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A Seven Year Campaign to fund Church Development |
This successful campaign draws to its close at the end of 2011. More than $11.4 million has been attracted to fund Council’s church development initiatives. Council is profoundly grateful for its donors’ and funding partners’ generous commitment to this effort.
Council now targets a year-end total exceeding $12 million to ensure its capacity to respond to our Church's capital and some special program funding needs.
Campaign priorities have included:
• Congregational development in each of the four presbyteries.
• Capital improvements and 'camperships' for youth camping ministries
• Continued commitment of Council to the social action on which it was founded in 1892
• The establishment of new funds to respond to innovative ministries.
There are many ways to get involved in building these congregational dreams. Council has developed a suite of giving opportunities:
- The General Fund
Giving to Council's General Fund allows Council's Board of Directors to allocate funds to projects of highest priority.
- The Community Relief Fund
- Camping Opportunities Fund
- The Pass it on! Campaign
- Named & Family Funds
- Donor Advised Funds
Major gifts are sometimes received from donors who wish to create for Council a pool of income for a particular project or alternatively, an ongoing source of income for established Council initiatives or for other ministries within the church or other registered Canadian charities. It is possible to establish such funds in such a way as to enable the donors' annual participation in the designation of recipient ministries and/or charities.
- Designated Funds
Gifts can be made to Council contributing to established funds or creating new funds which benefit particular ministries. Currently Council manages such resources for the Massey Centre, the Toronto Christian Resource Centre, Camp Big Canoe, Camp Simpresca, Lake Scugog Camp, Ryde Lake Camp, Sparrow Lake Camp and several other ministries within Toronto Conference.
The Toronto United Church Council is a registered charitable organization (Charitable Registration Number 10812 3274 RR0001).
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