Exploring Christian Practices Initiative Grant
Funding Amount
Up to US $2,500,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative by Lilly Endowment aims to enhance access to settings that enable diverse individuals to engage in Christian practices. This initiative seeks to address spiritual interests, foster community connections, and support the growth of faith. By multiplying opportunities for exploration, it encourages meaningful participation in religious life and nurtures a deeper understanding of Christian traditions.
Lilly Endowment is pleased to announce its Exploring Christian Practices Initiative (Exploring Practices). The aim of the initiative is to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith
What Lilly Endowment Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 2,285
- Total given
- $3.86B
- Median grant
- $100K
- Range
- $50–$400M
- By dollars: Indiana 60%, District of Columbia 5%, Illinois 4%. Top recipient cities: Indianapolis, IN; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL.
- 2% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 36% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Christian nonprofits
- Faith-based
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