Frequently Asked Questions
How to Become a Sponsor in God is Grace
Sponsorships and classes for God is Grace begin on April 1st of every year and run until March 31st of the following year. (Sponsorship must be in place by April 1st for a woman to get into a class.) A "class" is a formed group of women that will receive training in a specific trade, creating value and sustainability in their particular locality.
Our most frequently asked questions about becoming a sponsor in God Is Grace:
What is the cost to be a sponsor? ·
It costs $60.00 a month for one year, totaling $720 for a complete sponsorship.
All support goes through Kelly Green Global (a 5013c tax exempt organization) and is tax deductible.
By the end of January of the next year, a statement for the previous year’s donations will be sent to each sponsor of God Is Grace.
How is the money received for sponsorship used?
The break down monthly is as follows:
$40.00 is wired directly to the woman you support.
$7.00 stays in the U. S. in an escrow account in case there is a sponsor in the U. S. who experiences financial difficulty and can no longer send support. Once we commit to sponsoring a woman in God Is Grace, we must continue to send support to the woman in Uganda whether her sponsor sends support or not. This escrow account allows us to do this and will eventually go to Uganda God Is Grace work if it is not all used.
$10.00 goes to pay for our overseas expenses (such as gas for travel to visit women) and the salaries of our national staff in Uganda who run this ministry year-round.
$3.00 will go towards helping with administrative needs in the U.S. No personnel in the U.S. receives a salary from God Is Grace. How can I pay my support? · You can pay once a year ($720), biannual ($360), quarterly ($180) or monthly ($60.00). If you desire to help, but are unable to commit to sponsorship because of your economic situation, we encourage you to find a friend or a few to divide it up and support a lady together monthly.
Please contact Beth Green at godisgraceafrica@aol.com if you have any questions concerning sponsorship in God Is Grace.
How can I pay for my Sponsorship? ·
Sponsorships can be paid
What do I receive once I become a sponsor from God Is Grace?·
Once you commit to sponsoring a woman, you will be sent a photo and information about the woman you are sponsoring. This will tell you about the village she lives in, the number of children/orphans she is supporting, and briefly what trades she would like to pursue. Periodically, you will get updates about the woman you sponsor and how she is advancing.
We try every year to go visit each woman that is sponsored in God is Grace. When we are able, we will send each sponsor photos taken, and additional information gathered while the God is Grace woman are visited. Each woman is very dear and special to us. We enjoy talking to each woman, being in their homes, meeting their children and sharing in their lives. Our personal "hands on" touch comes from the women who help make God is Grace possible in Uganda. (Ugandan Coordinators: Caroline Masembe in Jinja and Patricia Otte in Tororo) These women work with pastors in the areas where we minister to help select each woman for God is Grace. This way, we are able to find the neediest of the women in villages. The only requirement we ask of our leaders is that they find the poorest in the villages and that these women that they have chosen are willing to work hard. Once a woman completes her year of sponsorship, we are sometimes able to continue contact with her and watch her, by way of her pastor, to continue on with her businesses long after she has been sponsored.