The Foundation awards a limited number of grants to Virginia Methodist Churches and affiliated agencies of the VA United Methodist Conference. Through these awards of grant dollars, we seek to enhance and expand these ministries. The ultimate goal is to provide assistance, whether it be a one-time grant or a grant that will help a […]
Investors were treated to a wonderful morning of investment insights from our Merrill Lynch advisors on May 16th. The following are some key points from the presentations. First, and maybe most importantly, he encouraged us to remember that the fundamental economic backdrop is positive. The US economy continues to grow and strengthen. GDP is expected […]
During the past 2 months, we’ve looked specifically at what types of gifts people can make – to their church directly, to an endowment fund, or for another designated purpose. We talked about the simplest gifts – gifts of cash, gifts of securities and gifts of real estate. Then we talked about more complex gifts – […]
In last month’s newsletter, we began talking about what specific gifts people can make – to their church directly, to an endowment fund, or for another designated purpose. We talked about the simplest gifts – gifts of cash, gifts of securities and gifts of real estate. Today, we begin to discuss more complex gifts. These are not […]
We don’t like to continually talk about the equity markets, however we have been, and still are, in a precarious time. Hence, the reason for this article. On March 9th we began the 10th year of one of the longest bull markets in history. Yet in the past couple months, we’ve seen wild swings in the markets. […]
