INTRODUCTION
Issachar Fund is legally organized as a private operating foundation. This means that most of our projects are initiated by our staff, usually in close conversation with our partner organizations. However, we also do some traditional grant-making for strategic projects consistent with our mission and priorities. The process for applicants begins with a Letter of Inquiry. We encourage all grant applicants to thoroughly read our FAQS and to look through some examples of prior projects—both grants and programs—to gain further insight into how we work.
Project Highlights
The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement
Chris Seiple and Dennis R. Hoover
The Social Scientific Study of Science and Religion
Elaine Howard Ecklund, John Evans, Cristine Legare, Dominic Johnson and Michael Price
In Their Own Words: Christian Leadership for Such a Time as This
Emmanuel Katongole
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Creation Care Leadership Ethic
Karen D. Crozier
Political Theology, Virtue Ethics, and Democracy Project
Dr. Luke Bretherton
Gratitude in Islam and Christianity
Dr. Mona Siddiqui
Christianity’s Surprise – A Sure and Certain Hope
C. Kavin Rowe
Christian Flourishing in a Technological World
Dr. Jens Zimmerman
Sinai and Synapses Fellowship
The National Jewish Center For Learning And Leadership
The Renewal of Natural Theology: Academic Engagement and Church Outreach
Dr. Alister McGrath
Teleological and Functional Explanations in Biology
Dr. Jeffrey Schloss
The Shifting Territories of Science and Religion?
Dr. Peter Harrison
‘When Others Dress You and Lead You…’ The Challenge of Aging to Contemporary Bioethics
Dr. Michael Mawson
Peter Harrison Studentships
Dr. Alister McGrath
Caring for the Land
Bethany Land Institue
Virtuous Character: Common Values, Shared Visions
Issachar Fund, Templeton Religion Trust
The Consequences of Religion and Science Beliefs in Longitudinal Perspective
Dr. Jeremy Uecker
The National Clergy Project on End-of-Life Care
Dr. Michael Balboni and Dr. Patrick Smith
“Healthcare, Social Architecture, and the Common Good”
Comment Magazine
Support for the Second Wave of the National Study of Religion and Human Origins
Dr. Jonathan Hill
Word-Care and Care of the World: Mary Oliver and the Aesthetics of Environmentalism
Dr. Debra Dean Murphy
IDEA Generators Conference
Issachar Fund, Idea Fund and Templeton Religion Trust
Developing a Christian Mind
Prof. Ard Louis
Creation: Our Shared Inheritance
Issachar Fund and Templeton Religion Trust
Educational Technology and Human Flourishing: New Technologies in a Christian School
Dr. David I. Smith
“The Idea That Wouldn’t Die:” The Warfare between Science and Religion
Dr. Jeff Hardin and Dr. Ronald Numbers
Environmental and Spiritual Regression among the Forest Dwellers
Shalom University of Bunia
The Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture Program
Dr. Farr Curlin and Dr. Warren Kinghorn
The Amish, Technology, and the Rest of Us
Dr. Steven Nolt
LETTER OF INQUIRY REVIEW PROCESS
Issachar Fund evaluates LOIs on a rolling basis. Our staff carefully reviews each LOI in terms of overall quality and its strategic alignment with our Guiding Questions. We pay close attention to the tactical details and the capacity for success before inviting a full proposal from only the strongest candidates. Applicants will be notified via e-mail of the outcome of the LOI review.