the concept paper information form and the budget guide are linked from the initiative page - Questions go to servingneighbors@lei.org
