The Presbytery of Philadelphia has a local SDOP committee that meets on the first Thursday of each month to review applications for funding. Application forms can be downloaded and submitted to Cinthia J. Andujar at the Presbytery of Philadelphia office.

Criteria for Applying

• A project will be presented, owned and controlled by the group of people who will benefit directly from it.
• A project will address long-term correction of conditions that keep people bound by poverty and oppression.
• A project presented for funding will describe, in detail, its goal (the point of the project), its objectives (the specific steps the group will take to accomplish the goal), the way the direct beneficiaries will be involved in all stages of the project and the methods to be used to achieve the goal and objectives.
• A project will be sensitive to the environment while accomplishing its goal and objectives.
• A project will not advocate violence as a means of accomplishing its goal and objectives.
• A project presented for funding will describe fully the resources known to be available for its support, including a description of a) those within the community, b) those available to the community and c) the in-kind and other financial resources sought or to be sought.
• A project presented for funding will contain a balanced income and expenditure budget. A financial plan showing expected income and expenditures over the funding term of the project will be included.
• A project presented for funding will specify how progress toward the stated goal and objectives will be evaluated by the group, and when the evaluation will be made.