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Free Resources on ECF Vital Practices

There are numerous high-quality resources available for no charge to help you raise financial resources for your Episcopal parish or organization. They include:

• Annual Stewardship & Giving Links to several online resources, including useful ECF articles, various organizations that help with raising annual gifts, as well as current demographic information and an online giving tool.
• Capital Campaigns & Special Appeals Links to various resources, including numerous sites for creating printed and web-based materials, useful ECF articles, initial guidance for considering a Capital Campaign and the use of a consultant, in addition to customizable template documents and step-by-step guidelines to conduct a Special Appeal for closing budget gaps or other immediate needs.
• Planned Giving & Endowment Resources Links to several online tools including useful ECF resources to guide your leaders to build trust & confidence among constituents, create a lasting program for encouraging legacy gifts and wisely invest assets and gifts received.
• Donor Resources & Tools Links to several online tools and websites to guide donors to create both current and future gifts, become more philanthropic and benefit your parish or Episcopal organization.

These resources are yet another way the Episcopal Church Foundation lives out its commitment to promote generosity and stewardship and help faith communities raise and manage financial resources.

Resources:

• Finance Resource Guide Tools and Resources an ECF Vital Practices tool
• Real Talk About Budgets, Part One by Greg Syler, an ECF Vital Practices blog, January 20, 2022
• Unlikely Abundance by Michael Carney, an ECF Vital Practices blog, January 3, 2022
• Financial Interconnectedness Amidst COVID-19 by Miguel Escobar, Vestry Papers, January 2021