Lee Behar is Strategy Director of Maclellan Foundation, which he joined in May 2006. His focus for the Foundation is Europe, Eurasia and the US. Of particular interest to the Foundation in these areas are the rapid expansion of the Gospel in Iran, the renaissance of evangelism in Europe, and the response to media and Internet ministry throughout the Eurasian region. Prior to coming to the Foundation, he led the Alliance for Saturation Church Planting, a multi-agency partnership focused on empowering national church planters in Central and Eastern Europe. He has also served as the Associate Director of Global Outreach at Perimeter Church near Atlanta. He holds a BBA in Accounting from TCU and is a CPA. He has written articles for the Christian Management Report, the Evangelical Missions Quarterly and The Gathering. Lee and his wife, Brooke, live in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, with their three children, Mckenna, Knox and Emelyn.
Strategic Givers: An Introduction to Approaching Foundations, Trusts, and Wealthy Christians
Are you as a Christian leader struggling with a strategy to raise large gifts from wealthy individuals or foundations? The purpose of this workshop is to provide you with a philosophy for major donor and foundation fund raising. It will provide you insights on how to create a grant application and how to communicate the impact of your ministry to large donors. Ample time will be given for questions and answers, so that you might apply the concepts discussed to your specific situation.
Pre-Forum Seminar
Strategic Givers: An Introduction to Approaching Foundations, Trusts, and Wealthy Christians
Raising money. Nobody likes to do it. But as a Christian leader, God often calls us to call others to participate in His mission through significant financial gifts or grants. The purpose of this seminar is to help participants understand the basics of major donor/foundation fund raising, especially for those who hope to raise funds in the United States. In the Pre-Forum Seminar version of this session, participants will create a simple grant application in order to apply the skills learned during their interaction.
The seminar opens with a brief overview of some familiar concepts in Scripture related to giving. Next participants will learn the importance of understanding the donors they hope to approach for funding. An “Outcomes Framework” will be offered to demonstrate how strategic planning and fund raising go hand-in-hand. The majority of the interaction will revolve around creating the basics of an effective grant application—vision, plan, budget, outcomes and communication of impact.
At the end of the seminar, ample time will be offered for questions, answers and specific guidance for individual ministry leaders related to their major donor/foundation funding strategy.