Five webinars will provide information, answer questions

The United Thank Offering (UTO) Board is pleased to announce the availability of its 2023 UTO Annual Grants, with a focus on the worldwide incarceration crisis. These grants are awarded for projects in The Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion, each year with a different focus.

Grant application deadlines are 5 p.m. Eastern, March 10, 2023 for dioceses of The Episcopal Church.

More information—including criteria for applicants, sample budgets and timelines, and helpful hints—as well as application and other forms are available online in English and Spanish.

The United Thank Offering was founded to support innovative mission and ministry in The Episcopal Church and to promote thankfulness and mission in the whole church. One hundred percent of UTO thank offerings—given by individuals and churches—are granted the following year. These awards support a wide range of projects, positions, educational resources, and more.

For the next three years, the United Thank Offering, in the spirit of Matthew 25:36, will focus on those whom society has left out or behind. The 2023 grant focus will be on innovative mission and ministry projects addressing all aspects of global incarceration, specifically preventative programs and intervention, prisoner support outreach, prison reform, or post-prison re-entry into society.

Informational webinars

Register to learn more about the application process and ask questions during the following webinars:

• September 20, 7 p.m.: Spanish Language Webinar
  Email UTO staff officer Heather Melton for registration form beginning September 1.
• October. 11, 7 p.m.: How to Understand the 2023 Focus
  Register online
• November. 15, noon and 7 p.m.: Helpful Hints Regarding the Budget and Application
  Noon registration
  7 p.m. registration
• January. 10, noon and 7 p.m.: Helpful Hints Regarding the Timeline and a Complete Application
  Noon registration
  7 p.m. registration
• February. 14, 12 p.m.: Drop-in Q&A time
  Register online

Every penny given to the United Thank Offering is distributed annually in grant funding to missions and ministries seeking to live Jesus’ way of love. More than $140 million has been awarded to more than 5,300 projects since UTO began in 1880, supporting staff positions, conferences, creation of educational resources, building projects, and much more.  Learn more and support UTO at episcopalchurch.org/uto.