To be eligible for funds, applicants must live in Harris County and meet certain household income and public benefits criteria. The fund is open to immigrant households. Given the enormous need, the fund is likely to receive more applications than funding available. To ensure the funds are reach...
by law”. Majority of churches work with at least one fund that has donor restrictions. A common one is a building fund where all the money donated must be “set aside” for the building. The church can’t use the money for the utilities, traveling, salaries, or anything else. The ...
Churches will survine as many have moved to online services, but the church still has to pay utilities, insurance, and other costs to keep the building operating so that once the church can gather together again, there’ll be a building big enough to accommodate them. Assembling Together The...
Multinational power utilities typically are not known for sustained investment in the revitalization of underprivileged communities. Enersis, the leading power utility for much of South America, however, is doing exactly that, with a massive illumination program called "Lighting Churches South of the ...
Close on the heels of the married clergy matter, Revenue Canada began, in some areas, to treat church-provided utilities such as power and heating as taxable benefits. But "it's not a new law," said a spokesperson for the Canadian Council of Christian Charities. "The provision for the ...