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One Great Hour of Sharing: Empowering Low-Income Groups for Long-Term Change

The One Great Hour of Sharing program supports low-income groups in taking charge of their lives and seeking long-term change for their communities. This includes capacity building, cooperative economic opportunities, community advocacy/organizing, affordable housing/neighborhood revitalization, and water and farming projects. Funding decisions are made by a national committee, and applications can be obtained and submitted through the SDOP website.

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One Great Hour of Sharing: Empowering Low-Income Groups for Long-Term Change

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  1. SDOP MISSION / HISTORY

  2. What is One Great Hour of Sharing? 32%SDOP 32%Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 36%Presbyterian Hunger Program (Including 4% to address homelessness through community organizing) ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

  3. Low income groups Want to take charge of their own lives Have organized/are organizing to do something about their condition Seeking long term change for their lives/communities Will control programs they own and directly benefit from them WHO SHOULD APPLY

  4. Project ownership & control Address long term correction of conditions of poverty/oppression Goals, objectives and direct beneficiaries involvement Environmentally friendly Non-violent Available resources description Balanced income/expenditure budget Progress evaluation towards goals/objectives CRITERIA FOR FUNDING

  5. Capacity Building(Projects that build people’s personal capacity to become self-sufficient) Cooperative Economic Opportunities(Cooperative economic projects benefiting group members economically) Community Advocacy/Organizing(Projects that advocate against a system that ignores needs of poor communities) Affordable Housing / Neighborhood Revitalization Water and Farming Projects(for community led efforts) Economic Development Programs EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF PROJECTS FUNDED

  6. Local (Synod / Presbytery) Level National Level OBTAINING AN APPLICATION FORM: Contact Presbytery / Synod Office Request a form by calling 888-728-7228, ext. 5782 Download it from Web site www.pcusa.org/sdop SUBMITTING A PROJECT APPLICATION

  7. General Procedures National Office Task Force Review National Committee Approval APPLICATION PROCESS

  8. Acknowledgment Letter to Group Forward Application to Task Force Notification Mary McAdory, SDOP National Office Senior Administrative Assistant NATIONAL OFFICE

  9. Task Force Review Process / Actions: • Site Visit • Additional Information • Reject Application • Recommend Project to National Committee REVIEW PROCESS

  10. Funding Decisions•May and September Decision Process• Review Process • National Committee funding decisions & notification DECISION PROCESS

  11. Steps to Download Application Web site: http://www.pcusa.org/sdop/index.htm Click on the “Applications” link on the right side of the screen Click on “Applications” under Application Process Click on “Domestic Application” To Review Previously Funded SDOP Projects http://www.pcusa.org/sdop/projects/usa.htm SDOP WEB SITE

  12. CONTACT US Self-Development of People100 Witherspoon Street Louisville, KY 40202-1396 Toll Free: 888-728-7228 ext. 5782 www.pcusa.org/sdop

  13. Order SDOP Resources To order SDOP Resources:Toll Free Telephone: 888-524-2612 Online: http://www.pcusa.org/sdop/resources.htm Scroll down page to “Resources Available through Presbyterian Marketplace.”

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