Fundraising Resources for Congregations

There are resources and staff at the UUA to help you with many aspects of fundraising at your congregation.

Suggested Reading List

Do you need help setting up your annual Stewardship Drive, a special campaign, or an endowment fund?
Congregational Fundraising Services counsels congregations to develop comprehensive plans, access resources, and build leadership enabling you to realize your dreams in a changing world. They do this through a variety of loans, grants and a team of fundraising consultants who can work to help you determine your congregation's goals, resources and strategy.

Congregational Endowments:

• Endowment Fund Guide (in PDF format)
• Planned Giving Made Easy (in PDF format)

Are you looking for fundraising tools to help your congregation meet its capital campaign goal or grow its endowment fund?
Charitable Gift and Estate Planning offers information, consultation, brochures, and newsletter articles for starting and maintaining a Planned Giving and Bequest program.

Do you have an endowment fund and want help managing and investing it?
The UUA's Financial Services Department can invest and manage your fund on behalf of your congregation. A sample form for an agreement between a congregation and the UUA for the investment of a congregation's funds in the UUA's General Investment Fund is available online.

Are you looking for resources and ideas to promote the Annual Program Fund?
The Annual Program Fund [APF] offers support to improve your APF through literature, readings, songs, and much more.

Are you looking for resources and ideas for holding a successful Youth and Young Adult Ministry Sunday fundraising service?
Special Youth and Young Adult Ministry Sunday services will be held all over North America in the fall of 2002. Find out what other congregations are planning and access worship and other resources to make your Sunday a success.

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