Everything a small church or faith-based nonprofit needs to find, prepare for, and apply to its first grants — without hiring a grant writer.

Most churches lose grants before they apply: they can't find the right funders, they scramble for documents at the deadline, and their letters don't follow the format funders expect. The Starter Kit fixes all three. Start with the guide to where church grants actually live and the 30-minute routine to find your matches. Complete the readiness checklist once and keep it in a Grant File — every future application gets twice as fast. Then use the fill-in templates: the letter of inquiry (with a worked example), the full proposal, and the budget worksheet with the math shown the way funders judge it. Finish with the starter list of national funders that genuinely fund churches — Lilly Endowment, Duke Endowment, Mustard Seed Foundation, and more.

What's inside

Six guides and templates — ready to use

Where the money is, the documents to gather once, and the exact letter and proposal formats funders expect.

  • Where Church Grants Actually Live — the 5 sources + the 30-minute search routine
  • Grant Readiness Checklist — every document funders ask for, gathered once
  • Letter of Inquiry Template — fill-in-the-blanks, with a worked example
  • Full Proposal Template — the 7 sections funders expect
  • Project Budget Worksheet — the math shown the way funders want it
  • Faith-Friendly Funders — national funders that actually fund churches
The Church Grant Starter Kit

6 PDF guides & fill-in templates · Instant download

  • Where Church Grants Actually Live
  • Grant Readiness Checklist
  • Letter of Inquiry Template
  • Full Proposal Template
  • Project Budget Worksheet
  • Faith-Friendly Funders
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Instant download. Educational templates — not grant-writing services, and no guarantee of funding.

Prefer a guided eligibility review first?

The free quiz still matches you to named grant categories. The Starter Kit is the DIY templates if you want to write the application yourself.

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