by Community Purse | May 26, 2022 | Blog, News & Updates
Community Purse is honored to be included in this new resource provided by The Maclellan Foundation, a timely and helpful guide to collaborative Christian giving based on biblical principles. “These biblical precedents— clear need to solve, individual decisions...
by Community Purse | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Featured Charities, Press
By Carolyn Dun Do you wonder where discarded items often go? Landfill. A newer nonprofit in Illinois has a unique proposition that redistributes goods from donors to the nonprofits that need them. GiveNKind offers a way to collect and warehouse gently used individual...
by communitypurse | Jan 17, 2019 | Blog
By Deb Webber Community Purse Board Member I remember tears coming to my eyes when I read a story about a “poor” family who had been moved to sacrificial generosity when they heard about a needy family in their church. Their pastor had appealed for a...
by communitypurse | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog
By Carolyn B. Dun, Community Purse Founder “Fundraising is first and foremost a form of ministry… Fundraising is as spiritual as giving a sermon, entering a time of prayer, visiting the sick, or feeding the hungry.” Henri J. M. Nouwen, A Spirituality of...
