The Racial Awareness, Equity, & Reconciliation Field of Interest Fund was established in 2022. Since its inception, it has made 10 grants totaling $31,244.75 to address racial awareness, racial equity, and racial repair. It is inspired by Colossians 3:11 “Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.”
The goal of this fund is to help Moravian congregations, fellowships, emerging ministries, and agencies answer the call to address racial issues.
Grants made from the Racial Awareness, Equity, & Repair Fund are:
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Purpose | Year |
| Estamos Unidos Moravian Ministry | Winston-Salem, NC | $10,000 | Creating a space where people from different cultures can connect as a form of casual diversity training. Providing English and Spanish classes, childcare for patrons, meals, etc. | 2024 |
| You Belong Together, INC | Green Bay, WI | $2,250 | Translating organization materials into Spanish, providing Spanish classes, and acquiring a translator for programming | 2024 |
| Moravian Archives-Northern Province | Moravian Church, Northern Province | $2,094.75 | Digitizing 2,394 pages of manuscript records of the Moravian Church in the Eastern West Indies and provide public access to said records | 2024 |
| Pine Chapel Moravian | Winston-Salem, NC | $5,000 | Taking Sunnyside Explorers camp students on a field trip to Old Salem | 2024 |
| Waconia Moravian Church | Waconia, MN | $2,950 | Community concert and DJ event | 2023 |
| Linden Hall | Lititz, PA | $1,500 | Racial Justice Work training for faculty members | 2023 |
| Common Grace | Madison, WI | $1,500 | Celebration event for Hispanic Heritage Month | 2023 |
| Moravian Archives, Southern Province | Winston-Salem, NC | $2,950 | Processing and digitization of St. Philip’s Moravian Church records and the “slavery collection.” | 2023 |
| Moravian Team for Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Reconciliation (MTR) | Winston-Salem, NC | $1,000 | Produce videos that create awareness and conversation about racial reconciliation in the Southern Province | 2022 |
| West Side Moravian Church | Green Bay, WI | $2,000 | Expose church youth to the history of racism and its impacts today through a mission trip | 2022 |
The Racial Awareness, Equity, & Reconciliation Field of Interest Fund makes grants to help Moravian congregations and agencies increase awareness and equity for neighbors of all races and ethnicities. Or make reconciliation with those who have been marginalized due to race. The Racial Awareness, Equity, & Reconciliation Field of Interest Fund makes grants to help Moravian congregations and agencies increase awareness and equity for neighbors of all races and ethnicities. Or make reconciliation with those who have been marginalized due to race. The Racial Awareness, Equity, & Reconciliation Field of Interest Fund makes grants to help Moravian congregations and agencies increase awareness and equity for neighbors of all races and ethnicities. Or make reconciliation with those who have been marginalized due to race.