Bishop Ahr grant applications now open for agencies assisting those in need
April 10, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
Applications are now being accepted for grants from the Bishop George W. Ahr Endowment Fund. To be awarded later this summer, these grants are available to any church, office, apostolate or ministry within the Diocese of Trenton attempting to provide services for needy and vulnerable.
Requests for funds should not exceed $2,500. All completed applications must be postmarked no later than Monday, June 2, 2025, OR emailed as a PDF to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2025.
Named for the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, the Bishop George W. Ahr Endowment fund is designed to assist recipients with special projects. The grant total comes from the annual interest accrued by the fund over the previous calendar year.
Applicants should expect to provide the name of the project, its purpose and goal, the length of project from start to finish, who the project will impact and how its success will be measured. Following the project’s completion, grant winners are asked to submit a self-evaluation report on how the funds were utilized and how the project goals were met.
Grants were awarded last year to assist with emergency housing and transportation help via pre-paid fuel cards for St. Vincent de Paul Conferences in St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, and Holy Eucharist Parish Tabernacle. Food assistance grants benefited the Thanksgiving Dinner Package Project of Mount Carmel Guild, Trenton, as well as a “Summer at the Farm” program of St. Vincent de Paul Conference in Our Lady of Good Counsel, Moorestown. Finally, a grant to the St. Vincent de Paul Conference of St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown, went to assist with its “Aid to Low Income Families Experiencing Financial Instability.”
Applications may be obtained by contacting Grace Magee at the Chancery & Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Trenton: [email protected] or by going to the webpage for the Office of Catholic Social Services and clicking on “Bishop Ahr Grant” at dioceseoftrenton.org/catholic-social-services.
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Applications are now being accepted for grants from the Bishop George W. Ahr Endowment Fund. To be awarded later this summer, these grants are available to any church, office, apostolate or ministry within the Diocese of Trenton attempting to provide services for needy and vulnerable.
Requests for funds should not exceed $2,500. All completed applications must be postmarked no later than Monday, June 2, 2025, OR emailed as a PDF to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2025.
Named for the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, the Bishop George W. Ahr Endowment fund is designed to assist recipients with special projects. The grant total comes from the annual interest accrued by the fund over the previous calendar year.
Applicants should expect to provide the name of the project, its purpose and goal, the length of project from start to finish, who the project will impact and how its success will be measured. Following the project’s completion, grant winners are asked to submit a self-evaluation report on how the funds were utilized and how the project goals were met.
Grants were awarded last year to assist with emergency housing and transportation help via pre-paid fuel cards for St. Vincent de Paul Conferences in St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, and Holy Eucharist Parish Tabernacle. Food assistance grants benefited the Thanksgiving Dinner Package Project of Mount Carmel Guild, Trenton, as well as a “Summer at the Farm” program of St. Vincent de Paul Conference in Our Lady of Good Counsel, Moorestown. Finally, a grant to the St. Vincent de Paul Conference of St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown, went to assist with its “Aid to Low Income Families Experiencing Financial Instability.”
Applications may be obtained by contacting Grace Magee at the Chancery & Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Trenton: [email protected] or by going to the webpage for the Office of Catholic Social Services and clicking on “Bishop Ahr Grant” at dioceseoftrenton.org/catholic-social-services.