Anna Kotchavar from First Presbyterian Church developed this very helpful Marketing Campaign Checklist
Bill Heston, Director of Planned Giving for First Presbyterian Church of Houston spoke at our August meeting. Bill has much to say about the importance of endowment giving in the church.
Attached you will find helpful resources on:
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- eNewletter insights
- SPAM guidelines
- CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
- Spam Checker
Avvantica vice president, Larry Collins presented outsourcing options for church staff management. Larry included ways to increase benefits, handle payroll more efficiently, and use an outside company to interview new candidates for positions on our staff as well as other HR functions.
Greg St. Clair from Wal-Mart spoke during the Houston NACBA meeting on the topic of "Partnering With Corporate America". The information presented was a great aid to identify available grants and scholarships for 501(c)3 organizations. Some of the opportunities are listed below.
- Matching Grant - Up to $4,000.00 funds available. $1,000.00 matched and given to each church or school. This has to be an effort to benefit community involvement - such as a food pantry. One Wal-Mart associate must be present for all events that are not held on Wal-Mart premises. You may apply for this at each Wal-Mart or Sam's Club location.
- Bonus Grant - Up to $11,000.00 funds available. Each church may only receive up to $1,000.00. May be used for anything missions, car washes, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- Holiday Grant - $3,500.00. Not limited to $1,000.00. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc.
- Annual Scholarship - Apply November 1 to January 2. $1,000.00 Scholarships are given based on need, merit and activities. Apply at www.scholarshipadministers.net.
- Teacher of the Year - $1,000.00.
To contact Wal-Mart for more information or to take advantage of any program you must contact the Community Involvement Coordinator at each Wal-Mart store and fill out a two page community involvement receipt letter.
Note from Greg St. Clair:
I wanted to tell you what a great time I had presenting to your group. I hope they were able to benefit in some small way. If you get any feedback on your groups experiences working through our grant process I would appreciate that.
I did have one question which was not answered at the presentation about the literacy grant. The grant can be applied to and an existing ESL program. If you could share this with your group I would appreciate that as well.
Greg