FINANCIAL FORMS AND INFORMATION
Expense Voucher
Mileage Rates
Beginning on January 1, 2026, the standard mileage rate for the use of a car (also van, pickup and panel truck) will be 72.5 cents per mile driven for business use, up 2.5 cents from 2025.
Presbytery Grants, Scholarships and Loans
People in Mission Grant
Administered by Beaver-Butler Presbytery, this grant is designed to help groups and individuals fund mission trips. The Synod of the Trinity also provides Mission Grants and Peacemaking Grants. To aid in your planning, the Presbyterian Mission Program offers a Short-Term Mission Trip Toolkit.
Strengthening Congregational Connections Grant
Trusting in Jesus’ proclamation that “where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them” (Matthew 18:20), the Strengthening Congregational Connections Grant is available to assist congregations partnering together to use their energy, intelligence, imagination, and love in a new shared project of ministry and mission. A grant of up to $500 per each participating PC(USA) congregation of the Presbytery may be available upon application. Applications for projects involving more than three congregations will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Grant Process, Requirements, Considerations and Application (pdf)
Grant Process, Requirements, Considerations and Application (doc)
Wee Kirk Conference Scholarships
Administered by Beaver-Butler Presbytery, $75 scholarships are designed to help individuals attend the Wee Kirk Northeast Small Church Conference. The purpose of Wee Kirk is to inspire, equip, motivate and encourage small churches and to provide rest and refreshment for the clergy and lay leaders of those churches. The conference takes place in October at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
Synod of the Trinity Grants
The Synod of the Trinity offers several grant opportunities for presbyteries, congregations and individuals in our synod. Fill out a Grant Connection form before applying.
Innovation
Education and Nurture
Partnership
Ecumenical Relationships
Justice and Righteousness
Mission Travel
Presbyterian Scholarship Fund
The Presbyterian Scholarship Fund offers financial assistance to students from PCUSA congregations attending Davis and Elkins College, Grove City College, Muskingum University, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg University, Westminster College, or The College of Wooster. Each year one new student at each school is eligible for a $1,200 renewable scholarship. The fund, formerly known as the Colportage scholarship, supports up to twenty-eight students each year.
Students must be a member of a Presbyterian congregation in one of the following Presbyteries: Beaver-Butler, Kiskiminetas, Lake Erie, Pittsburgh, Redstone, Shenango, Upper Ohio Valley, or Washington.
Applicants should seek information from their respective school’s financial aid office.
