What Is the United Methodist Foundation?

The Detroit United Methodist Foundation is the foundation of the
Detroit Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
It is located at
1309 N. Ballenger, SUite #1
in Flint, Michigan, 48504.

The Foundations's Interim Executive Director is Harry Piper III

For information phone the office at
810-233-5500
TOLLFREE 1-800-334-0544
FAX to 810-233-0558

The Foundation specializes in
helping local churches
become involved in extended stewardship through planned giving,
which is the making of charitable gifts through wills,
trusts and other estate planning vehicles.

The Foundation offers consultations, presentations, workshops and
seminars for local churches of the eastern
and upper peninsula areas of Michigan.
These educational events:

• center around wholistic, long-term Christian stewardship
  and the ways local churches can increase their financial
  stability by building endowment funds.

• are done specifically for each local church, or for
  groups of churches, on request.

The Foundation's Commission members, Investment Committee members
and Executive Director are available to come to local churches
to give consultative assistance.

What are the Objectives of the United Methodist Foundation?

1. Helping Local Churches Receive Planned Gifts -- We are committed to helping local churches prepare to receive planned and deferred gifts. Such gifts might include wills, gift annuities, insurance policies and trusts.

2. Helping Churches Set Up and Market Endowment Funds -- We provide training seminars and consultations to help local churches set up endowment funds and market giving strategies and concepts to their church membership.

3. Providing Investment Pools -- so the churches can realize a market level return on their money for reasonable levels of risk.

   Through a trust arrangement with Comerica Bank, we provide a balanced fund investment pool for local churches who wish to invest their funds for long term gain and periodic income with a level of risk appropriate to a balanced fund type of investment.

Please Let us Know...

what your church needs,
request workshops or a presentation to your church leaders,
or send your questions or comments to
Anna Morford
at
morfordct@aol.com

Find out more about Effective Fund Raising Techniques and their Use in the Local Church

about Fund Raising from the Greater Detroit Chapter of the Association
of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), or

the National Office of the AFP.
Both sites offer a wide variety of training events, techniques, tools and services to
help you learn more about fund raising for your local church.

Read the new book by Jerold Panas: "Finders Keepers."
It's about relational fund raising.
The best fund raising happens in the context of good relationships with donors and prospects.