Why Have an Endowment Fund?
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Our goal is to continue the good work of the LWF over the past 60 years. We have cared for refugees, worked on clean water projects, opened Bible schools, ministered to people living with HIV and AIDS, taught reading and writing, deepened ecumenical relationships, cleared land mines, lobbied for human rights and organized interfaith conflict-resolution initiatives.
We want to ensure that the witness and ministry of the LWF is sustained and expanded for another 60 years. The LWF is a lifeline to the future!
Our family of 68.3 million
does make a difference!
For the Healing of the World
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We want to work with you in:
- Humanitarian assistance
- Community development
- Mission
- Ecumenical and interfaith relations
- Theology
- Human rights
- Advocacy for peace with justice
How Does the Fund Work?
- The Fund receives and administers gifts, legacies, dona-tions and other contributions;
- It strengthens the financial stability of the LWF;
- It assures a strong future!
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The Fund’s capital is kept in perpetuity with annual earnings going to designated LWF activities. By the end of 2007 the Fund had total assets amounting to USD 10.2 million. Some of the ways we used those gifts included support toward our work in human rights advocacy and interfaith dialogues, and for theological study as we grew in our understanding of what it means to be Lutheran within a changing global context. The Fund made a difference!
Goals:
USD 16 million by 2017
Long-term, USD 50 million!
YOU can support the LWF Endowment Fund
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Give today!
- Include the LWF in your church budget;
- Make an offering in the congregations;
- Give a special gift in thanksgiving;
- Remember the LWF in your will;
- Give a gift at year’s end;
- Donate on-line!
More information:
The LWF Foundation – Endowment Fund
150, route de Ferney
P.O. Box 2100
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel: +41/22-791 64 55
Fax: +41/22-791 66 30
E-mail: info@lutheranworld.org
