2026 Endowment Recipients
A note about Mission Endowment Funds from the ELCA Foundation.
We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work.
As Lutherans and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we do God’s work in the world — restoring and reconciling communities. We pursue justice and seek peace no matter how long the journey or wide the chasm.
Mission endowment funds enable your congregation to: Expand outreach in the community and around the world; Alleviate world hunger and poverty; Respond to disasters; Sponsor missionaries; Fund seminary scholarships; Support new congregations.
Excerpt from “How to Create a Mission Endowment Fund”
For 2026, the Mission Endowment Committee is distributing $78,600 in accordance with the outlined guidelines in the Peace Lutheran Church Constitution C5.06.01.a.3:
a. A minimum of ten (10) percent, within the community of this congregation for scholarships; for the purpose of attending a college, university or seminary; for church-related camping or leadership conferences; for the funding of church youth programs outside of the Current Ministry of this congregation; or such other training which enables members of this congregation to grow in the Lutheran faith and service to God's people. Total amount granted: $17,000
PLC College Scholarships PLC Cont Ed: Staff & Members
b. A minimum of ten (10) percent to social service agencies, institutions and agencies to which this congregation relates and, subject to the counsel of the Senior Pastor for special programs designed for those persons in our community who are in spiritual and/or economic need. Total amount granted: $30,500
Boys & Girls Club Christine Ann Center Community for Hope Damascus Road Day by Day Warming Shelter Father Carr’s Place to Be Lutheran Food Pantry NAMI - Oshkosh Oshkosh Area United Way Oshkosh Senior Center The Teachers Closet Vida Medical & Support
c. A minimum of ten (10) percent in grants to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for its schools, colleges, seminaries, campus ministries of public universities, and church-related camps. Total amount granted: $8,000
Crossways Camping Ministries Lutheran Campus Ministry- Oshkosh
d. A minimum of ten (10) percent for the ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and/or the East Central Synod of Wisconsin for world missions, world hunger, educational ministries, TV/radio evangelism, professional leadership, and ecumenism. Total amount granted: $8,000
ECSW Seminary Students Camp ELM Tree
e. A minimum of ten (10) percent for the expansion of existing ministries of Peace Lutheran Church or the addition of new ministries to Peace Lutheran Church.
Total amount granted: $13,500
Little Free Pantry PLC Care of Congregation Peace Christian Preschool PLC Trunk or Treat PLC Dinner Fellowship
We are a church that rolls up our sleeves and gets to work.
As Lutherans and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we do God’s work in the world — restoring and reconciling communities. We pursue justice and seek peace no matter how long the journey or wide the chasm.
Mission endowment funds enable your congregation to: Expand outreach in the community and around the world; Alleviate world hunger and poverty; Respond to disasters; Sponsor missionaries; Fund seminary scholarships; Support new congregations.
Excerpt from “How to Create a Mission Endowment Fund”
For 2026, the Mission Endowment Committee is distributing $78,600 in accordance with the outlined guidelines in the Peace Lutheran Church Constitution C5.06.01.a.3:
a. A minimum of ten (10) percent, within the community of this congregation for scholarships; for the purpose of attending a college, university or seminary; for church-related camping or leadership conferences; for the funding of church youth programs outside of the Current Ministry of this congregation; or such other training which enables members of this congregation to grow in the Lutheran faith and service to God's people. Total amount granted: $17,000
PLC College Scholarships PLC Cont Ed: Staff & Members
b. A minimum of ten (10) percent to social service agencies, institutions and agencies to which this congregation relates and, subject to the counsel of the Senior Pastor for special programs designed for those persons in our community who are in spiritual and/or economic need. Total amount granted: $30,500
Boys & Girls Club Christine Ann Center Community for Hope Damascus Road Day by Day Warming Shelter Father Carr’s Place to Be Lutheran Food Pantry NAMI - Oshkosh Oshkosh Area United Way Oshkosh Senior Center The Teachers Closet Vida Medical & Support
c. A minimum of ten (10) percent in grants to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for its schools, colleges, seminaries, campus ministries of public universities, and church-related camps. Total amount granted: $8,000
Crossways Camping Ministries Lutheran Campus Ministry- Oshkosh
d. A minimum of ten (10) percent for the ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and/or the East Central Synod of Wisconsin for world missions, world hunger, educational ministries, TV/radio evangelism, professional leadership, and ecumenism. Total amount granted: $8,000
ECSW Seminary Students Camp ELM Tree
e. A minimum of ten (10) percent for the expansion of existing ministries of Peace Lutheran Church or the addition of new ministries to Peace Lutheran Church.
Total amount granted: $13,500
Little Free Pantry PLC Care of Congregation Peace Christian Preschool PLC Trunk or Treat PLC Dinner Fellowship
