The power of individuals can collectively help congregations grow, stretch and live our values in our world.

Understanding the different "pockets of giving" will help your congregation be more savvy about when and how to ask for financial gifts. Pockets of money are not the same!

The stewardship team needs the support of the congregation, both in structure and in culture. Here are a few key areas to pay attention to.

An effective stewardship team sustains and deepens a broad-based commitment to the mission and programs of the congregation by inspiring a culture of abundance and generosity,

Coupled with a strong vision for why your congregation matters, this giving guide will help people better align their resources with their values.

Articles, webinars, and trainings to help you canvas your members and friend in support of your annual operating budget.

Need a fund for strategic initiatives and financial resilience that is different from reserves or a traditional endowment and funded separately from your annual programs?

Mark Ewert and Rachel Maxwell of Stewardship for Us with guests, Rev. Tandi Rogers, Aisha Hauser and Rev. Allison Palm explore our UU shared value of Generosity, what it means to us today and how it could impact your stewardship practices.

Trainings, consultants, and resources for your annual stewardship campaign, endowment, and planned giving such as legacy gifts and bequests.

The UUA is gathering of congregations, held together by a covenant. That covenant calls on us to support each other in times of need and to provide assistance when requested. It also calls on us to hold each other accountable.The Disaster Relief Fund is one way that we honor that covenant by...

Do you know about the Central East Region's Chalice Lighter Program?The CER Chalice Lighter Grant Program uses the spark of small, regular contributions from individual UU’s to ignite the growth of our UU faith, both in numbers and in justice, compassion, and spirituality. These contributions are...

Gift card — also known as "scrip" — fundraising is another opportunity for people to stay within their budgets while still helping the congregation's bottom line.

Change can be challenging and disorienting but can move us to a better place. The Central East Regional Chalice Lighter Program Committee wants to share with you news of the exciting, transformative changes to the program.

Covenants have been at the foundation of Unitarian Universalism in the United States since 1648. What many don’t realize is that the covenants not only were important between the members of the individual congregations, but also among the congregations.

Is your congregation dreaming of a project that could make a huge impact in its mission and growth, but in need of some additional funding to make it possible? Do you want to add a new staff position or increase the hours of an existing position so that you can enrich your congregation’s outreach...

There have been a lot of questions recently about fundraising options for congregations in different situations, so we thought a blog to help you understand the different types of grant vehicles we have available and when to use which ones would be helpful.

What is Faithify? It is the crowdfunding for UU projects. Think of it as GoFundMe for UUs. Or Chalice Lighters on steroids. Faithify is a crowdfunding site where passionate people INSPIRE, UNITE, and FUND Unitarian Universalist ministries.

This window into UU congregations with 100+ members shows what is working in actual stewardship campaigns.

Faithify.org is a crowdfunding website where passionate people INSPIRE, UNITE, and FUND Unitarian Universalist ministries.

An interview with Sharon Edmond, UU Congregation of Cleveland’s (UUCC) Event Coordinator talking about their recent Service Auction. In the interview Sharon details how they switched from an in person to an online format, what changes they made, and what they learned.