Scholarship and Grant Programs
There are five scholarships and grants available through the Health and Welfare program. All application deadlines are on June 30 every year. Call 212-870-3871 for your application.
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The Dora Ames Lee Leadership Development FundThe Hispanic Leadership Development Fund The Harry R. Kendall Hospital and Home Fund for Leadership Development Scholarships and Project Grants Accessibility Grants
The Dora Ames Lee Leadership Development Fund
The Dora Ames Lee Leadership Development Fund The Dora Ames Lee Leadership Development Fund was established in 1980 by Dora Ames Lee, M.D., a Stockton, California, physician who was a director of the then Health & Welfare Division of the General Board of Global Ministries from 1972 to 1980. During that time, she chaired the section on health care and the Harry R. Kendall Trust Fund committee.
Guidelines for Recipient Selection for Dora Ames Lee Leadership Development Grants
- The candidate must be a professed Christian, preferably a United Methodist.
- The grantee must be of Asian American or Native American descent.
- Only U.S. citizens will be considered.
- The candidate must prove economic need.
- The candidate must receive three (3) favorable written recommendations from individuals other than family members.
- The candidate must show intent to enter or continue in a health-related field.
- Applications and references must be postmarked no later than June 30th of each year. Grants are $2,000 per recipient.The number of grants awarded annually is dependent upon the funds available.
- Applicants for Leadership Development Grants must show proof of school enrollment. Previous grant recipients must submit official transcripts from the college or university where they are enrolled.
The Hispanic Leadership Development Fund
In 1986, the former Health and Welfare Ministries Program Department established the Hispanic Leadership Development Fund. Grants are made annually to persons of Hispanic descent (from North, South, and Central America and islands of the Western Hemisphere).
Guidelines for Recipient Selection for Hispanic Leadership Development Grants
- The candidate must be a professed Christian, preferably a United Methodist.
- Grantee must be of Hispanic descent (see above).
- Only U.S. citizens will be considered.
- The candidate must prove economic need.
- The candidate must receive three (3) favorable written recommendations from individuals other than family members.
- The candidate must show intent to enter or continue in a health-related field.
- Applications and references must be postmarked no later than June 30th of each year. Grants are $2,000 per recipient. The number of grants awarded annually is dependent upon the funds available.
- Applicants for Leadership Development Grants must show proof of school enrollment. Previous grant recipients must submit official transcripts from the college or university where they are enrolled.
Harry R. Kendall was a co-owner and founder of the Washington National Life Insurance Company of Evanston, Illinois. Prior to his death in 1958, a large part of his fortune was placed in trust with the provision that income be paid to the Board of Hospitals and Homes of the Methodist Church and its successor organizations and used for stipulated purposes. Over $6 million has been allocated since 1958 for worthy projects and students.
His will directs designated Trustees to pay, semi-annually, commencing upon the date of his death and thereafter for a period of forty years, thirty percent of the net income of the residuary trust in convenient installments unto BOARD OF HOSPITALS AND HOMES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, a not-for-profit corporation of Illinois to be used by it for the following charitable purposes:
- To provide hospital service for the poor, specifically people of African American descent
- To provide homes for disadvantaged children and the elderly, including all ethnicities
- To provide for the training of leaders for charitable service in hospitals and homes caring for disadvantaged African American children and adults
These grants are to encourage and aid local churches to make their facilities and activities accessible to people with disabilities, fulfilling the goal of each local church as defined in the Resolution of the 1980 General Conference, The Church and People with Mental, Physical and/or Psychologically Handicapping Conditions.Grants are available to United Methodist local churches and charges only. Only one grant will be made to a local church or charge
Guidelines for the Selection of Accessibility Grants
- Evidence of satisfactory planning
- Clear identification of target group the local church is attempting to reach
- Access feature/program to be funded is part of a larger plan of access.
- Implementation of the project, including the identification of those who are overseeing the project; has been outlined in a logical and realistic manner.
- People with handicapping conditions have been involved in the planning process.
- Technical assistance to assure appropriate construction/planning has been identified.
- Evidence of financial need.
- Total anticipated costs and a plan of financing have been identified
- Nature of the congregation and its financial commitments and limitations are clearly stated.
- Evidence of congregational involvement.
- Church bodies and members of the congregation are supportive of the project
- Nature of the church's involvement and potential in the community have been identified.
- Applications will be received up to a postmarked date of June 30.
Selection of applications meeting the specified criteria will be made, in part, on a first come, first served basis. In any instance, this Office intends to include among the grantees local churches in all jurisdictions, in various sized congregations and communities, and with a variety of congregational make-up. Selection will also include projects reaching people with different handicapping conditions in a variety of ways so that, hopefully, at the end, the grantees will be inclusive of a wide range of conditions and responses.
