Services for Churches - Gift Planning and Endowment Services

Gift Planning Programs

A Comprehensive Gift Planning Program for Your Church

Gift planning programs encourage giving for ministries of every variety and need. They can enhance ongoing fundraising efforts to assist with operating costs and capital improvements or provide additional resources for current or future ministries. Gift plans can provide independence from annual giving alone and may secure sources of financial support through endowments.

Providing members with information on how they can be exceptional stewards through their accumulated financial resources benefits individuals, as well. This new way to give makes it possible for those on fixed incomes to participate in extraordinary stewardship and others to be more strategic in their giving.

Comprehensive gift planning programs require a wide variety of knowledge: law, estate planning, finance, and human relations. It isn’t necessary to be an expert in any of those areas. The most important step is to get started and know where you can turn for assistane.

Your Resource for Implementing a Planned Giving Program in Your Church

The consultants of the Texas Methodist Foundation can help you design a gift planning program appropriate for your congregation and assist in educating your members and promoting the program. They will also help incorporate our Timeless Giving Wills Program into the stewardship life of your congregation. A wills program is an ideal way to introduce a congregation to the concept of gift planning and offers an excellent model for a broader program.

As you begin this process, you might want to consider initiating an endowment fund. Endowment building and gift planning go hand-in-hand. A strong endowment is usually funded through gift plans. Our consultants provide expert guidance in establishing, promoting, and growing your endowment fund.

Let us help you offer enlightened givers opportunities to reach out beyond their own lives to make their local church and The United Methodist Church stronger, more receptive, and more responsive to the needs of the world.