普林斯顿神学院获礼来基金会2590万美元拨款：该校史上最大一笔，五年惠及逾2万名青年基督徒领袖
位于新泽西州默瑟县 Princeton 的普林斯顿神学院（Princeton Theological Seminary）11月11日宣布，获得礼来基金会（Lilly Endowment Inc.）2590万美元拨款，用于加强全美青年基督徒领袖的培养、支持与连接。这是该校历史上最大的一笔拨款，为期五年。
这笔拨款将大幅扩展该校的 Polaris 青年基督徒领袖计划（Polaris Young Adult Christian Leadership Initiative），并使普林斯顿神学院成为连接各地机构、学者与领袖的全国枢纽，具体通过三项相互关联的工作推进：Polaris 协作网络（Polaris Collaborative）、Polaris 领袖网络（Polaris Leadership Network）与一项研究规划计划。
Polaris 计划2023年在礼来基金会支持下于普林斯顿神学院启动，已连接不同职业与宗派背景的青年基督徒领袖。2027年至2031年，该计划预计惠及全美逾2万名青年与1700名机构领袖，并向全国伙伴机构的工作直接投入1000万美元；其中 Polaris 协作网络将向十家服务青年人的成熟机构各提供100万美元资助。
扩展后的计划由 Polaris 执行主任 Shari Oosting 领导，机构层面由继续教育副院长 Abigail Visco Rusert 主管。拨款经由礼来基金会的青年计划（Young Adult Initiative）发放，新拨款期为2027年1月至2031年12月。
（来源：普林斯顿神学院）
Princeton Seminary Receives $25.9 Million Lilly Endowment Grant, the Largest in Its History, to Reach 20,000 Young Adult Christian Leaders
PRINCETON, Mercer County, New Jersey — Princeton Theological Seminary announced on November 11 that it has received a $25.9 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to strengthen how young adult Christian leaders are formed, supported and connected across the United States. The five-year award is the largest grant in the Seminary's history.
The grant will significantly expand the Polaris Young Adult Christian Leadership Initiative and establish Princeton Seminary as a national hub connecting organizations, scholars and leaders through three interconnected efforts: the Polaris Collaborative, the Polaris Leadership Network and a research planning initiative.
Launched at the Seminary in 2023 with Lilly Endowment support, Polaris has connected young adult Christian leaders across professional and denominational backgrounds. From 2027 through 2031, Polaris expects to reach more than 20,000 young adults and 1,700 organizational leaders nationwide and to direct $10 million to support partner organizations, including $1 million grants to ten established organizations working with young adults through the Polaris Collaborative.
The expanded initiative will be led by Shari Oosting, executive director of Polaris, under the institutional leadership of Abigail Visco Rusert, associate dean of continuing education. The grant was made through Lilly Endowment's Young Adult Initiative, and the new grant period runs from January 2027 through December 2031.
(Source: Princeton Theological Seminary)
来源：普林斯顿神学院
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