AFC Awards $273,000 in 4th Quarter Grant Cycle
The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has announced $273,000 in funding to support ministry projects across Canada in its 4th quarter grant cycle. AFC’s board of directors met in person on November 21–22 and awarded grants to 76 beneficiaries across 24 dioceses.
Dr. Scott Brubacher, Executive Director of AFC, says that with the three previous grant cycles, automatic disbursements from AFC’s named trusts, and the first-ever disbursements from the ACW Council of the North Retired Clergy Fund, 2024 is on track to exceed $1 Million in disbursements. This will be AFC’s 4th consecutive year exceeding that milestone.
Special guest Maria Reolin, Executive Director of Flemingdon Park Ministry in the Diocese of Toronto stopped by to thank the board for past grants to her program and to provide an update on her organization’s commitment to supporting newcomers to Canada in Toronto’s Flemingdon Park neighbourhood. Reolin explained that while special project grants are welcome, “And many of our clients really enjoy the programs we offer,” she says it is “sustainable funding that remains their ministry’s biggest challenge.”
The meeting was chaired by AFC’s recently appointed Vice-chair, the Rt. Rev. John Stephens, Bishop of New Westminster. In addition to awarding the 4th quarter grants and bursaries, the board of directors approved the proposed budget for 2025 and discussed plans for the year ahead, including AFC’s presence at General Synod in June, approval of a proposed sabbatical project for AFC’s Executive Director, and the launch of a new strategic planning process in fall 2025 for the next stage of AFC’s growth.
Grants approved in the 4th quarter granting cycle include:
Community Ministries: $67,000
- ACW Council of the North Retired Clergy Fund, total grants of $63,000 to 42 individuals
- St. George’s, Lennoxville, QC (Diocese of Quebec), Windows of the Soul—Icons & Hymns: $4,000
Diverse Infrastructure: $64,000
- St. Luke’s Anglican Church Palermo, Oakville, ON (Diocese of Niagara), Walkway Restoration: $5,000
- St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC (Diocese of New Westminster), Courtyard Accessibility Project: $10,000
- Epiphany Anglican Church, Ottawa, ON (Diocese of Ottawa), Renovation Project: $12,000
- St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Maple Creek, SK (Diocese of Qu’Appelle), Bell Tower Restoration: $13,000
- Christ Church Anglican, Grande Prairie, AB (Diocese of Athabasca), Bell Tower and North Side Roof Repair: $12,000
- Parish of the North Peace, Fort St. John, BC (Diocese of Caledonia), St. Matthias Roof Project: $12,000
Indigenous Ministries: $30,000
- Diocese of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, SK, Aboriginal Baptism Video; $15,000
- Toronto Urban Native Ministry, Toronto, ON (Diocese of Toronto), Lay Pastoral Social Worker: $15,000
Leadership & Education: $65,000
- Trinity College Faculty of Divinity, Toronto, ON (Diocese of Toronto), South Asian Christianity-Ecumenical Engagement: $5,000
- Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto, ON (Diocese of Toronto), Nought for Your Comfort-The Long Road to Peace: $10,100
- Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto, ON (Diocese of Toronto), Rags of Light: Leonard Cohen and the Landscape of Biblical Imagination: $10,000
Bursaries for Theological Education and Preaching Conferences, totaling $40,000 to the following individuals:
- The Rev. Rebecca Bridges
- The Rev. Matteo Carboni
- Rebecca Coholan
- Sheila Edwards
- The Rev. Giuseppe Gagliano
- Tianna Alexandria Gocan
- Cassandra Golondrina
- Sarah Lehman
- The Rev. Felix Longdon
- Yan (Stephen) Ma
- Shadi Masahi
- Adam MacNeil
- Jennifer McCallum
- Tyler McKenna
- Morgan Pierre Point
- Jordan Sandrock
- Wei Wang
Sacred Music & Liturgical Arts: $47,000
- St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston, ON (Diocese of Ontario), Choral Scholarships: $8,000
- Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Corner Brook, NL (Diocese of Western Newfoundland), Choral Scholarships: $5,000
- Karen Brodie Archibald, Golden, BC (Diocese of Kootenay), “Stations of the Cross”: $5,000
- St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Toronto, ON (Diocese of Toronto), Arts Festival “Out of the Depths”: $29,000
The application deadline for the next AFC grant cycle is January 1, 2025. For more information on applying for an AFC grant visit, www.anglicanfoundation.org/apply.
