Navigating financial dependency: Does your ministry have a sponsor, and what does that mean?
Maintaining a successful relationship with a significant funder requires being clear about intentions and understanding how to negotiate priorities.
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Nonprofit helps churches increase social impact by leveraging their assets
The Oikos Institute for Social Impact helps BIPOC Christian leaders work together to develop a vision, identify existing resources and seek new sources of funding for ministries that serve their communities.
Link to author Alison Bowen
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Alison Bowen
Journalist
Stained glass, steeples and financial sustainability
An effort to preserve Black churches is entering its next cycle under the direction of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
Link to author Cynthia R. Greenlee
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Cynthia R. Greenlee
Journalist
‘Crisis and Care: Meditations on Faith and Philanthropy’
In this excerpt from an edited volume, Aimée Laramore describes the difficulties of the diverse economic problems facing congregations — and the opportunities that adapting to them could provide.
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Aimée Laramore
Philanthropic strategist
Melissa Spas: How do you fundraise and ask for major gifts? Don't pitch. Nurture relationships first.
Fundraising is about forming relationships, sharing the mission of your organization, and inviting others to participate, writes the managing director for the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.
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Melissa Spas
Nonprofit leader
Darren Walker: Justice is calling to the weary soul of a nation
The head of the Ford Foundation discusses his philosophy of philanthropy, proximity and social justice, including the role faith communities and their leaders should play.
Victoria Atkinson White: Your grant writing needs the expert next door
The biggest names are not always the best choices when it comes to a successful grant application. Look locally and talk to the people who know your community and what works in your context.
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Victoria Atkinson White
Vice President for Grants and Programs, Church Benefits Association
How a network of Chicago churches is helping erase more than $5 million in medical debt
By fundraising and buying the medical debt of strangers, a group of Chicago congregations and the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt bring relief during the holiday season.
Link to author Celeste Kennel-Shank
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Celeste Kennel-Shank
Journalist
Victoria Atkinson White: When does a grant help an institution?
Before submitting a grant proposal, consider whether it is the right grant for the right organization at the right time, writes Leadership Education’s managing director of grants.
Link to author Victoria Atkinson White
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Victoria Atkinson White
Vice President for Grants and Programs, Church Benefits Association
Edgar Villanueva: Churches must reimagine their relationship with money
With over 15 years engaging in “social justice philanthropy,” an author and member of the Lumbee Tribe encourages faith communities to revitalize the ways that they approach money, wealth and philanthropy.
Juanita James: Philanthropy is a way to bring about change
A foundation in Connecticut brings people together across the public, private and nonprofit sectors to close the “opportunity gap,” says the president and CEO.
