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The Episcopal Church Office of Development works to support church ministries.

BLESS Appeal

Your gift to the BLESS Appeal supports Episcopal Church lay and clergy staff who are answering the call to restore all people to unity with God and one another and follow Jesus into loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God, each other, and the Earth.

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The Episcopal Church at Work Newsletter

Sign up to learn more about the ministries of The Episcopal Church though our monthly newsletter. View the newsletter online here.

Did you know there are creative ways to support The Episcopal Church? Ways in which The Episcopal Church, you, and your loved ones can all benefit at the same time? Such giving options are called “planned gifts,” because with thoughtful planning, you create win-win solutions for you and for The Episcopal Church.

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What We Do

BLESS Appeal

Supporting God’s Mission

The Office of Development raises the financial resources to carry out God’s mission through our ministries. We engage with individual Episcopalians, parishes, and dioceses to connect them to work of the larger church, from Episcopal Migration Ministries to the Office of Government Relations.

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Absalom Jones Fund

Planned Giving

Planned Giving

The Episcopal Church partners with The Episcopal Church Foundation to assist Episcopalians meet their personal financial goals while making a difference for our future.

Bequests: Leave a legacy through your will or living trust.
Retirement Plan Gifts: Donate retirement assets for potential tax benefits.
Life Insurance Gifts: Name The Episcopal Church as a policy beneficiary.
Donor Advised Funds: Create a Donor Advised Fund with The Episcopal Church Foundation

We partner with Episcopal Church Foundation, who can offer guidance on structuring your gift to benefit both your financial goals and The Episcopal Church, including:

Providing sample language for bequests.
Calculating tax implications.
Offering informational literature.
Arranging consultations via phone or in person.

Steps for IRA Charitable Rollover Gifts:

Initiate Transfer: Request a transfer from your IRA to The Episcopal Church through your IRA administrator.
Inform The Episcopal Church: Communicate your gift designation via mail, fax, email, or direct email with your details and instructions.

This approach allows for a meaningful contribution to The Episcopal Church while considering your financial and tax planning needs.

Secure Your Legacy

Give a Gift of Gratitude

Give a Gift of Gratitude

Make a gift in honor of someone who nurtures your faith life. Celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or retirement with a gift to The Episcopal Church. Indicate whom you would like to honor when you make your gift. If you provide their address, we will send them a card acknowledging your gift.

Make a gift in memory of someone important to you. You can celebrate and give thanks for someone’s life when you make a gift to The Episcopal Church. Indicate whom you would like to memorialize. If you provide us with a spouse or relative’s address, we will send them a card acknowledging your gift.

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Investing With Us

Investing With Us

Any Episcopal parish, diocese or other Episcopal-affiliated organization is welcome to place funds in custody in the DFMS Endowment Portfolio. All funds so invested participate on a pro-rata basis in all returns and share proportionately in the investment management fees and expenses. There are no additional charges for portfolio administration. Each new custodial trust fund is created through a resolution of Executive Council.

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Support Our Work

Your contribution is an affirmation in what we, as Episcopalians, believe: God loves you—no exceptions.

Ways to Give

Check

Please make checks payable to The Episcopal Church, indicate the gift designation (e.g. Bless Appeal) in the check memo, and mail to:

The Episcopal Church (DFMS)
PO Box 958983
St. Louis, MO 63195-8983

Gifts of Stock

By donating appreciated stocks directly to The Episcopal Church, you can avoid the capital gains tax that would be incurred if you sold the securities. You may also take a charitable income tax deduction equal to the fair market value of securities on the day of the gift.

To make a gift of stock to The Episcopal Church, please fill out this form about the securities you plan to donate.

If you need any further assistance, email Julia Alling in the Development Office or reach out by phone at (212) 716-6041.

By Phone

Call April Frazier (212) 716-6002 and make your gift over the phone.