THE MISSON OF THE UNITED THANK OFFERING IS TO EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF THANKFUL PEOPLE.
To achieve this mission we encourage daily prayers, offerings, and awareness of the abundance of God’s blessings.

United Thank Offering (UTO) monies will be granted in support of programs within the dioceses of The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Anglican Communion that address compelling human needs, supporting alleviation of poverty both domestically and internationally and focusing on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) overseas.

 
UTO supports projects:

• That are expended during the twelve months following grant award;
• That are significant in nature
• That are new work or an expansion of existing work;
• That give special attention to women and children;
• That are a part of  provincial or diocesan planned mission strategy; and
• In which the UTO participation is clearly identifiable.

Every application must:

• Demonstrate involvement, including financial support, by an entity of TEC and/or the world wide Anglican Communion;
• Be complete, with all required attachments;
• Include a current operating budget for the implementing organization as well as the detailed project budget for the grant request.

The UTO will not fund:

• Capital fund campaigns or debt reductions.  A capital fund campaign is understood to be a general campaign to raise money for a large or comprehensive project in which it is not clearly evident what difference a UTO grant will make and in which it is not clearly evident the project will be completed within the twelve months for which the award is made.
• Continuing operational budgets, meaning the proposed budget and program is the same or similar as the year before, the only difference being UTO as the new source of funding;
• Debts obligated or incurred before the date of the grant award;
• Deferred maintenance
• Purchase of consumable supplies (e.g. food, medicine, paper goods, toiletries, fuel);
• Contracted or professional services for individuals or families (e.g. dental care, therapy, housing);
• A commercial venture or enterprise, a for profit body, or a non-profit individual or group without a legally responsible governing body;
• Scholarships or tuition either directly for individuals or indirectly through organizations; this includes camperships and attendance incentives;
• Proposals that can find adequate funding elsewhere, including capital improvements for which loans are possible;
• Emergency response;
• 15 passenger vans, due to liability and safety issues.

In Episcopal Dioceses within the United States, UTO will not fund:

• Previously funded requests;
• Total Cost of Vehicles—one-half is maximum.
• Capital improvements that do not expand capacity to meet compelling human need or mission and ministry need for women and children;
• Programs regarded to be diocesan operating budgets;