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Grants, Scholarships, and Reports

Missions Microgrant
The Board of Missions will award grants up to $2,000 for projects related to East Ohio churches and Advances from the conference Undesignated Missions giving fund (EOC Fund 9001). Contact Melanie Thomas at (330) 499-3972 ext. 102 or by e-mail if you have any questions. The 2025 application closed on May 1, it may reopen in early 2026.

Mustard Seed Migration Grant
The General Board of Global Ministries and United Methodist Committee on Relief invites local churches to apply for a grant of up to $2,000 to engage in new, one-time community-based ministries focused on migrants and refugees.

Learn more and apply for the Mustard Seed Migration Grant.

United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) Scholarship
Each individual requesting scholarship funds should be a member of an East Ohio United Methodist church, participating in an UMVIM mission trip with an UMVIM trained team leader, be prepared to share your UMVIM experience through a story, photos, and/or a computer slide show upon your return. Applications must be received no later than 30 days before the mission journey begins. More details can be found on the application link below.

UMVIM Mission Journey Scholarship Application

Every year the Conference Volunteers in Mission Coordinators provide information about the mission teams for that year to the Jurisdiction Offices, which compile reports for the General Board of Global Ministries. This information then becomes a measure of the scope of mission volunteering in the United Methodist Church. If your church or district or other entity had a work trip this year, please send the report form to the address below the form. It is important for us to do our best to provide complete and accurate information on file for the use of the GBGM, so please report Youth trips as well as Adult trips.

Mission Team Report