The Mission Endowment Fund was created to provide St. Andrew with the structure and vehicle to enable charitable giving consistent with our mission of “Living Out Our Faith in Daily Life.” Since inception, the Endowment Fund has granted over 30 grants to projects within the church (Manna Meals, Feed My Starving Children MobilePack, and St. Andrew’s Church Anew), in the local community (Feed My Starving Children, Meals on Wheels, and PROP) and abroad (Friends of Madagascar, St Andrew’s Seeds of Support Mission in Haiti).
Read this article, written by David Lerseth, to see how the Endowment dollars are making an impact worldwide.
Endowment Grant Application
The Mission Endowment Fund charter works to support extraordinary programs/ministry initiatives within the congregation, outreach in the local community or Synod, and programs that support church-wide ministries, world hunger, or global mission programs. The Fund supports capital expenses, startup, or one-off expenses, not ongoing expenses of an organization. The Committee meets quarterly. Donations and bequeaths can be made to the Mission Endowment Fund.
Mission Endowment Fund committee members: Lori Brown, Mandy Bruss, Barb Carroll, Jennifer Casad, Brian Heijerman, Nancy Geolat, Sara Ross, Meggy Wagner, and Pastor Peter Johnson
Questions about the Endowment Committee and Fund can be directed to Kim Callahan.
Endowment Fund 2025 Application Deadlines:
- January 28
- April 29
- July 29
- November 11
Celebrating Endowment Fund February 2025 Awards
St. Andrew’s Endowment Fund contains over $600,000 of capital. Each quarter, the Endowment Committee gathers to award disbursements from the Fund that support capital expenses or startup costs within the congregation, the local community, and around the world. The Committee is pleased to announce $5,000 support of a kitchen remodeling project at Augustana Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. CES Food Shelf operates within the church. Community meals will be greatly enhanced by this remodeling project. Secondly, as St. Andrew aims to enhance in 2025 stewardship and development, bolstering philanthropy within the congregation. A grant of $10,000 was awarded to support these efforts. We give thanks to God that the Endowment Fund provides ways to impact our congregation and community in these ways!
Endowment Fund Celebrates 2024 Award Recipients
In 2024, the Mission Endowment Fund awarded:
- Seeds of Support Mission Haiti: Purchasing solar lights for Pasquette streets and tarps for homeless in Delmas. $3,150
- Feed My Starving Children: Funding for October 2024 MobilePack, packing meals to feed the hungry around the world. $6,000
- CES Food Shelf: Providing nourishing and culturally familiar foods to our neighbors experiencing hunger. $5,000
- Seeds of Support Mission Belize: Completing roof and kitchen construction at Showers of Glory Camp. $6,700