CAUUC Cluster Grant
CAUUC Cluster Grant
The Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council (CAUUC) is charged with supporting member congregations in efforts undertaken jointly because individual congregations may not have the necessary resources or participants. CAUUC has established a program of "Cluster Grants" designed to support this initiative.
Candidates for this program include congregations who may decide to pool resources and participants in order to
- deepen the religious experience of their members
- spread the influence of the principles of Unitarian Universalism in the Chicago area
- effect our Unitarian Universalist values for a just and equitable world.
To support this sort of effort, CAUUC offers a grant of up to $500. to two projects each year. Projects must be designed for the participation of two or more congregations. The grant pays for such things as transportation, food, facilitators, paper and other materials, etc.
Some of the projects which have received grants in the past are- The RE programs of the "snowbelt" congregations, to present the OWL curriculum to their junior high young people over three weekends.
- Folk from five urban congregations, who combined efforts to organize the Urban Coalition of Chicago.
- Two RE programs, who did a "Coming of Age" program for their 8-9th graders together.
- Combining efforts to organize or develop new participation in a social justice project
- Joining efforts to develop plans for seeding a new church
- Clustering leadership to engage the services of a facilitator for leadership development.
- Getting together to do the Welcoming Congregation, Green Sanctuary, or Journey toward Wholeness process together.
- Joining efforts for a program of publicity and outreach.
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Application may be made at any time, grants announced at the CAUUC Annual meeting in November. Funds are distributed as needed after January 1.