CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services. Through CRS Rice Bowl, Catholics in the United States are invited to put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. In addition to the familiar cardboard box for collecting Lenten alms, CRS also provides resources for activities, reflections, and stories.
CRS Rice Bowls support the work of CRS in more than 120 different countries each year. Lenten alms donated through the Rice Bowl are used both globally and locally, with 75% supporting work around the world and 25% staying in the local diocese to support hunger and poverty alleviation efforts.
Restrictions/Limitations
- The organization and project must not conflict with Catholic moral and social teaching.*
- The organization must be based in the 16 counties of Northeastern Wisconsin within the Diocese of Green Bay.
- The organization must not engage in partisan political activity.
- The project must help the struggling immigrant or refugee populations meet their basic needs (such as food, shelter, healthcare, and literacy).
- Grant money may not be used for salaries or wages.
- Requests may be made for up to $2,500.
- Grant reports are due by June 30 of the following year.
If you have any questions on the CRS Rice Bowl grant, please e-mail World Missions, or call Danielle Dercks, World Missions Coordinator at (920) 272-8192.
*Your organization must not support activities that are contrary to Catholic moral and social teaching such as abortion, artificial means of birth control, embryonic-stem cell research, same-sex marriage, capital punishment, euthanasia, war making beyond the scope of the Just War Theory ,or deportation of persons without a felony.