Make a Big Impact With a Future Gift

The ELCA Foundation, in partnership with the ELCA Foundation, is here to help you create your legacy and ensure the continuation of God’s work in the world – for years and years to come. We’ll help you establish a planned gift that benefits any ELCA Foundation or ELCA ministry, including your congregation, camp, university, seminary, or churchwide ministry, such as ELCA World Hunger, the ELCA Fund for Leaders or Lutheran Disaster Response.

Already included an ELCA ministry in your estate plan? Let us know!

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Strengthening Ministry, Together: See the 2024 Report

Our annual report is available online. The report highlights the impact of legacy gifts across the ELCA along with last year’s performance of the Ministry Growth Fund. See how the ELCA Foundation is working with individuals and organizations to make a lasting impact in our church, throughout our communities, and around the world.

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“Each day is a gift”

When the unexpected happened, Katie and Steve Poitinger found strength in their faith and the plans they had already set in motion. Their planned-giving journey reflects a lifetime of gratitude — and a deep desire to give back to the church that shaped their family.

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Discover the Joy of Legacy Giving in the Southern Ohio Synod

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We're here to help

As members of the ELCA, you have access to our network of regional gift planners, a dedicated team that’s passionate about helping our members and organizations leave their legacies. Our gift planning services are available to you at no cost. It is our ministry to be of service.

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You Decide How You Give. Start Here.

A planned gift can help you make a more significant gift than you ever thought possible, while at the same time advancing your financial and estate-planning goals. Explore our resources below to uncover the giving options that work best for your goals.

Personal Estate Planning Kit

Our Top Resource

This comprehensive estate planning kit will help you protect loved ones, organize everything in one place, and save on taxes.

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Our estate planning kit is now available in Spanish! Contact your regional gift planner to request your copy.

Free Estate Planning Tool

Join fellow ELCA Foundation and ELCA Foundation supporters on Giving Docs, a safe, secure, and free-for-life suite of estate plan essentials.

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Ministry Growth Fund

This fund provides a stable, socially responsible investment option for Southern Ohio Synod and ELCA-related ministries and is the investment vehicle for endowments and donor advised funds.

Ministry Growth Fund

Join the ELCA Legacy Society

Make a gift for the future of the ELCA and become a valued member of the ELCA Legacy Society.

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Not Sure How to Begin?

To get started, answer a few simple questions.

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  • I am most interested in making a gift to the ELCA Foundation that:

    Allows me to see my gifts in action during my lifetime.
    Leaves a legacy at the ELCA Foundation and will benefit our mission after my lifetime.