Women’s conference donated more than $5 million to illumiNations, but questions remain about status of projects
Jennie Allen’s IF:Gathering and illumiNations 12 Verse Challenge have teamed up to raise money for bible translation efforts since 2021. They plan to once again partner at the IF:Gathering 2024, which is already sold out.
Distributions Outpacing Contributions
Foundations and donor-advised funds (DAFs) are witnessing a natural self-correction from the last few years of elevated stock market gains and unprecedented donations.
An upstart group called “Unmasking Fidelity” is trying to expose conservative donors to harassment by demanding the nation’s largest grant-maker, Fidelity Charitable, publicly reveal contributions to ten key organizations.
NCF, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Lipscomb University, Mission Eurasia, BGEA
Ministries Making a Difference: NCF, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Lipscomb University, Mission Eurasia, BGEA
“Dark Money” Charitable Gifts Increasingly Flow to Partisan Political Groups
NCF received $2.5 billion in donations in 2020, and distributed $1.3 billion in grants to thousands of groups. Since its founding in 1982, it has taken in $17 billion and granted $14 billion to 71,000 ...
TrustBridge Global Foundation, which works to make direct global charitable giving common, pain-free, and inexpensive, has granted more than $65 million to international groups during the past three years.
The Signatry is a Kansas ministry that connects donors, financial advisors, and ministries to help them increase their impact and address some of the world’s greatest problems. Since its founding in 2000, it has distributed ...
illumiNations hopes to cut through complicated structures and a lack of transparency in Bible translation industry
An alliance of Bible translation organizations, called illumiNations, unveiled its “I Want to Know” campaign last month, part of its effort to translate the Bible into the remaining untranslated languages by 2033.
Through the Churches Helping Churches initiative, a relief fund was set up to provide $3,000 grants to churches at risk of closing due to a decrease in financial giving during the pandemic. As part of this effort, ...
