The Church Association for Sudan and South Sudan

The Church Association for Sudan and South Sudan is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1180881).

The Church Association for Sudan and South Sudan was founded over 60 years ago, before the time of Sudan's independence, to promote and maintain interest in and support for the Provinces of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and the Episcopal Church of South Sudan. It supports the ministry of those churches and their dioceses in both countries through financial grants for specified purposes to the two archbishops' offices and to dioceses, with a focus on bishops' diocesan ministry, pastor training and making the church self-supporting. Its annual report gives £245,889 paid in its most recent reported financial year, and an annual grant of £50,000 to the ECSS enables the Provincial Office to serve the church's needs.

Priority Areas

The foundation supports the ministry of the Episcopal churches and their dioceses in Sudan and South Sudan, making financial grants for specified purposes to the two archbishops’ offices and to dioceses throughout both countries. It supports bishops in their diocesan ministry and specific projects intended to strengthen church capacity over the long term, especially training current and future pastors and enabling the church to become self-supporting. It also supports the archbishops’ work in peace and reconciliation. The trustees seek to balance disbursements across Sudan and South Sudan.

Themes

• Church ministry
• Pastor training
• Church sustainability
• Peace and reconciliation

Geographic Focus

Sudan; South Sudan.

Applicants submit a grant application for assessment against the trustees’ criteria; it must come from a recognised charitable organisation.

Who can apply:

• The application must be from a recognised charitable organisation (e.g. one that is governed either by a Synod or a Board of Trustees).
• The aims and objectives of the grant application must be clearly expressed in writing.

What to send:

• A budget or some description of cost against expected income showing how the contribution from CASSS fits.
• The application must be signed or, for an email submission, include other evidence of authorisation by an approved person.
• An outline plan showing how the project will achieve its aims and objectives and addressing potential risks and mitigation.
• Evidence of how sustainable the initiative is after CASSS funding ends, and a distinction between capital (one-off) costs and recurrent costs.
• Evidence of the security of the account into which funds will be received.
• An indication of how the use of the funds will be accounted for.
• An intention to provide regular reports demonstrating the impact of the funding, not just activity.

What the charity says:

• The purpose of an application must fit CASSS’s charitable purposes and the strategy agreed by the trustees.
• Applicants should clearly express their aims and objectives in writing.
• Applications should include a budget or a description of costs against expected income.
• Applications should include a plan for achieving the project's aims and objectives and identify potential risks and how they will be mitigated.
• Applicants should explain how an initiative will remain sustainable when CASSS funding ends and distinguish capital costs from recurring costs.
• The trustees seek to balance disbursing funds across Sudan and South Sudan.
• Applicants are expected to provide regular reports demonstrating the impact of funding, not only activity.