How To Make A Gift To St. Paul's Foundation
If you would like to make a contribution to any of the Foundation's many funds, checks should be made payable to St. Paul's Methodist Foundation of Houston. Gifts of any size are welcome and are acknowledged as received to the donor. Anonymous gifts are also accepted.
Gifts may also be made in honor or in memory of others and the Foundation office will gladly inform the honoree or the family of any gifts received.
Since its inception in 1960, the Foundation has fulfilled all IRS requirements as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organizaiton. For IRS reporting purposes, St. Paul's Methodist Foundation is designated as a Type I Supporting Organization according to IRS guidelines.
Other ways of contributing include stock transfers, IRA transfers, gift annuities, life insurance, and bequests. If you have any questions regarding other ways to contribute, do not hesitate to contact Rev. Shelli Williams for more information.
Funds Available for Contributions
A variety of funds make up the total of endowed deposits with St. Paul's Methodist Foundation, and each one carries a specific purpose as to how its income will be used. Below is a list of funds to which you may contribute. When contributing to these funds, the check should be remitted to St. Paul's Methodist Foundation of Houston and the fund should be noted, along with any tributes that you would like to include. For more information about each fund, click on the name of the fund:
FUNDS THAT PRESERVE ST. PAUL'S STRUCTURE & SUPPORT ITS MINISTRIES:
MISSION & OUTREACH FUNDS:
FUNDS THAT PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS:
FUNDS THAT PROVIDE LECTURESHIPS THROUGH ST. PAUL'S:
Willing Friends Society
The St. Paul's Foundation has a wonderful group of friends who have chosen to include the St. Paul's Methodist Foundation or St. Paul's United Methodist Church in their estate plans. Our current "Willing Friends" have done this in a variety of forms, including wills, trusts, gift annuities, retirement accounts, life insurance benefits, and property. There are currently more than 90 Willing Friends who have let us know that they have included the Foundation or St. Paul's in their will or estate. Once each year, these friends are honored at our annual Willing Friends Luncheon. This year's luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:00 noon, in Fondren Hall.
As the Foundation nears its 50th Anniversary Celebration, now would be a wonderful time for you, too, to become a Willing Friend.Over the next few months, we will be holding small dinners where you can find out more about being a Willing Friend. Our next Willing Friends Information Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in the Parlor of the Sanctuary Building.
If you would like to attend one of these dinners, become part of the Willing Friends Society, desire more information as to ways you can do this, or if you have already remembered the Foundation or St. Paul's in your will or estate, please contact Rev. Shelli Williams via e-mail or by telephoning the church office.
For more detailed information as to ways that you can include St. Paul's Methodist Foundation or St. Paul's United Methodist Church in your planned giving, see our "Become a Willing Friend" page.