The Self-Development of People Committee of the Presbytery of Philadelphia represents the Self-Development of People program of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in our region. The committee meets monthly to consider applications for funding from groups that have organized to make a long-term difference in their own conditions.
SDOP Bulletin Insert – Black and White Version - print out double-sided and then cut in half for two-sided bulletin insert.
SDOP Bulletin Insert March/April 2012- Color Version – print out double-sided and then cut in half for two-sided bulletin insert.
Who Should Apply?
The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People is prepared to establish partnerships with groups in the United States or other countries who:
- are oppressed by poverty or social systems,
- want to take charge of their own lives,
- have organized or are orbanizing to do something about their own conditions,
- have decided that what they are going to do will produce long term changes for their lives or communities, and
- will control the programs they own and will directly benefit from them.
Criteria for Funding
- The project must be presented, owned and controlled by the group of people who will benefit directly from it.
- The project must address long-term correction of conditions that keep people bound by poverty and oppression.
- The project presented for funding must describe, in detail, its goal, its objectives, and the way the direct beneficiaries will be involved in all stages of the project and the methods to be used to achieve the goal and objectives.
- The project must be sensitive to the environment while accomplishing its goal and objectives.
- The project must not advocate violence as a means of accomplishing its goal and objectives.
- The project presented for funding must describe fully the resources known to be available for its support.
- A project presented for funding will contain a balanced income and expenditure budget. A financial plan showing expected income and expenditures over the funding term of the project must be included.
- A project presented for funding must specify how progress toward the stated goal and objectives will be evaluated by the group, and when the evaluation will be made.
How to Apply
Application can be made to any or all of the following committees. Each committee has its own time frame for accepting applications and its own limits for funding.