Philanthropy – Category – MinistryWatch
Healing after abortion, California fire disaster relief, training next-generation storytellers, equipping youth through short-term missions
Ministries Making a Difference: Healing after abortion, California fire disaster relief, training next-generation storytellers, equipping youth through short-term missions
The best evidence on gentrification
Scientific research is a valuable resource for learning about charitable programs’ best practices. Often, a well-designed study does a better job of confirming or disproving our assumptions than anecdotal observations or deliberate outcomes measurement. In ...
Erasing medical debt, LA fire relief, rebuilding lives in Ukraine, helping churches serve orphans, packing food for hungry children
In the fall of 2024, members of Peavine Baptist Church in Rock Springs, Georgia, gave nearly $25,000 in donations toward a “Christmas Project.” By partnering with Undue Medical Debt, the church used that money to ...
Report shows greater spiritual engagement correlates with higher giving
The COVID pandemic is often pointed to as a reason that certain silos of giving declined during roughly 2019 through 2022. A new survey shows that evangelical giving has not rebounded and continues to drop.
Latest State of the Bible finds evangelical households top chart in average amount donated
Bible-engaged Christians are the most charitable people in the nation, and giving increases happiness among the generous, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in releasing the last chapter of the 2024 State of the Bible.
Bill being dubbed by some as the ‘nonprofit killer’
The ability of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to designate a nonprofit as a terrorist supporting organization and yank its exempt status got one step closer to reality.
Donors beware when it comes to these fundraising tools
What are matching gifts? How do they differ from challenge gifts? Are they legitimate fundraising tools, and do they make a difference? MinistryWatch attempts to briefly answer these questions.
Could a drop be a sign of economic trouble ahead?
The MinistryWatch Index in October saw its first monthly drop this year and the biggest one-month drop since the beginning of the survey in 2015.
Evangelical pro-lifers may need to evaluate the difference in positions
The American Life League (ALL) has renewed and revamped its Charity Watchlist over the last year to provide potential pro-life donors with information about the pro-life positions and/or values of well-known charitable organizations.
Just 11% prioritize faith-based giving
While high inflation and a slow economic recovery strain Americans’ wallets, the post-pandemic years have been a boon for family foundations.
