CAMPAIGN PROGRESS
$1,938,000 raised – 81% of goal
Campaign Goal: $2,400,000
The Gathering Together Campaign
With the Gathering Together Campaign, Friends like you are investing significantly in FGC to ensure transformational ministries reach more Friends and meetings. Thanks to generous Friends, we have started an Endowment for the annual Gathering to lower registration fees and increase accessibility.
This $2.4 million campaign will support this endowment and expand other program initiatives to strengthen services for monthly and yearly meetings and increase programming for Friends of Color, Young Adults, and Youth. We’ve already raised more than $1.8 million – 76% of the total goal! Please join us by offering your support today!
Campaign Goals
The five priorities discerned by the FGC Central Committee (our governing body) are:
The FGC Gathering
— Campaign Goal : $1,000,000 —
Nurture Friends’ spiritual vitality by making Gathering attendance more affordable
Learn MoreThe Ministry on Racism
— Campaign Goal: $400,000 —
Move FGC toward greater wholeness as a spiritual community as we transform into an actively anti-racist faith community
Connecting & Communicating
— Campaign Goal: $300,000 —
Enhance our ability to connect Friends and serve yearly and monthly meetings
Young Adult & Youth Ministries
— Campaign Goal: $300,000 —
Strengthen opportunities for Quaker youth and young adults to participate in and contribute to Quaker community
Religious Education & Spiritual Deepening
— Campaign Goal: $100,000 —
Improve and increase resources to help yearly and monthly meetings feed the spiritual hunger of Friends
A Closer Look at the Campaign
Watch the full video about the campaign:
Hear From the Campaign Co-Clerks
Jean-Marie Prestwidge Barch
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
“For me, part of the reason this is such deeply spiritual work is that it speaks to my belief that there really is that of God in every person. The more different reflections of faces of God I can find, the more I can come to find God in a deep and real way.”
Ellie Greenler
Northern Yearly Meeting
“I believe in FGC because it has changed my life. FGC is the reason I am Quaker. FGC provided me the opportunity to see people in this world living out their values and provided me the space to figure out how to live out those values myself”.
Ken Stockbridge
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
“I know from personal experience that the work FGC is doing is grounded, it is centered, it is Spirit-filled and Spirit-led. The people involved are faithful, talented, gifted and committed.“
Invest in the Future of Friends
An additional goal of the campaign is for 150 Friends to include FGC in their wills or estate plans. If you have included FGC in your plans, please let us know!
Reach out if you would like a staff member to contact you about planned and deferred giving options.
Want To Learn More?
Contact:
Faith Josephs
Associate Secretary for Development
(215) 561-1700 – ext 3004
Pledge your support or make a campaign gift
Pledge or donate:
- Pledge securely online
- Download our pledge form
- Mail a check to FGC:
PO Box 40844, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Thank you for supporting
the Gathering Together Campaign!
| CAMPAIGN GOALS | GOAL $ AMOUNT |
|---|---|
| Making Gathering Accessible to All | ( $1,100,000 ) |
| – Gathering/Conferences Endowment | $1,000,000 |
| – Short-Term Funding* | $100,000 |
| Strengthening & Expanding Programs and Services* | ( $1,100,000 ) |
| – Ministry on Racism | $400,000 |
| – Connecting and Communicating | $300,000 |
| – Young Adult and Youth Ministries | $300,000 |
| – Religious Education and Spiritual Deepening | $100,000 |
| Campaign Expenses | ( $200,000 ) |
| TOTAL CAMPAIGN GOAL | $2,400,000 |