Financial Support for the ECW
Your support of the ECW helps connect all women of the DioceseVoluntary Financial Contribution provides the funds for the ECW, Chicago annual operating budget. ECW Endowment Fund is an investment program for the ECW, Chicago whose income provides the funds for our year-end and philanthropic giving. Church Periodical Club (CPC) is a national organization that supplies books and other materials free to those who cannot otherwise obtain them. United Thank Offering (UTO) is a national organization that encourages offerings as thanks for blessings that in turn provide blessings for others. |
Voluntary Financial Contribution (VFC) - ECW ChicagoChurches throughout the Diocese of Chicago participate in a voluntary financial contribution program to support our Diocesan ECW. Because of their generosity, the ECW is able to provide leadership and programming to ECW's throughout the region. The ECW is an independent organization and does not receive funding through the Diocese of Chicago. VFC's are requested each calendar year - January 1 through December 31. Each parish that participates in the VFC is eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting & Convention the following spring. For a copy of the Voluntary Financial Contribution form, please click here. ECW Endowment Fund - ECW Chicago The mission and ministry of the ECW is self-supporting and we gratefully receive financial gifts. Our endowment, begun in 1910, has enabled the ECW to support women and our ministries in education, fellowship and service. Donations to our endowment may be made directly to the treasurer of the ECW, Diocese of Chicago. A donation may be made in honor or memory of an individual and that name will be listed annually in the ECW report.For a copy of the ECW Endowment Fund form, please click here. For a list of the Endowment Fund memorials and honorees, please click here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Church Periodical ClubThe Church Periodical Club is an Episcopal institution; its ministry is to supply books, magazines, tapes, videos and computer programs free to those who cannot otherwise obtain them and to raise the money to do this. It was founded in 1888 by Mary Ann Drake Fargo, wife of a member of the Wells-Fargo Express firm. Mary Ann and her friends in the Church of the Holy Communion, New York, sent their bundles of books and periodicals westward to missionaries and pioneers via stagecoach. There are two primary granting funds: The National Books Fund provides grants annual and responds to requests for books and related materials around the world. The Miles of Pennies fund is exclusively used for the book needs of children and grants are made throughout the year. Churches may choose to collect donations through church-wide offerings, reading clubs or other individual donations. For further information about the CPC in Chicago, please contactCPC@ecwchicago.org Church Periodical Club national website: www.churchperiodical.com  United Thank Offering (UTO)Sharing Blessings with Thanksgiving and Love The United Thank Offering addresses compelling human needs through grants to projects that help alleviate poverty, both domestically and internationally, within the Anglican provinces, dioceses and companion dioceses. The Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of Chicago, administrates the UTO. Churches are encouraged to conduct ingatherings of donations twice each year - once in the spring and again in the fall. For information regarding the UTO in Chicago, please contact the UTO Chairman: UTO@ecwchicago.org United Thank Offering national website: www.ecusa.anglican.org United Thank Offering Memorial & Gift Trust Fund All individual donations made to the UTO Memorial & Gift Trust Fund are made directly to the Chicago UTO Coordinator. These funds will then be directed towards support of the United Thank offering national organization. Your individual donation will be recognized annually with the publication of the Memorial & Gift Trust Fund list. |