Click pdf here (61 KB) for 2023 Community Grant Applications. The deadline for submission is July 31st.
2022 Community Grant Recipients:
U R Special Ministries, Inc. exists to foster self-esteem and healthy lifestyles in needy and at-risk children. We do so by providing new, one-of-a-kind outfits of clothing for the children of Edmond, Oklahoma, and distributing it to them in ways that are celebratory, interactive, and affirming.
We are a nonprofit, faith-based ministry providing food to families in need. We strive to reach those in our community who may go undernourished, such as children, elderly and working families who are facing unusually difficult economic times. Our goal is to provide each family with enough basic food for at least two weeks.
Edmond Mobile Meals relies on the steadfast support from volunteers to serve over 200 meals each day. At Edmond Mobile Meals, we deliver more than just a meal to our homebound clients. We provide crucial moments of human connection and wellness checks to help our clients remain living in their own homes for as long as possible.
Our name is our mission: Helping Our People in Emergencies. We strive to meet the basic needs of the people in our community who are having personal emergencies or crises. The combined support of many of the churches, businesses, and individuals in the community means that we have the resources to provide food, clothing, and financial assistance to our neighbors in need from a single community agency.
2021 Community Grant Recipients:
Edmond Mobile Meals:
Edmond Mobile Meals relies on the steadfast support from volunteers to serve over 200 meals each day. At Edmond Mobile Meals, we deliver more than just a meal to our homebound clients. We provide crucial moments of human connection and wellness checks to help our clients remain living in their own homes for as long as possible.
U R Special:
U R Special Ministries, Inc. exists to foster self-esteem and healthy lifestyles in needy and at-risk children. We do so by providing new, one-of-a-kind outfits of clothing for the children of Edmond, Oklahoma, and distributing it to them in ways that are celebratory, interactive, and affirming.
Make Promises Happen:
Make Promises Happen (MPH), a program of Central Oklahoma Camp & Conference Center, is dedicated to providing outdoor recreational opportunities for individuals with special needs. The program serves individuals, ages 6 and older, with any physical or intellectual disability. Through the support of volunteer counselors, campers leave limitations behind and enjoy fishing, boating, arts & crafts, swimming, archery, dances, talent shows and much more during MPH camp events.
Senior Center of Guthrie:
Guthrie Senior Center is a place for seniors and others who like to dance or enjoy socializing to a live band! We also serve dinner/ lunch the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month.
Ministries of Jesus:
In 2000, Henderson Hills Baptist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, began meditating upon how they could do their part in carrying out Jesus's mission statement, recorded in Luke 4:18-19. As a result, the church founded "Ministries of Jesus" which strives to mirror Jesus's mission, by caring for the whole person: physically, emotionally, and spiritually through: Charitable Medical & Dental Clinics, A Licensed Professional Counseling Center offering grief, divorce, and mental health care, A Recovery Ministry to bring liberty to those held captive by addiction, A Social Services Department connecting clients with community resources to help them with housing, food, clothing, legal aid, financial aid, affordable health insurance, state identification documentation, money management classes, English classes, and GED classes.
2020 Community Grant Recipients:
Angels Foster Family Network OKC:
Angels Foster Family Network OKC recruits, certifies, and supports highly trained foster parents who are committed to the maximum emotional, social, and intellectual development of children in foster care. Our model and caseload size optimize supports and services for our foster families. Comprehensive services are available to foster families throughout any point in their journey, whether that be certification or after successful reunification. Our vision is to be the leading source of hope and support for families and children who are navigating the foster care system.
Neighborhood Hope Dealers/Hope House Guthrie:
HopeHouseGuthrie exists to spread our message of hope and compassion. We believe that a single action can make a difference in the community, and that collective action can greatly impact the world. Through advocacy and outreach activities, our team works tirelessly each day to contribute their part to the greater good.
2019 Community Grant Recipients:
Fostering Sweet Dreams:
Fostering Sweet Dreams is a non profit that provides tangible needs such as beds, car seats, high chairs and strollers to Kinship foster-care placements along with unexpected traditional foster-care placements.
Edmond Mobile Meals:
Edmond Mobile Meals relies on the steadfast support from volunteers to serve over 200 meals each day. At Edmond Mobile Meals, we deliver more than just a meal to our homebound clients. We provide crucial moments of human connection and wellness checks to help our clients remain living in their own homes for as long as possible.