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Financial Information  

Funding

Covenant World Relief (CWR) depends upon the greater Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) constituency for its annual donations. Annual funds are raised through a fall CWR campaign in local Covenant churches, monthly donors, bequests, and special disaster response projects. Annual distributions have ranged from 1 to 1.5 million dollars in these past years.

Stewardship

In the past ten years, overhead has varied between 3 and 12% of annual collected receipts, depending upon income and staff composition. Because we maintain only one part-time director, this allows CWR to place about 95 cents of every donated dollar directly into ministry. 

Distribution Guidelines

In general, donations made to CWR projects are distributed through the CWR Grant process in the first six months of the following year. Special provisions are made for emergency natural and man-made disasters. The CWR Fund Distribution Guidelines are available for download below. 

CWR Fund Distribution Guidelines

Grants

The CWR Grant Request Application and a sample CWR Grant Request are available for download below. Recommendations for grant approvals are made by the CWR Commission. Prior grant reports and new grant requests are due in the end of March, for action by the Executive Board the following June. Approved CWR Grant funds are available in mid-July.

CWR Grant Guidelines 

CWR Grant Request Form 

CWR Sample Grant Request

How you can give:

There are many ways you can give to support the work we do together through Covenant World Relief. Click here for more information.