Leadership 100 Approves $5,006,600 in New and Prior Year Grants with $4,678,100

Distributed in 2023 for Total since Founding of $74,942,853

Chairman Jim Logothetis announced that the Executive Committee of Leadership 100, at the 32nd Annual Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 1, 2023, approved 31 new and prior year grants, totaling $5,006,600. The grants were recommended by the Grant Committee, Chaired by Justin Bozonelis. The prior year grants consist of installments of multi-year grants, as do several new grants. With distribution of grants in 2023, the total of grants distributed by Leadership 100 since its founding will reach $74,942,853.

There were 21 new grants totaling $2,591,200 with $2,262,700 to be distributed in 2023.  Prior year grants approved for payment in 2023 total $2,415,400.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Departments

1. The Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries  - $270,000 for Metropolis Camping Ministries. 

2. The Office of the Archbishop - $200,000 for Centennial Exhibit On the Move. 

3. The Center for Family Care - $200,000 for Clergy Family Initiative. 

4. The Department of Information Technology - $175,000 for Digital Transformation II. 

5. The Department of Communications - $141,000 for Orthodox Observer Design and Rebranding Design. 

6. The Department of Communications - $100,000 for  Curating Archdiocesan Visual and Constituent Communications Channels. 

7. The Office of Ionian Village - $100,000 for IV Next 2023. 

8. The Department of Religious Education  - $92,000 for  Departmental 360° Review: Phase 1 Research. 

9. The Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism - $61,200 for Home Mission Parish Program. 

10. The Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism - - $50,000 for Digital Parish Toolkit. 

11. The Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations - $35,000 for Girl Delegate Program. 

12. The Center for Family Care - $22,000 for Kairos Program at the Pastoral Institute. 

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Affiliated Institutions

13. The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops - $300,000 ($150,000 per year over two years) pending successful progress reports for Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) - Campus Missionary Initiative Phase 2. 

14. The Direct Archdiocesan District - $250,000 ($131,500 in year 1 and $118,500 in year 2) for Addictions Ministry. 

15. The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops - $120,000 ($60,000 per year over two years) pending successful progress reports for Connect Conference for Orthodox Young Adults – Integration with Orthodox Youth Ministries. 

16. Project Mexico - $100,000 for Forming Orthodox Christian Evangelists. 

17. The Hellenic College/Holy Cross - $100,000 for Master of Theological Studies (MTS) Online. 

18. The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago - $75,000 for the 2023 YAL Chicago Conference. 

19. The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco - $75,000 for the 2023 YAL Conference. 

Other Institutions Not Affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

20. The Sophia Inc New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation - $75,000 for Sophia Animated Series – “Learning Orthodoxy Can be Fun”. 

21. Ancient Faith Radio - $50,000 for Ancient Faith Kids Division.