This Mission Grant has been established through an endowment fund by Dr. Dean and Mrs. Keitha Thomson. Grants will be awarded annually to a member of a United Methodist church or a member of a recently disaffiliated UM church who is in need of funding for a mission trip. Mission trips may be located locally, nationally, or internationally with a focus on global health, including but not limited to medical needs, or disaster and recovery efforts. The mission trip work must be considered to be of a beneficial nature to the larger community and an integral part of a long-range plan for growth and outreach.

If you are interested in applying for this grant, please review the policy below. The application will be available January 1st and must be postmarked by April 1st.

Course of Study Scholarships are administered on a reimbursement basis and are subject to approval from the Stewardship Committee and the Board of Directors at the April, July or October meetings.

Course of Study Scholarship Guidelines
Course of Study Scholarship Application

Seminary & Tither's Scholarships application materials are available each year from April 1 to June 30 and are reviewed by the Stewardship Committee of the Board of Directors reviews applications during the July meeting.  Recipients are notified in early August and a check is mailed directly to the recipient's college.  Please review each scholarship's guidelines separately as each is different. Once you have determined which scholarships you qualify for, you are welcome to apply for those scholarships during our scholarship season.  

Thank you to those who have made the sacrifice to establish the following seminary and course of study scholarships: 

Gifts from the Heart Course of Study Scholarship

Good Steward Scholarship
Harlan & Mabelle Wyrick Memorial Scholarship

Joe Meeham UMM 100 Club Scholarship

Merv Schleifert UMM 100 Club Scholarship
Murdock Ebenezer UMC Professional Church Leader Scholarship
Myrtle Williams Seminary Scholarship 
Rev. Albert W. Winseman Scholarship 
Rev. George & Mrs. Wilma Clay Course of Study Scholarship
Rev. Robert E. & Lily A. Berlie Course of Study Scholarship
Scahill Family Scholarship
Tither's  Scholarship

United Methodist Men's 100 Club Scholarship
Veryl & Sylvia Miller Memorial Scholarship
Women in Ministry Scholarship (available to both Kansas and Nebraska women)

Also new this year, a generous donor has established an endowment at the Nebraska United Methodist Foundation to perpetuate funds for Laity Leadership Development Scholarships.  If you are interested in growing these scholarship funds, please learn more here. 

The Nebraska United Methodist Foundation awards a limited number of ministry grants to Nebraska churches and affiliated agencies of the Great Plains United Methodist Conference each year, and to those churches and affiliated agencies formerly associated with the United Methodist Church. 

Through these awards of grant dollars, we seek to enhance and expand ministries. These grants are made only for programs and activities (including operating expenses and supplies). They are not made for building repair, replacement, or expansion. The grants come from the Foundation’s “Gifts From the Heart” Endowment Fund.  Applications are reviewed by the Foundation's Stewardship Committee and voted on by the Board of Directors at the October meeting. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about the grant application process. 

The deadline to apply each year is September 30th.  Grant awards are mailed to churches by December.  To apply, please fill out the application and mail it to us or submit via email at kroberts [at] numf.org.  If you do not receive an email back acknowledging that your application was received, please call us at 402-323-8844. 

The Ministry Grant Application will be available at this link during ministry grant season.

It is the mission of the Foundation to be a catalyst that strengthens Nebraska ministries and churches. We support innovative ideas that meet the needs of a diverse and rapidly changing society. Part of the way in which we do this is through grants. We have been blessed with donors who believe in the financial assistance of new church starts. Through these wonderful donors, the Foundation is able to provide New Start/New Faith Community Grants.  

If you are a new church start and are interested in applying for these grants, please review the policies below first.  If you feel as though your new start is a good fit for this grant, application materials will be available on this page each year from January through March with an April 1st deadline.