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• Reliant will refuse any grants that are requested if it determines that the grant is not in line with the approved purpose of the associated church/project fund. 
• Reliant grants cannot be used for any purpose other than those approved by Reliant.
• Reliant may approve charitable grant requests after reviewing all relevant information to determine whether the use of funds by the proposed recipient is consistent with Reliant’s tax-exempt purposes.
• Grant administration and control procedures will vary based upon grant materiality (amount and significance), the nature of the grant recipients’ operations, and the nature of the relationship between Reliant and the grant recipient. ---?Dave explained-Reliant won't accept a personal gift and pass it along to the individual through a grant- all gifts must be received as a donation to Reliant and go through the normal process with admin fees, etc. Gift Acceptance Policy (last paragraph- gifts)
• Reliant will require periodic accounting of the usage of the grant funds.
• Reliant retains the right to withdraw approval of a current grant or to receive a refund of any unexpended grant funds.
• Reliant grants cannot be used to cause any private inurement or improper private benefit to occur.
• Reliant will not act as a conduit of funds for any recipient. Gifts received by Reliant that will be used for grants, will be accepted in accordance with Reliant’s gift acceptance policies and for Board approved purposes.
• Grant funds received by the recipient may only be disbursed to other organizations or individuals in a manner consistent with recipient’s grant agreement with Reliant and pursuant to a written agreement with the ultimate recipient of the funds that ensures full compliance by the ultimate recipient with the grant purposes and the requirements of the policies and procedures.

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(1)  Adequate description of the charitable and ministry purposes to be served by the project;
(2)  Determination by the Board that such purposes are consistent with the tax-exempt purposes of Reliant and are worthy of funding;
(3)  Detailed project budgets showing expenditures by sufficient line items for the Board to determine the economic efficiency of the project?;
(4)  Specific project goals with milestones for monitoring; and
(5)  A commitment by the persons responsible for overseeing the project to comply with Reliant’s reporting and monitoring requirements.

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• Will suspend all future grant payments until proper support documentation is received.
  • This suspension will be be immediate for single for single-payment grants.
  • For ongoing monthly grants, Reliant may extend a maximum THREE month (90 days) grace period following the six-month reporting date. At which time, all future grant payments will be suspended.
• Reserves the right to obtain a return of granted funds if timely and proper support documentation is ultimately not provided by the recipient.

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