Resources for Congregations
The ELCA Foundation can help you incorporate planned giving into your ministry's overall fundraising strategy. A successful fundraising strategy includes a plan for obtaining current support through outright gifts and a planned giving program to ensure your ability to support the important work of ELCA ministries in your local community long into the future.
Here are some resources, depending on the stage of your activities.
Are you:
Here are some resources, depending on the stage of your activities.
Are you:
- Launching a new planned giving program?
- Obtaining commitment from key leaders.
- Creating an endowment.
- Creating a marketing plan.
- Wanting to see your planned giving program, that has previously been created, grow stronger?
- Recruiting leaders with planned giving expertise.
- Reviewing and revising your gift acceptance policy.
- Promoting and growing your endowment.
- Needing to fine-tune your program that has already seen some success?
- Maintaining strong relationships.
- Engaging professional advisers.
- Measuring your success.
