Grants by The Zion Foundation
Grants are awarded by the Zion Foundation each year to four mission areas. Grant recipients include Zion’s ministries, programs, and local and global organizations. The four mission areas are:
- Youth Development and Education
- National and Global Missions
- Local Causes
- Lutheran Legacy.
In 2023, $62,000 was awarded in grants. Please find below information about the recent recipients of Zion Foundation Grants.
Mobility Worldwide
An organization of volunteers founded in 1984 works tirelessly to help people lead productive lives. Mobility Worldwide is an international, faith-based organization that creates hand-powered carts and distributes mobility aids to over 40 countries. So far, the organization has provided over 100,000 carts to people in need of transportation in difficult environments.
Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry (LPGM)
Eripoto and Dr. Msinjili’s Safe Houses
LPGM’s partners’ safe houses in Tanzania offer a necessary refuge, a fresh start, and resources that would not otherwise be available to vulnerable girls. They keep girls safe during a very vulnerable time of their lives, when early marriage and domestic abuse are very real threats, while investing in them as people.
Every Meal
Every Meal is on a mission to fight child hunger in Minnesota. They focus on filling the food gaps children face, especially on weekends when they’re not able to eat school meals. Through their primary Weekend Meal Program, children in Pre-K through 8th grade experiencing food insecurity receive weekend food bags directly and discreetly in their backpacks at about 375 schools across Minnesota.
Black Men Teach
Black Men Teach’s mission is to recruit, prepare, place and retain Black male teachers in elementary schools. Their vision is that all students have the opportunity to attend schools staffed with racially and culturally diverse teachers and leaders, thereby creating school environments that affirm students for who they are.
The Center of Addiction & Faith
The Center of Addiction & Faith is a God-inspired movement to open the hearts and minds of faith communities everywhere to better understand the spread of addiction, its consequences, and how to respond. Their mission is to awaken faith communities to be more fully places of welcome and healing for persons with addiction and those who love them.