Neighbors in Need Grant Recipients

Through your generous gifts to Neighbors In Need, the United Church of Christ is offering hope to millions of people; we are transforming lives, the nation, and our world.  Read some of stories from our past recipients.

If you were a recipient of a Neighbors in Need (NIN) grant, help us inform our members whose contributions to NIN have made your grant possible about how lives have been transformed because of their generosity. These stories may be shared in a variety of forms as we promote inspired giving to NIN.

Grant Recipients for Fall 2012

An Interfaith Movement
Pennsylivania Southwest Conference
API Equality-LA (Asian Pacific American Legal Center)
Southern California Nevada Conference
Beneficent Congregational Church, UCC
Rhode Island Conference
Brazilian Immigrant Center
Connecticut Conference
Bread of Life
Massachusetts Conference
Broadmoor Community Center
Rocky Mountain Conference
Broward Organized Leaders Doing Justice (BOLD Justice)
Florida Conference
Burlington Dismas House
Vermont Conference
Campaign for Better Healthcare
Illinois Conference
Cathedral in the Night
Massachusetts Conference
Cathedral of Hope, UCC
Southern Conference
Citizens Alert
Illinoise Conference
Colchester Community Food Shelf Inc.
Vermont Conference
Community Empowerment Fund
Southern Conference
Covenant Community Food Pantry
Central Atlantic Conference
Cropswap Carlsbad
Southern California Nevada Conference
Crossroads Food Pantry
Connecticut Conference
Environmental Health Coalition
Southern California Nevada Conference
F.A.R.M. Cafe (Feed All Regardless of Means)
Southern Conference
Faith Action Network
Pacific Northwest Conference
Farm Labor Organizing Committee, FLOC
Ohio Conference
First Central Congregational Church
Nebraska Conference
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Memphis, Tennessee
Missouri Mid-South Conference
GirlForward
Illinois Conference
Good News Group
Massachusetts Conference
Grace Interfaith Food Table (GIFT)
Maine Conference
Grace UCC, Canton
Ohio Conference
Hands Extended Loving People (HELP Ministry)
Michigan Conference
Hands of Faith, Inc.
Wisconsin Conference
Interfaith Coalition for Action Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE)
Florida Conference
Interfaith Worker Justice
Illinois Conference
International Labor Rights Forum
Central Atlantic Conference
Joint Neighborhood Ministry (JNM)
Missouri Mid-South Conference
Joyful Journey, Inc.
Wisconsin Conference
Kaumakapili Church (Food Bank)
Hawaii Conference
Loving Food Resources, Inc. (LFR)
Southern Conference
Lutheran Church of the Cross-Food Pantry
Illinois Conference
Martha's Kitchen/Mary's Heart (Free Community Meal)
Illinois South Conference
Milwaukee Innercity Congregational Allied for Hope (MICAH)
Wisconsin Conference
Miriam's Kitchen
Central Atlantic Conference
Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance
Southeast Conference
Olaa First Hawaiian Congregational Church
Hawaii Conference
Opihikao Congregational Church
Hawaii Conference
Oregon New Sactuary Movement
Central Pacific Conference
Pilgrim United Church of Christ
Southern Conference
Point Place United Church of Christ
Ohio Conference
Polk Ecumenical Action Council for Empowerment
Florida Conference
Prides Corner Congregational Church
Maine Conference
Reconciliation Table Church
Illinois Conference
Rochester Area Neighborhood House and Frist Congregational Church UCC Helping
Michigan Conference
Rockland Interfaith Breakfast Program
New York Conference
Safe Ground Sacramento, Inc.
Northern California Nevada Conference
San Franciso Night Ministry
Northern California Nevada Conference
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center
Rocky Mountain Conference
Side by Side
Wisconsin Conference
Southern Partners Fund
Southeast Conference
Southside Community Ministries Food Pantry
Ohio Conference
St. John UCC Maeystown, IL Mission Team
Illinois South Conference
St. John United Church of Christ
Ohio Conference
St. Mark's United Church of Christ
Indiana Kentucky Conference
St. Paul United Church of Christ, North College Hill
Ohio Conference
St. Paul's Community Outreach
Ohio Conference
Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
Southern Conference
Sunflower Community Action
Kansas Oklahoma Conference
Suquamish Community Kitchen
Pacific Northwest
Sweden Community Church, Sweden House
Maine Conference
The Berkshire Immigrant Center (BIC)
Massachusetts Conference
The George B. Crane Memorial Center (GBCMC)
Massachusetts Conference
The Night Ministry (TNM)
Illinois Conference
The Poverty Initiative
New York Conference
The Society of St. Andrew
Southern Conference
The Unheard Voices Project
Southern Conference
The Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
Vermont Conference
The West Kaua'i Inter-Church Food Pantry (WKICFP)
Hawaii Conference
Trinity Church of Northborough/Trinity Free Medical Program
Massachusetts Conference
UCAN
Illinois Conference
UCC Food Backpack Program
Wisconsin Conference
UCOM (United Church Outreach Ministry)
Michigan Conference
Ulster Project Utah
Rocky Mountain Conference
United Church of Christ of New Smyrna Beach
Florida Conference
United Congregational Christian Church -Lodi Community Outreach Community
Northern California Nevada Conference
United Ministries/Earl's Place
Central Atlantic Conference
Urban Community Outreach (UCO)/Drop-in-Center (DIC)
Southern California Nevada Conference
US Office on Colombia
Central Atlantic Conference
Vermont Works for Women
Vermont Conference
Voices of the South
Missouri Mid-South Conference
West Hollywood United Church of Christ
Southern California Nevada Conference
Worcester Fellowship, Inc.
Massachusetts Conference
Wyoming Association of Churches
Rocky Mountain Conference
Young Women's Christian Association of the Central Carolinas, Inc.
Southern Confernce
Zion United Church of Christ
New York Conference
Conference Grant - Penn Central Conference
IIRON (Illinois/Indiana Regional Organizing Network)
Illinois Conference
 

