Fund Panel Members
Four volunteer panels review applications and award grants with the assistance of staff. Panel members are Unitarian Universalists appointed by the UUA President in accordance with the UUA bylaws, which affirm and promote “the full participation of persons in all of its activities, and in the full range of human endeavor, without regard to race, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, age, or national origin and without requiring adherence to any particular interpretation of religion or to any particular religious belief or creed.” Efforts are made to achieve a balance on the Panels in terms of geographic and demographic representation, experience, education and interests.
Fund for Unitarian Universalism
CB Beal, M.Div., Massachusetts
Rev. Karishma Gottfried, New York
Rev. Martha Niebanck, Massachuetts
Yashi Janamanchi, Maryland
Rev. Samantha Lynne Wilson, California
Rev. Karishma Gottfried, New York
Rev. Martha Niebanck, Massachuetts
Yashi Janamanchi, Maryland
Rev. Samantha Lynne Wilson, California
Fund for International Unitarian Universalism
David R. Finch, New York
The Rev. Jill McAllister, Germany
The Rev. David Usher, England/Pennsylvania
The Rev. Jill McAllister, Germany
The Rev. David Usher, England/Pennsylvania
Fund for UU Social Responsibility
Ceyshé Napa, Arizona
Rev. Katie Kandarian, Nevada
Rev. Otto Concannon, Massachusetts (Rotating off the Panel in the Fall of 2026)
Susan Leslie, Massachusetts
Rev. Katie Kandarian, Nevada
Rev. Otto Concannon, Massachusetts (Rotating off the Panel in the Fall of 2026)
Susan Leslie, Massachusetts
Fund for a Just Society
Asha Arora, Colorado
Rev. Cathy Chang, Tennessee
Rev. DL Helfer, Rhode Island
Nguyen Weeks, California
Rev. Roger Jones, California
Rev. Cathy Chang, Tennessee
Rev. DL Helfer, Rhode Island
Nguyen Weeks, California
Rev. Roger Jones, California