How does an Endowment Fund work?

An endowment fund provides long-term support to the specific ministries your chose. The specific terms of the endowment fund can be based on your ministry goals. For as little as $5,000, you can establish an endowment fund that makes distributions for a term of twenty years or less. For $25,000 or more, you can establish an endowment fund that will have the distributions continue indefinitely (a perpetual fund).

You can decide if you want income only distributed or if you would like principal distributed as well. You can establish an endowment fund today so that you can actually see how ministry is strengthened by the fund. Alternatively, you can establish the endowment fund agreement today but not provide the funding until your death (a testamentary endowment fund.)

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