Grant Recipients for Spring 2012

Comida para Cherryland Y South
California Nevada Northern Conference
Justice Overcoming Boudaries
California Nevada Northern Conference
Food of God 4 the People of God
California Nevada Northern Conference
United Church of Christ of La Mesa
California Nevada Southern Conference
Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF)
Central Atlantic Conference
Shaw Community Ministry, Inc
Central Atlantic Conference
Churches for Middle East Peace
Central Atlantic Conference
Koloa Union Church
Hawaii Conference
St. John UCC - Chicago Food Pantry
Illinois Conference
First Church of Lombard UCC
Illinois Conference
La Academia
Illinois Conference
Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ
Illinois Conference
Kenwood UCC
Illinois Conference
St John Evangelical UCC
Illinois South Conference
Highland Area Christian Service
Illinois South Conference
Arise Chicago
Illinois Conference
Union Community Church
Indiana-Kentucky Conference
ALY (Anamosa Lunches for Youth)
Iowa Conference
Tulsa Hispanic Resources Association
Kansas-Oklahoma Conference
Berkshire Resources for the Integration of Diverse Groups and Educations, Inc.
Massachusetts Conference
Berkshire Food Project
Massachusetts Conference
Attleboro Area Council of Churches
Massachusetts Conference
First Congregational Church of Rockport
Massachusetts Conference
Pawtucket Congregational Church
Massachusetts Conference
United Center for Caring at St. John's UCC
Michigan Conference
First Congregational Church, UCC
Michigan Conference
Joint Religious Legislative Coaltion
Minnesota Conference
Shalom House
Missouri Mid-South Conference
Center for Artistic Revolution (CAR)
Missouri Mid-South Conference
MADRE, Inc.
New York Conference
FOCUS Churches of Albany, Inc.
New York Conference
Graze on Faith - A Mission of Bloming Grove UCC
New York Conference
Moving in Congregations Acting in Hope (MICAH)
New York Conference
IndyKids
New York Conference
IMANI Youth and Transitional Housing Program
California Nevada Northern Conference
Advent United Church of Christ
Ohio Conference
The SMART Project at Mt. Zion Congregational UCC
Ohio Conference
Heroes for the Homeless
Pacific Northwest Conference
IHART Harvest-Inc./The Potato
Pennsylvania Southeast
Crossroads Urban Center
Rocky Mountain Conference
Outreach United Resource Center, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Conference
Newtown Florist Club
Southeast Conference
Kirkwood United Church of Christ
Southeast Conference
North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
Southeast Conference
The Steering Committee for the Honor Program (The Other Death Penalty Project)
Southern California Nevada
Concerned Citizens of the Tilery
Southern Conference
Church of the Beatitudes UCC
Southwest Conference
New Mexico Faith Coaltion
Southwest Conference
Equality Wisconsin
Wisconsin Conference
People's Forum on Peace for Life
Phillipines
Illinois Conference, UCC, Fbo Iglesia Unida Immigrant Legal Assistant Program
Illinois Conference
 

Grant Recipients for Fall 2011

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
Southern Conference
WATER, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
Central Atlantic Conference
Victory Christian UCC
Southern Conference
Contact Center
Ohio Conference
A Just Harvest (Good News Community Kitchen)
Illinois Conference
MADRE, Inc.
New York Conference
Interfaith Coalition for Action Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE)
Florida Conference
Interfaith Worker Justice
Central Atlantic Conference
St. Mark's United Church of Christ
Indiana/Kentucky Conference
Vermont Interfaith Action
Vermont Conference
Celilo Indian Education Program (CIEP)
Central Pacific Conference
United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Heights
Philippines
Latin America Working Group Education Fund
Central Atlantic Conference
United Church of Christ of New Smyrna Beach
Florida Conference
Just Economics
Southern Conference
St. Paul's Community Outreach
Ohio Conference
Boys and Girls Club 1st Congregational Church
Ohio Conference
Southside Worker Center
Southwest Conference
Center on Conscience & War
Central Atlantic Conference
Sarasota United for Responsiblity and Equity (SURE)
Florida Conference
Cathedral in the Night
Massachusetts Conference
Spirit of Peace UCC Just Peace Group
South Dakota Conference
Prophetic Public Witness Team, First Congregational Church of Oakland
Northern California Nevada Conference
Community Empowerment Fund
Southern Conference
Polk Ecumenical Action
Florida Conference
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center
Rocky Mountain Conference
Oregon New Sanctuary Movement
Central Pacific Conference
Pilgrim United Church of Christ
Southern Conference

Eaton United Church of Christ Kids Club
Ohio Conference

Ulster Project Utah
Rocky Moutain Conference
Hillsborough Organization for Progress & Equality, HOPE
Florida Conference
Kindred Spirits Charitable Trust
Florida Conference
Arlington Congregational, United Church of Christ
Florida Conference
Iao United Church of Christ
Kawaii Conference
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
Minnesota Conference
The Supper Club
Central Atlantic Conference
H.E.L.P.S. Ministry
Illinois Conference
Michigan United
Michigan Conference
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Rev. Bentley de Bardelaben
Executive for Administration and Communications
Program Team Based in Cleveland, Ohio
Justice And Witness Ministries
700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland,Ohio 44115
216-736-3713
debardeb@ucc.org

Ms. Donyale Copeland
JWM Financial Assistant
Program Team Based in Cleveland, Ohio
Justice And Witness Ministries
700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland,Ohio 44115
216-736-3706
copeland@ucc.org