Serving Michigan Institutions
We can help your institution generate the income you need to achieve your goals and objectives.
Develop Audit and Evaluation
Drawing upon nearly 30 years of professional fundraising experience and expertise, the Foundation staff is available to consult with you to evaluate the development ministry of your organization. This service may help you identify new areas for service or new staff initiatives.
Planned Giving Program Development
The Foundation can help your organization begin to tap the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. If your institution is not currently receiving a significant and growing portion of its gift income through planned giving vehicles, this may be the next step in your development ministry.
Donor Contact and Cultivation
Because many institutions lack adequate field staff to follow-up with donor prospects, countless gifts are lost. The Foundation staff can be your agent in extending the reach of the organization to the donor's home anywhere in Michigan.
Planned Giving Presentations and Programs
The Foundation's trained presenters are available to address board meetings, donor seminars, and annual meetings, as well as a wide variety of other venues for information and inspiration. Learn why the Foundation's staff have presented at events like the United Methodist Convocation on Development, North American Conference on Christian Philanthropy, Christian Management Institute, Robert Schuller Institute of Successful Church Leadership and many other outstanding conferences across the USA and Canada.
Contact us today for a free consultation to learn how the United Methodist Foundation of Michigan can help your organization achieve its goals and objectives.
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SPOTLIGHT
Penn State Aftermath: Time to Review Fiduciary Responsibility
By David S. Bell
The recent events involving the abrupt dismissal of two Penn State leaders – Joe Paterno, the iconic head football coach, and Graham Spanier, the seasoned university president – should cause most non-profit leaders to review their own practices. Even as I write, I am certain that more news will be forthcoming from State College, Pennsylvania. I am not focusing on the particulars of the allegations that led to the sequence of successive events. However, I do note the uncanny connection between a few PowerPoint slides that I routinely discuss in a pastoral leadership seminar and the apparent unraveling of Penn State’s leaders. read more
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