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Tito Madrazo

Program director, Lilly Endowment Inc.

The Rev. Dr. Tito Madrazo is a program director in the religion division of Lilly Endowment Inc. Prior to that, he served as senior pastor of Woodland Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He also served as a postdoctoral fellow at Duke Divinity School, where he taught classes in preaching and directs Duke's Hispanic-Latino/a Preaching Initiative.

A native of Venezuela, he is a graduate of Baylor University, Gardner-Webb University and Duke Divinity School. In addition to his academic and ministerial work in the United States, Madrazo has also taught extensively in Latin America.    

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Scholarships available for the Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising 

Applications for the Thomas H. Lake Scholarship are now open! This scholarship supports participants in the Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF), a program designed to help religious leaders explore the spirituality of fundraising and gain skills essential for their work. 

Applications will be accepted until Monday, August 3, 2026. Applicants should expect to hear a decision by the end of August.

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