Legacy Giving
Show your appreciation for the significance of FUMCR in your life.
Join the promise of FUMCR to future generations with a direct or planned gift to the FUMCR Foundation.
Your gift. Our future.
What legacy will you leave?
You have made the church part of your life. The Foundation is your opportunity to make the church a part of your legacy.
Cast a vision with us!
Envision the day when the FUMCR community benefits from your gift, joined with others, to add missions, extend ministries, and increase impact.
How do we get there?
Gifts to the Foundation will create income that will ultimately release over $1 million in facilities maintenance costs from each annual operating budget.
Mission
The FUMCR Foundation, Inc., exists to manage, sustain, and increase the FUMCR Permanent Endowment Fund, which is dedicated to the maintenance and care of the physical facilities of FUMCR, allowing annual giving to go further.
FUMCR Foundation Board
Nine board members, all active members of FUMCR, serve overlapping three-year terms.
2025 Class • John Gilchrist (chair), Neil Massey, Mark Solomon
2026 Class • Gary Coleman, Russ McFadden, Allison Zvolanek
2027 Class • Lola Copeland, Sherri Herring, Rick Shamblin
Fund Status & Goal
As of December 31, 2024, the balance in the FUMCR Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund was approximately $2.8 million.
Our goal is to grow our permanent endowment to $30 million in order to produce enough income to cover all facilities maintenance costs and subsequently remove those costs from the annual operating budget.
Charitable Giving, Estate Planning, and Taxes
The FUMCR Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and contributions, whether direct or as part of estate plans, are fully deductible. Gifts may be cash or assets that have appreciated over time, such as stocks, bonds, QCDs, donor advised funds, or real estate that may provide a deduction at the full market value without having to pay tax on the gains. Tax/financial advisors can advise on gifts of this nature. Once the gifts are invested, only growth and earnings from those gifts are distributed, not principle.
You may notify FUMCR of intended gifts through a will of a fixed amount or percentage by contacting Dianne Weideman, Director of Finance. It is a good idea to review your specific circumstances with your legal advisor. It also a good idea to let your family know of your desires.
Gifts to the Foundation should not replace pledging or giving to annual campaigns or capital campaigns.
Fund Management
Texas Methodist Foundation was selected to manage the portfolio based on their experience, having one of the highest historical income averages and one of the lowest expense ratios, and their investing in churches as part of the overall portfolio recommendation, including FUMCR’s own debt. We are actually investing in our own property.
For more information about the FUMCR Foundation, please contact Dianne Weideman, Director of Finance, at dweideman@fumcr.com / 972.996.0106.
