March 03, 2024

Goals in the grant application

THIS POST is the 4th and last in a series of excerpts from our application last week for consideration for a grant award from the National Fund for Sacred Places, a non-profit organization. 

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Below the jump, this post describes the time line of the grant program, our proposed scope of work under this grant, and the main components of our total fundraising goal

Mishkon serves its community in many ways

THIS POST is the 3rd in a series of 4 excerpts from our application last week for consideration for a grant award from the National Fund for Sacred Places, a non-profit organization. 

Below the jump, this post lists some of the ways that Mishkon Tephilo contributes to our local community — and in return deserves support from that community. 

Significance of our sanctuary building: Historic, cultural, and architectural

THIS POST is the 2nd in a series of 4 excerpts from our application last week for consideration for a grant award from the National Fund for Sacred Places, a non-profit organization. 

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Below the jump, this post sums up what makes our sanctuary building so special.

Why Mishkon’s historic building deserves the support of non-members

LAST WEEK, Mishkon applied to be considered for a grant award from the National Fund for Sacred Places, a non-profit organization. This post is the first in a series of four excerpts from our application. 

Below the jump, this post addresses a central question: Why should the National Fund support our congregation—as opposed to another church, synagogue, or mosque?

Anti-mosquito maintenance

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE perhaps ought to include two related steps: 

  1. removing sources of standing water on the premises; and 
  2. for those sources that cannot easily be removed, changing out their water on a weekly basis.

An Aedes mosquito

Below the jump, this post discusses what Mishkon can do to reduce the risk of annoying and disease-carrying mosquitoes.