Online Resources for Planned Giving

Funding Future Ministry

• Funding Future Ministry Table of Contents
• Funding Future Ministry sample chapter:  Chapter III Caring for Givers
• Buy Funding Future Ministry here

Templates to Adapt to Promote a Planned Giving Program and How-to Information

• Planned Giving Letter
• Endowment Letter
• Planned Giving Bulletin Insert
• How to Create a Legacy Society Enrollment Form
• How to Create a Legacy Society Brochure
• How to Plan a Final Affairs Fair
• Scripture to Encourage Giving

Sample Planned Giving Communications Materials

• St. James, Knoxville, TN -- Planned Giving Article
• St. James, Knoxville, TN -- Wills Ad
• Trinity Episcopal Church, Santa Barabara, CA -- Planned Giving Brochure
• Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY -- Planned Giving Brochure
• Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY -- Planned Giving Letter
• Episcopal Church at Princeton University -- Legacy Society Brochure
• St. Hubert's Episcopal Church, Kirtland Hills, OH -- Legacy Society Brochure

Ready-to-Use Communications Materials

• Planned Giving Ad
• Planned Giving Bulletin Insert

All of ECF's planned giving brochures and booklets are available for free download here or can be purchased through The Episcopal Book and Resource Center.  To order materials by phone, you can call 800-903-5544.

• ECF's planned giving brochures present the basics of planned giving, explaing the how and why, as well as the different kinds of gifts that are possible
• ECF's planned giving booklets explain in depth how planned gifts work, and provide instructions and application forms to make a charitable gift or bequest.

Helpful Websites

• The American Council on Gift Annuities (ACGA):  The ACGA actively promotes responsible philanthropy through acturarially sound gift annuity rate recommendations, quality training opportunities, and the advocacy of appropriate consumer protection.
• EpiscopalGifts.org:  ECF's planned giving website geared towards providing planned giving donors comprehensive information about planned giving, life-income gift illustrations, and relevant news, as well as offer important news and information for planned giving leaders.

To order your copy of Funding Future Ministry call Forward Movement Publications at 800-543-1813 or click here.

To learn more about how ECF can help you establish, enhance, and sustain an effective planned giving program to ensure resources will available to fund vital future ministries, please click here.