"annual giving"
By James W. (Jim) Murphy, CFRE and Greg Rousos, President & CEO of the New Covenant Trust/Presbyterian Foundation
On November 15, 2023 at 12 Noon Eastern Time, James W. (Jim) Murphy, CFRE of the Episcopal Church Foundation and Greg Rousos, President & CEO of the New Covenant Trust/Presbyterian Foundation reviewed a variety of ways to encourage more giving to your community of faith during this most generous time of the year.
By Linda Buskirk
It’s Lent – a great time to start constructing your congregation’s annual giving campaign – and, no, not as part of your penance.
By Linda Buskirk
The words we choose to discuss annual giving with our congregation can resonate obligation or gratitude. Or both.
By Erin Weber-Johnson
This webinar is designed to provide not only 10 current, practical strategies but important new language to frame the “why” of fundraising.
By Erin Weber-Johnson
Presidential election years bring questions about their impact on charitable giving. In “Annual Giving & Elections” Erin Weber-Johnson shares the results of her research into this question and offers five recommendations – the first is remembering the ‘why’ – to consider when planning an annual giving campaign.
By Brendon Hunter
In the August Vital Practices Digest, we offer 5 resources to help jumpstart your fall annual giving efforts, with the 5th a resource to help in developing year-round stewardship in your congregation.
By Ken Howard
As long as the annual giving campaign lived, a truly year round stewardship program would not be born. We stopped the annual giving campaign.
Does your congregation think about and talk about stewardship only during the annual funding campaign? If so, you’re missing year-round opportunities for formation. Not sure how to start? These two tools may help.
The "Blessed to Be a Blessing" stewardship reflection series is designed to complement and support congregations during their annual giving campaigns
By David Posterero
Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland Ohio realized that in the economic climate of 2009, their minimalist approach to stewardship was not going to work.