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"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation."
- John F. Kennedy
To help Americans in need, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2004, $2 billion in competitive grants across seven federal agencies were awarded to faith-based organizations -- 10.3 percent of the total funding awarded through 151 programs and 17 program areas. This is up from last year when $1.17 billion was awarded in grants to faith-based groups across five agencies. In one year, HHS, HUD, Justice, Labor, and Education saw a 20 percent increase in the number of grants to faith-based organizations with 334 more grants awarded, and a 14 percent increase in the amount awarded to faith-based organizations -- an increase of $164 million.
When given a level playing field, faith-based groups can compete successfully with other social service organizations. The number of first-time faith-based grantees across the same five federal agencies was 331 in FY 2004 -- representing a 20 percent increase from FY 2003.
Due to the president's leadership, more faith-based organizations are participating in the federal grants process. HHS programs represented the majority of available funding included in the report. HHS saw an 88 percent increase in the number of awards to faith-based organizations since FY 2002 -- from 483 to 908. Since FY 2002, first-time HHS grants to faith-based groups have more than doubled.
Last Modified: 08/26/2008
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