BMPC Foundation

Mission Statement

The Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Foundation...
serves as a financial reserve and endowment, the sole purpose of which is to support and enhance Christ's ministry primarily through the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. The Foundation performs this vital work by encouraging and receiving contributions; by carefully managing those funds; and by providing significant financial support annually for the benefit of the Church, its many programs and its property. Guided by the Holy Spirit and through the farsighted generosity of Church members and others, the Foundation seeks to ensure, in perpetuity, the vitality and scope of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church's ministry, both here and throughout the world.

For more information, contact: foundation@bmpc.org.
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Organization

The Foundation is separately incorporated as a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, with its own Board of Directors elected by the Trustees of the Church. The Foundation Board has two subcommittees:

Foundation Development Committee is responsible for encouraging gifts to the Foundation, publicizing the ways in which the Foundation assets are used, and working with prospective donors to design gifts to the Foundation which fulfill the purposes of the donors and the Church.
Investment Committee oversees the activities of the investment managers responsible for investment of the Foundation’s funds and recommends to the Foundation Board any changes in investment guidelines or investment managers. The committee is also responsible for implementation and monitoring of the Foundation’s socially responsible investment policy.

Programs and Ministries

With $28,421,909 in assets at the end of December 2010 the BMPC Foundation contributed $1,509,622.08 to the mission and ministry of the Church. The programs supported by the Foundation include:

1. Community Forum Distinguished Speaker Series

2. Theologian in Residence program

3. Seminary scholarships

4. Preservation of our buildings

5. Senior Adult ministry and mission

6. Significant Outreach and Youth ministries

7. Portions of our Music and Fine Arts program

8. Middleton Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling

Foundation Funds list

Specifying Gifts to the BMPC Church or to the BMPC Foundation

Eugene C. Bay Fund for Urban Ministry is to enhance the life of residents in the inner city areas of Philadelphia and the community of Chester through projects strengthening the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual lives of children.

The Richard Shaull Global Mission Award given out annually to fund a noteworthy ministry with programs that are transforming, sustainable, and empowering so that people can help themselves. This award will carry the name of the late Richard Shaull, theologian, Presbyterian missionary, and our former Parish Associate.

Ways to Support the BMPC Foundation

You can support the future of our church by making a direct contribution to the Foundation; including the Church in your estate plans through bequests, gifts of retirement assets and/or life insurance; and by life income gifts such as charitable gift annuities or contributions to the Pooled Income Fund which will pay you an income for your lifetime with the remainder going to the Church upon your death.

Foundation Board Members
George McFarland, President
John Frazier, Vice President
Bill Black, Secretary
Linda Butz, Treasure
Peter Craig
Taylor Fernley
Ron Gregg
Scott Jenkins
Ken Kirby
Ruthanne Schlarbaum
John Schneider
William Thorkelson

Foundation Development Committee
Taylor Fernley, Chairperson
Nancy Ameen
Peter Craig
John Frazier
John Huffaker
Ken Kirby
George McFarland
Janet White