You don’t have to be a millionaire to make a difference in the world. In a world where hate and oppression make claim to religious truth, Unitarian Universalism offers love, democracy, and compassionate justice. A gift to Unitarian Universalism will bring you joy and will strengthen and extend our faith.
Consider WUUC’s Endowment Fund. Your bequest or beneficiary designation is a statement of faith- faith that our Unitarian Universalism and its voice for compassionate justice and religious freedom are important now and will be important after we are gone.
How will the Endowment Fund be used?
The Endowment Fund provides a permanent fund for enhancing WUUC’s mission. It can be a means to take advantage of opportunities for growth and service or to provide funds for major emergencies. Once the fund reaches $250,000, WUUC will be able to withdraw up to 5% of the fund (the fund is currently at $120,000). Here are examples of how the fund can be used.
- Enlarging classrooms
- Startup funding for a preschool
- RE books, supplies, and furnishings
- Leadership training
- Scholarships for youth to attend UUA events
- Support of a ministerial candidate or initial funding for an assistant minister
How can I make a gift to WUUC’s Endowment Fund?
Anyone can give to WUUC’s Endowment fund. Any level of contribution is welcome. Endowments are sensible and simple gifts that allow you to be a Unitarian Universalist philanthropist and keep your financial options open. Here’s how you can give.
- Use beneficiary designation to give a percentage of a retirement account, life insurance policy, savings account, or annuity.
- Use a bequest in your will to give a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or a specific item, such as real estate or another asset.
- A simple cash donation to WUUC.
Larger gifts ($10,000 or more) are memorialized with an engraved glass leaf that is added to the Kimbrough Legacy Circle Tree located in our church’s foyer
I’m interested. What do I do next?
Contact a member of WUUC’s Endowment Committee. They are: Chuck Bean, Laurie Rockenbeck, Jean Fowler, Tom Richards and John Hartman.