Faithful Schools Eligibility Requirements

Read this before you apply. Faithful Schools connects Christian and community schools with a network of donors who fund one-time projects: classrooms, latrines, water, furniture, equipment. To be considered, a school and its organization need to meet the following.

The organization

A Christian purpose: the organization exists to give children an education that instils Christian, Biblical values, and this is written in its constitution, statement of faith or founding documents
A legally registered organization (charity, church, trust, society or company) that owns and runs the school
A governing board or committee of at least three people that meets regularly and keeps minutes, and is willing to be named, with photos, in front of donors
A bank account in the organization’s own name, with two signatories
A named leader who is responsible for the school day to day

The school

Biblical teaching and Christian character are part of school life: devotions, Bible lessons, and how teachers are chosen and children are cared for
Operating for at least one full school year with children enrolled and teachers teaching
Registered or licensed with the education authority, or able to show the application is in progress
A written child-protection policy that every adult on the compound has signed
Willing to share current student numbers, staff list and photographs

The land and the building

The organization owns the land, or holds a lease or written right of use of at least ten years
For building projects: a plan or drawing of what will be built, and a quote from a builder
A picture of what the finished school is expected to look like

The money

A project budget listing each item and its cost
A statement of last year’s income and expenditure, however simple
A plan for paying the school’s running costs after the project: fees, church support, farming, sponsors
Some contribution from the community: land, labour, materials or money

What we fund

One-time capital projects: classrooms, latrines, water, kitchens, furniture, solar, equipment, land purchase
Not ongoing salaries, rent, feeding programmes or school fees
Projects that will be finished within twelve months of funding

What we ask in return

A seat on your board for a Faithful Schools representative, as a board member or board advisor, for as long as we support the school
A short monthly financial report: income, expenditure, bank balance, and spending on the project
A project budget and timeline kept up to date in this application, line by line
Honest answers, and documents that show them
Photographs and a short report when the project is finished
Receipts or a builder’s statement for what the money paid for

Meeting these requirements makes a school eligible to apply. It does not guarantee funding. Faithful Schools reviews every application and decides which projects to present to its donors.