In 2016 and in previous years, we have highlighted many Matthew 25 Grant recipients on the ABCUSA website. We invite you to visit the links below to see how American Baptist Churches and partners are reaching out to communities in the United States and also around the world.

Applications for the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA, are due September 1 each year. Applications must be sent with all application materials included. Awards for the Matthew 25 grant are made once a year, in October, with an application deadline of September 1.  To view the guidelines and learn more, click here.

2016 Stories

Brown Bag Ministry Made Possible by Matthew 25 Grant to Illinois Church
October 2016

Matthew 25 Grant Provides Free Sunday Breakfasts to the Poor and Homeless in Los Angeles
October 2016

$500 Matthew 25 Grant ‘Seeds’ Support for Infants in Holdrege, Neb.
October 2016

Matthew 25 Grant Funds After-School Tutoring in Burien, Wash.
September 2016

$2,500 Matthew 25 Grant Makes Serving 6,600 Meals to Needy Possible in Everett, Wash.
September 2016

$5,000 Matthew 25 Grant to Kenya School Gives 100 Impoverished Boarding School Children Hope
September 2016

Matthew 25 Grant Helps Melrose, Mass. Church Serve 237 Families
September 2016

$2,000 Matthew 25 Grant Feeds Disadvantaged Diners in Indianapolis
September 2016

Matthew 25 Grants Help Provide Weekend Meals to At-Risk School Children in Two States
September 2016

$1,000 Matthew 25 Grant Helps Rhode Island Church Grow Pancakes Initiative for Homeless Families
August 2016

Changing Lives in Oswego, NY: A Matthew 25 Grant is Helping Cabin 3-Outpost Bring Hope to Hundreds
August 2016

$1,500 Matthew 25 Grant Helps Children Enjoy an Unforgettable Week of Camp in Saco, Maine
August 2016

‘Re-Entry’ of Massachusetts Ex-Offenders Aided by $2,500 Matthew 25 Grant
August 2016

$1,000 Matthew 25 Grant Supports Montana Agency to Move Homeless Families into Permanent Homes
August 2016

$3,000 Matthew 25 Grant Helps Feed Hundreds in Philadelphia’s Germantown
August 2016

$500 Matthew 25 Grant Enables Youngstown Church to Furnish Items to Homeless Neighbors
July 2016

$1,000 Matthew 25 Grant Gets Garden-Fresh Vegetables to Tables of the Needy in Illinois
July 2016

$2,000 Matthew 25 Grant to NYC Church Boosts Clothing, Food and Referral Initiative
June 2016

$2,000 Matthew 25 Grant Enables Solar Panels Project in the Dominican
June 2016

$5,000 Matthew 25 Grant Produces ‘Loaves and Fishes’ Outcome with ‘Coats for Kids’ in W.Va.
May 2016

ABCUSA Announces Spring 2016 Awards for Matthew 25 Grant, Change in Structure
May 2016

$1,200 Matthew 25 Grant Supports Recovering D.C. Men to Re-Enter the Workforce
May 2016

 

View a full list of past stories, here.