2. SDOP MISSION / HISTORY

3. ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING 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)

4. 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

5. CRITERIA FOR FUNDING 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

6. EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF PROJECTS FUNDED 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

7. SUBMITTING A PROJECT APPLICATION 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/sdopwww.pcusa.org/sdop

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

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

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

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

12. SDOP WEB SITE Steps to Download Application Web site: http://www.pcusa.org/sdop/index.htmhttp://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

13. Self-Development of People 100 Witherspoon Street Louisville, KY 40202-1396 Toll Free: 888-728-7228 ext. 5782 www.pcusa.org/sdop CONTACT US

14. 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.” Order SDOP Resources