Giving USA is a top publication reporting on the sources and uses of charitable giving in the United States. Click here to view their infographic showing the numbers and trends from Giving USA 2025: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2024.

On Giving | Reflections & Resources for Pre-Generous Parishioners is a good, inexpensive resource from The Pilgrim Press.

Lake Institute’s Resource Library collects and curates a wide range of resources that can help deepen understanding and practice at the intersection of faith and giving. Search by keywords or browse by themes to find current research, leadership insights, inspiring stories, discernment guides, theological reflection, and more.

Do you serve on your church’s stewardship committee or need to raise money for a mission trip or some other faith-based cause? Perhaps the thought of asking people for money intimidates you. It’s time to change the way you think about fundraising.

For years, many faith-based fundraisers and communities have been inspired by Henri J. M. Nouwen’s book A Spirituality of Fundraising and his approach to fundraising as a calling and ministry. Many who are inspired by Nouwen’s vision remain hesitant to ask for money, saying, “I don’t have the personality to raise money” or “Asking for money still feels too complicated and makes me fearful.” Nathan Ball, a close colleague and friend of Nouwen, tackles these trepidations head-on with his workbook, providing a 4-week how-to guide for putting Nouwen’s culture-shifting vision into practice.

Search and download more than 30 stewardship resources and tips covering important topics like planned giving, stewardship-focused sermons, grants and much more.

If you contribute to all four special mission offerings in the UCC (One Great Hour of Sharing, Strengthen the Church, Neighbors in Need, The Christmas Fund) and give to Our Church’s Wider Mission Basic Support, then your church is 5 for 5. If it’s not and you would like it to be, distribute this brochure at your church and help it become 5 for 5.

Coordinated stewardship materials for your congregation’s annual stewardship efforts with the same robust content you’ve come to expect in an easier-to-navigate format.

There Our Hearts Will Be invites congregations into a season of deep spiritual alignment—an honest, hopeful exploration of how our practices, priorities, and resources reveal what truly claims our hearts. Rooted in Jesus’ teaching from Matthew 6, this theme reframes stewardship not as performance or obligation, but as the quiet, courageous work of placing everything we have in God’s care.