The Madison Christian Giving Fund announced that its campaign for 2016 concluded with $123,000 raised. They have allocated $123,000 to 23 Christian organizations to meet some of Madison’s most challenging issues in 2017.
The Madison Christian Giving Fund is a new organization with a board of 20 volunteer members seeking to organize a central funding source for Christian based agencies. One hundred percent of the money raised through workplace payroll deductions, private donations, and social media campaigns is being distributed to Christian based agencies that meet community needs while encouraging a gospel message of hope as part of their programming.
Fund Chairman Scott Haumersen said, “Our goal was to raise $150,000. We received 28 applications totaling $202,760 in requests. We would have liked to fund every request at their full amount, as each of these are grassroots, community based Christian organizations which are providing vital services in our community, but are excluded from funding in many cases because of their Christian message”
Grantees include:
- $10,000 to Care Net of Dane County for startup of a fatherhood program to connect and mentor men on being dads,
- $10,000 to Lilada’s Living Room to help prevent teenage suicide with African American girls ages 10-14 who have often been victims of sexual abuse
- $5,000 to Evangelical Catholic to engage Catholic youth about sharing their faith
Haumersen said “$60,000 of our grants were specifically targeted to helping people of color, but that we have so much more work to do”
GRANT AWARDS:
Care Net Pregnancy Information Center Fatherhood Program
$10,000
Startup funds for a new program to connect fathers with their newborns, including mentoring and instruction on the traditional roles of two parent families.
Jesus Lunches High School Outreach
$8,000
Free lunches are provided by five moms to students across the street from the Middleton High School. A Gospel message of hope is always served to the kids along with lunch. Kids affectionally call it “Jesus Lunches”!
Lilada’s Living Room Black Girl Live!
$10,000
Startup funds to provide suicide prevention services of Black girls ages 10-14 through group dynamics, artistic expression, writing & volunteerism. Outreach is through efforts lead by Black Christian teen girls.
First Congregational UCC Prison Ministry
$3,600
Funds provided to missionary Eugene Smalls to expand his ministry in the correctional system. Eugene spent much of his life in prison and now delivers a gospel message of hope to inmates in a way that changes lives
Global Presence Ministries Impact Youth Center
$10,000
Startup funds for a faith-based Youth Center in one Madison’s most troubled neighborhoods. After school programming serving up to 100 youth includes a gospel message of a transforming life in Jesus Christ
YoungLife Camp Scholarships
$5,000
Scholarship funds will be provided to 25 students from Madison High Schools, who are eligible for free lunch, to attend camp this summer. YoungLife Camp is always a Christ centered life changing experience.
Brat Fest – Lifest at Brat Fest
$7,500
Our funds provide for Christian performers and speakers on a stage called Lifest. During each performance, the performer makes a statement of their faith. A Community Wide Worship Service takes place on Sunday.
Nehemiah Development Transforming Lives
$8,000
Funds are provided for a community chaplain to serve more than 300 people in the Allied Drive neighborhood with services that include Bible study, evangelism, community support and spiritual guidance.
Shelter From the Storm Ministries Homeless Shelter
$5,000
Startup funds for a new homeless shelter in Sun Prairie for homeless single women and their children. Women receive Bible-based life skills training and participate in a study called “Welcome to the Kingdom”.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Expanding our Influence
$8,000
Funds are being provided to expand FCA in 5 school communities including 2 study groups for coaches, a leadership conference in Madiosn and scholarship for 30 athletes to attend summer FCA camps
Stoughton Fellowship of Christian Athletes School Outreach
$2,000
Funds will be directed to FCA’s activities in Stoughton’s High School and Middle School campuses to expand outreach to involve more student athletes in FCA’s life transforming activities.
Called Higher Ministries Taking People to Christ
$4,500
Funds will be used to translate discipleship materials into Spanish and then outreach will be done to bring a larger segment of the Madison Hispanic community into a fuller, richer relationship with Jesus Christ.
Global Leadership Summit Scholarships
$2,000
Funds will be awarded to 5 of our Ministry Partners to attend Willow Creek’s Annual Global Leadership summit in Madison. This will help their leadership teams to develop their capacity to serve our community.
The Evangelical Catholic Reach More Summit
$5,000
An outreach event in Madison to promote evangelism in the Catholic church, with the goal to develop a greater sense of discipleship within the youth, and to equip them to do person-person outreach to non-Christians.
F.O.S.T.E.R Power Program
$3,500
Funds are used to help ex-offenders with re-entry, who have children in foster care. Christian discipleship is at the core of all of their programs which help them develop coping skills based on biblical principles.
Second Peace Outreach 2017
$5,000
Startup funds to a ministry focused on providing food with an evangelism witness to individuals at community events. This ministry will provide both secular and faith-based organizations complete food service at no cost.
Madison Urban Ministry Faith Formation Circles
$4,000
Circles of Support trains volunteers to start faith formation circles to newly released prisoners as means to assist in reentry into the community.
Acts 2:42 Ministries Music Ministry
$5,750
This is a new on campus ministry with evangelism to international students through music ministry. Funds will be provided for sound equipment.
Salvation Army Homeless Single Women
$3,750
Funds will used to provide homeless, childless, single women in their residential program that serves 32 women each night, with a Bible, pastoral support, and Bible study twice a week.
Iglesia Restauracion Y Vida Emergency Shelter
$2,500
This programs provides emergency shelter, care packages and community events to homeless people while openly sharing the Gospel of hope in Jesus Christ.
Tellurian Spiritual Care
$2,500
Tellurian operates the Dane County Detox Center & other mental health facilities/AODA group homes in Madison. Our funds gives residents an opportunity to have a faith conversation with a chaplain.
Agrace First Stand Alone Center
$3,000
Startup funds for a new Grief Support Center in Madison which will provide up to 3,700 individuals and 600 children a year the opportunity to have grief services which would include spiritual conversations.
Resurrection Presbyterian Church Mission Madison
$4,400
Startup funds for an on campus ministry, Reformed United Fellowship, targeting students and the inner city for Gospel outreach in the downtown.