The Lutheran Community Foundation

Safe and Healthy Congregations Webinar

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Safe and Healthy Congregations Webinar

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Nonprofits and Investing: Goals, Governance and Giving

"Market anxiety – accompanied by volatility – may or may not indicate a market paradigm shift. However, the combination of anxiety and volatility greatly increase the perceived need to do something, and they also amplify the chance of doing the wrong thing." 

Key words from Minnesota Council on Foundation's Giving Forum.

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19 Ways to Do Planned Giving Right

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Tax Guide for Churches and Religious Organizations

The IRS has released revised Publication 1828, Tax Guide for Tax Guide For Churches and Religious Organizations - benefits and responsibilities under the federal tax law.

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Why Now is the Time to Transition Annual Givers to Planned Giving

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New Research Sheds Light on Bequest Giving

In a report from the Association of Fundraising Professionals confernece this spring, Paula Wasley lays out the details of three new studies that offer insights into which donors are most likely to remember charities in their wills, and why for The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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National Survey Reveals Lucrative, Untapped Group of Bequest Prospects

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Religious Fundraising Resources

This web site is intended as a starting point for people who are interested in raising money for their churches, synagogues, etc. or religious organizations:

http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/4relfund.htm

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Planned Giving for Churches - The Last Frontier?

• Why planned giving has been a missed opportunity for churches.
• The right tools can change perceptions. build endowment and strengthen mission.
• The gifts are waiting in the pews.

http://virtualgiving.com/whitepapers/pgchurches.pdf

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