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.
• Member Churches must have paid their LWF membership fee in at least one of the three years prior to the start of the project to be eligible for approval• 

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