Presbyterian Mission Agency fundraising Archives

Five steps to a successful capital campaign

Posted May 12th, 2022

With a clearly-discerned foundation and purpose, a successful capital campaign can be launched at almost any time.

The long road home

Posted April 21st, 2022

It has been said that “justice delayed is justice denied.” However, after a great injustice against the Nez Perce Tribe, the Nimiipuu people recently celebrated the correction of a grave injustice.

Chocolate eggs and ministry

Posted March 4th, 2022

A North Carolina congregation paid off its mortgage and delights its community with its chocolate Easter egg ministry.

Putting the fun back into fundraising

Posted September 7th, 2021

The PC(USA) suggests some creative ways to boost charitable giving and build fun and engagement.

A small building in the Republic of Georgia with a large impact on interfaith dialogue

Posted July 26th, 2021

In the early 13th century, St. Francis of Assisi traveled to Egypt to meet with the Sultan so Francis could show the people there the way of salvation. What happened instead was a conversation about peace, interfaith dialogue and the necessity to join in service together regardless of religious differences.

Landscaping fundraiser success

Posted July 16th, 2021

A garden show and flower sale helped a Michigan Presbyterian church raise needed funds for landscaping and other property improvements.

Let’s put on a show!

Posted June 15th, 2021

Not to be bested by the likes of the Hollywood characters immortalized by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney — who met every nonprofit fundraising challenge with the cheery refrain, “Let’s put on a show!” — Elizabeth Stockton Perkins has already staged a few successes of her own.

Forgiving debts and spreading the Good News

Posted March 29th, 2021

In a year like no other, five faith communities in southeastern Minnesota have worked together to clear more than $2 million in medical debt for 1,057 households in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The Tooth Bus is ready to bring smiles to the faces of Jamaicans

Posted February 16th, 2021

The Tooth Bus is a large bus outfitted with all the equipment needed to make and repair dentures. After over 10 years of visioning, fundraising and hard work by churches in the Presbytery of St. Augustine, the Tooth Bus has finally made its way to Jamaica. The plan is that the bus will be able to go most anywhere in Jamaica where there was a work site and have everything required to make dentures for those in need.

Fundraising training as you need it, when you need it

Posted February 3rd, 2021

When the Rev. Jon Moore saw the online classes on financial sustainability for new worshiping community leaders, he was stirred emotionally.