Faith and Service Project FAQs

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. All grant applications are due by February 14, 2025 (@11:59PM PST).

The primary objective of the TFS Project is to make faith matter more for 10 million young people over ten years by strengthening the capacities of TENx10 partners to engage teenagers in intentional acts of service and justice.

We anticipate offering up to 130 grants and proposals that match the stated criteria.

Each recipient will be eligible to receive up to $25,000 (paid in two installments) to complete the service-related project.

Projects should be completed between March and December 2025.

We anticipate being able to award funds to both for profit and non-profit organizations. If you are a for profit organization, please complete the application as requested and note your organizational classification. We will follow up with you on any other needed information.

Yes, we encourage collaboration between organizations in the TFS project.

The church is able to receive the grant as long as it has a tax ID number.

Informational workshops will be offered to answer questions about the grant on January 7, 2025 and January 15, 2025 from 9:00 -10:00 a.m. PST. There will be a workshop offered on January 28, 2025 from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.. PST to help with the grant writing process.

If you need an invitation to the workshop, please email tfs@tenx10.org.

Yes! Get a worksheet copy of the grant application.

TENx10 is committed to reaching 10 million young people in 10 years. Your grant project should help develop the faith of 6th-12th graders.

Yes. Please submit your application HERE.

Our staff is excited to support TENx10 Partners throughout The Faith and Service Grant process. There will be a Partner Brainstorm session on February 6th at 11am EST if you would like to work with colleagues in the field on your project ideas. If you have questions about your specific project or desire to process one-on-one, please reach out to tfs@TENx10.org or schedule a call with Lori Ruffin, TENx10’s Senior Director of Strategy and Systems.

All applications will be reviewed by a team of TENx10 staff and non-staff members. Each question is scored on a Likert Scale based on how it meets the criteria outlined on the website, and then submitted for final review and approval. We will contact your organization if we have any questions. The grant is non-competitive. Applications that meet the criteria will receive a grant.

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All applicants will receive a response to their application no later than March 30, 2025.

We welcome any additional questions that you may have through the application process as well as after your project is underway. If you have questions that we did not answer here, please email them to tfs@tenx10.org.

Yes, an organization with a current grant from another institution may apply, however, your project budget should only reflect the funding request from TFS and how the award will be used.

Any faith-based charitable organizations that meets the TFS Grant Partner criteria is eligible to apply for a TFS Grant including those with a wider service footprint. The beneficiaries of the TFS Grant should be youth located in the US.

We ask that each organization only submit one proposal. Your proposal can include multiple projects but all projects must be completed no later than December 31, 2025.

We ask that you please provide a line item budget in a table format following the template provided using the following categories:

• Activity – Amounts here are associated with executing the activity, not necessarily with activity preparation and personnel. Those items should be listed below.
• Personnel – The Faith & Service Project Grant budget may include salary expenses for time associated with TFS project activities.
• Supplies – Anything that needs to be purchased to implement the project. Marketing and software should be reflected in the administrative line item.
• Administrative – Expenses related to software, marketing, travel, or office supplies that are for project preparation or management.
• Other – All additional expenses that do not fit into the above categories. Please detail these expenses in the line-item description.
• Your budget must total no more than $25,000.

At this time, TENx10 does not anticipate offering this opportunity next year. We encourage you to apply with this round of applications.

At this juncture, The Faith & Service Grant application is only open to organizations that applied to become TENx10 partners by December 14, 2024. If you are unsure of your partnership status, please contact Shane Sanchez, Director of Partnerships at shanesanchez@fuller.edu.

If you are the CEO/senior officer of your organization, your signature on the letter of institutional support is sufficient.

The grant funds should be used within the organization. If the grant director remains within the organization, they may continue to execute the project. If the grant director leaves the organization, the organization must appoint someone else to carry out the project.

TFS is designed to mobilize the faith of youth through service and justice. For that reason, we are looking at projects that serve and include youth 13-18 years old.

Please limit your proposals to one per 501c(3). If your organization is made up of multiple partners that relate to TENx10 separately, please reach out to tfs@tenx10.org.

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Yes! You can watch our previous informational webinar sessions at the links below:

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Informational session recording - watch here.

Grant writing workshop - watch here.

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