Grants
The PEVA grant applications can be mailed or emailed to you. Please call the office at 757-397-7063 or email Raymond or Jessica to request an application. You can download the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF documents HERE.
Please email and or mail applications to the Presbytery Office 6901 Newport Ave, Norfolk VA 23505
List of Services
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2026 Camp/Conference Scholarship Grant
Funds are available from the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia’s Cannell Marital Trust donated fund to assist congregations in providing financial assistance for children, youth, and adults to attend and participate in Presbyterian Church (USA) camps and conference centers in the southeastern United States. Congregations apply, and all approved funds will be disbursed to the congregation.
While it is Council’s prayerful desire to approve as many grant requests as possible in a year, there is currently a limited amount of funding available for this. Council will approve appropriate grant requests as long as funding allows.
Maximum amounts offered per camp/conference* are:
Five hundred dollars ($500) per youth/adult
Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per Congregation
*A congregation may submit separate applications for multiple camp/conference events in the same year.
Please email and or mail applications to the Presbytery Office 6901 Newport Ave, Norfolk VA 23505
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Church Capital Needs Grant Pilot Program
NEW 1/8/2026
The PEVA Capital Needs Grant Program provides assistance to member churches for small to mid-sized capital projects. There are two grant cycles per year with written applications due March 31st and September 30th. Applications will be reviewed by the Board of Trustees, which expects to make decisions within 90 days of each deadline. In addition to preparing the written application, churches should expect to meet with the Board in-person, to have their COM Liaison provide input and a site visit. Requests of any size will be considered. The intentions are that this new grant program will replace the Small Church Grant.
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Matthew 25 Grant
Funds are available from the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia’s Synod of the Mid-Atlantic donated fund to assist congregations in implementing the Matthew 25 initiative of:
- Building congregational vitality.
- Dismantling structural racism.
- Eradicating systemic poverty.
Congregations apply, and all approved funds will be disbursed to the congregation. The Presbytery Council approves the disbursement of funds.
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Church Community Hunger Grant Application PDF
This grant is limited to our community, but not limited to food. There is no deadline for this grant
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Community Ministries Grant Application PDF
This grant is to support community mission projects of various PEVA churches, committees, and related agencies. Funds come from the St. Columba corpus and miscellaneous gifts and are administered by the PEVA Hunger and Peacemaking Committees in collaboration with the General Presbyter and or Presbytery Council. Focus of this grant is to provide (ordinarily matching) funds to support Community local mission endeavors of PEVA congregation (s).
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Nickel-A-Meal (NAM) Hunger Grant Application PDF
This grant is for organizations or churches that work with low-income families and individuals to provide hunger relief. This grant is limited to food for loacal direct hunger relief.
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Peacemaking Grant Application PDF
This grant is intended for development or continuation costs to support projects/programs that promote peace, social justice, and enviromental justice.
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Online Worship Technology Grant (Word Doc)
The Presbytery of Eastern Virginia has established the Covid-19 Online Worship Technology Fund to assist churches looking to begin or to further equip their online worship ministry. In the Covid-19 pandemic season, churches are unable to meet in person, and are recording and posting their worship services on the internet as a way to sustain their worship ministry. This fund will assist in the purchase of equipment and resources (cameras, microphones, laptop computers, etc.) necessary for online worship.
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Online Worship Technology Grant (PDF Doc)
The Presbytery of Eastern Virginia has established the Covid-19 Online Worship Technology Fund to assist churches looking to begin or to further equip their online worship ministry. In the Covid-19 pandemic season, churches are unable to meet in person, and are recording and posting their worship services on the internet as a way to sustain their worship ministry. This fund will assist in the purchase of equipment and resources (cameras, microphones, laptop computers, etc.) necessary for online worship.
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SECOND ROUND Online Worship Technology Grant (PDF Doc)List Item 2
The PEVA Congregational Vitality Team's second round online worship grant aimed at churches who are continuing to grow their technology presence.
Posted 6/3/2021
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SECOND ROUND Online Worship Technology Grant (Word Doc)
The PEVA Congregational Vitality Team's second round online worship grant aimed at churches who are continuiing to grow their technology presence
Posted 6/3/2021
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COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Grant (Word Doc)List Item 3
PEVA has allocated funds for assistance with COVID-19 Pandemic needs. Funds for congregations may be used for a variety of purposes such as air quality or sanitation equipment and supplies, facility renovations or touchless systems to improve health safety, or other emergent needs related to pandemic/post-pandemic challenges. PEVA chaplains and others in PEVA ministries may also apply.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Grant (PDF Doc)List Item 4
PEVA has allocated funds for assistance with COVID-19 Pandemic needs. Funds for congregations may be used for a variety of purposes such as air quality or sanitation equipment and supplies, facility renovations or touchless systems to improve health safety, or other emergent needs related to pandemic/post-pandemic challenges. PEVA chaplains and others in PEVA ministries may also apply.
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Synod of the Mid-Atlantic Grants & Loans (website)
Grants from the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic. Grant application deadlines are February 1st and August 1st annually.
These grants, scholarships, and funds have been made possible by the generous giving of Presbyterians. In that same spirit, contributions are needed to continue grant funding. The most immediate way to contribute is through an individual, group, or congregational donation to the Synod for a specified purpose. Individuals can also help through bequests from their estates, by making it a beneficiary of their life insurance, or with gifts of securities, real estate, or annuities.
