Lilly Endowment’s National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life (Storytelling Initiative) aims to unlock and tell compelling stories that portray the vibrancy and hope of Christian faith and life and to inspire and help people from a wide variety of backgrounds to come to know and love God.
Launched in 2024, the Storytelling Initiative funds projects that advance the following three objectives:
- Identifying stories about Christian individuals, groups, churches and communities that are compelling examples of authentic and vibrant Christian faith and life.
- Producing compelling stories about these examples of Christian faith and life in various media formats.
- Sharing these stories through different media with a wide variety of people in a broad spectrum of contexts and from many different backgrounds.
Through a national competition in 2025, the Endowment made grants to 48 organizations that submitted the most promising and compelling proposals for storytelling projects. Read the 2025 grants list here.
In 2024, through an initial invitational round, the Endowment made grants to 12 organizations to support storytelling projects. Read the 2024 news release and grants list here.