Anabaptist Foundation
Conservative Anabaptists are generous people, motivated by a belief in Christian stewardship and a desire to build the Kingdom. They provide substantial support for many churches and charities. As a likeminded yet objective advisor, Anabaptist Foundation is uniquely positioned to help donors, churches, and nonprofits. We offer a variety of tools designed to maximize donated money. We care about the soul of the giver, the gift itself, and the best interests of the recipient charity.
Why Choose Anabaptist Foundation?
Access to experienced counsel that matches your charitable goals with tax-deduction tools helping your donations go further.
Flexibility to donate a variety of assets. We turn your asset into cash for distribution to charity, which may also help you avoid capital gains tax.
Convenience of making a single gift to the Foundation, which we can then distribute to multiple charities of your choice.
Opportunity to make a gift at the time it is most advantageous for you, while recommending distributions over a period of time.
Access to tax-deductible receipts, along with quarterly reports to help you keep track of your giving.
Ability to select from a wide range of charities, provided they qualify as a federally recognized tax-exempt organization and meet our Guidelines for Responsible Giving.
Guidelines for Responsible Giving
Contributions to Anabaptist Foundation are irrevocable and cannot be refunded to the donor. Once a gift is made, the donor no longer has legal control over the donated assets.
As an IRS approved donor-advised fund, the Charitable Gift Fund allows donors to recommend which churches and charities benefit from their gifts, within the guidelines stated below.
The Foundation has the sole legal authority to make gift decisions, but we consider disbursements to charitable organizations which comply with the following guidelines:
- The organization has a clear statement of purpose, and its programs are consistent with it. This means that the programs of the organizations are related to its publicly advertised mission statement.
- The Foundation will not distribute funds to organizations whose purposes or programs are antithetical to the beliefs and Biblical principles generally held by conservative Anabaptists.
- The organization has a board which serves as an active and responsible governing body, holds regular meetings, and whose members have no material conflicts of interest.
- The organization discloses, upon request, a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service verifying its tax-exempt status. (Churches are exempt from this requirement.)
- The finances of the organization are independently audited at least once a year according to generally accepted accounting practices. (Churches are exempt from this requirement.)
- The organization makes available, upon request, an annual report which contains detailed information on program activities and finances.
- The organization responds promptly to reasonable questions from prospective donors.
- The organization’s general administrative and fundraising expenses do not exceed 30 percent of contributions. In other words, at least 70 cents of each dollar contributed goes directly into programs that carry out the organization’s stated charitable purposes.
- The organization promotes itself ethically, avoiding exaggerated claims, misleading statements, or deceptive photographs.
- While Anabaptist Foundation encourages donors to consider contributions to church organizations, these guidelines are not intended to exclude non-church organizations, such as local fire departments or other community-based, nonprofit organizations.
- Anabaptist Foundation will consider receiving contributions for charitable purposes that are not represented by any specific nonprofit organization, as long as they align with the charitable purposes of Anabaptist Foundation.