Applications for LWF Member Church Projects

• Any LWF member church, national committee, regional expression or related diaconal institution is eligible to apply;
• Only one application per church (entity) may be submitted;
• All applications must be endorsed by the church (head office). In the letter, the requesting church must demonstrate convincingly how a given application responds to strategic priorities of the church;
• Priority is put on churches that don’t have an ongoing LWF-funded project.

Project proposal must:

• Be fully completed including budget and church endorsement;
• Show a clear link between the identified needs and the proposed activities;
• Demonstrate clearly the urgency of intervention in the case of rapid response projects;
• Show convincingly the relevance of the project’s objectives and activities in relation to the expressed needs;
• Give a realistic scope of the project’s objectives and activities in relation to the budget and the capacities of the applicant;
• Outline a coherent approach and reflect meaningful stakeholders’ involvement, in particular of youth and women.

Ongoing projects are not automatically extended and must apply for a new cycle based on the following criteria:

• Relevance: objectives build up on the achievements of the previous phase and/or activities are scaled up to new geographical areas and target groups;
• Sustainability: the new phase strengthens the achievements of the previous phase to ensure that the positive change will last after the project has ended;
• Increasing financial ownership: the budget must reflect a progressive reduction of LWF’s share and a consequent increase of the project’s own contribution and/or third-party contribution in order to set the basis for LWF funding withdrawal;
• Projects can only be extended once.

Long-term projects

• The LWF applies a policy of equitable sharing of financial resources. Most project grants are in the region of EUR 10,000 – EUR 25,000 annually. Exceptionally the LWF can grant up to a maximum of EUR 50,000 per year based on funding availability, project design, matching needs and proven implementation capacity.
• Project holders must contribute at least 5% of the total budget, with in-kind contributions accepted if financial support is not feasible.

The following criteria apply:

• Regional balance in allocation of grants is observed, depending on the most urgent needs and churches’ own available resources to respond;
• The application process will be competitive, taking into account the identified needs and how the proposal clearly demonstrates compliance with the above criteria;
• For fairness, member churches or related diaconal institutions should have only one long-term project at any given time.

Application must be submitted via our online portal:

• For English: https://webportalapp.com/sp/home/lwf_pcmprogram_en
• Para español: https://webportalapp.com/sp/home/lwf_pcmprogram_en#es
• Für Deutsch: https://webportalapp.com/sp/home/lwf_pcmprogram_en#de
• Pour le français: https://webportalapp.com/sp/home/lwf_pcmprogram_en#fr