Giving
Stewardship 2024 – Life Together
Our stewardship theme this year, Life Together, invites us to consider the importance of Montview in our lives and what it means to have a community in which we can Break Bread, Seek Christ, Share Gifts and Offer Compassion with one another. We hope you will prayerfully consider making a generous pledge to the work and worship of Montview Church for 2024.
How to Give
All gifts are tax-deductible and quarterly statements are provided.
Online Form
Donate online and you can specify the fund you want it to go toward.
By Text Message
Text a dollar amount to 720-452-6449. You’ll receive a message back and can give via credit card.
By Mail
Mail to: Dan Gasser, Director of Finance Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church
1980 Dahlia Street
Denver, CO 80220
At Sunday’s Service
Contribute to the offering box on Sunday morning.
Direct Transfer
Send an email to Dan Gasser, our Director of Finance, gasser@montview.org and he’ll help you get set up.
Donate Toward a Specific Mission
The Endowment and Memorial Funds of Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church give you an opportunity to continue the missions you cherish. Reaching out and extending our blessings beyond our own lives is an intrinsic part of our faith and stewardship. We are the hands and feet of God while on earth and our gifts put faith into action forever.
General Endowment Fund
The General Endowment Fund is a place where members can make larger donations that benefit the Church in perpetuity, typically through bequests from planned giving and from donating a share of a recent inheritance or selling a business. From the return and growth from investing those gifts in a diversified portfolio, this endowment supports the Church’s operating budget with a reliable and growing annual distribution of funds. Currently those distributions provide for about ten percent of the Church’s annual operating budget.
The General Endowment Fund welcomes additional donations. One benefit from giving to the endowment is that your donation will be preserved in the endowment forever, carefully invested and growing over time. As the value of your donation increases, the Church will receive funds that also increase over time, which will provide additional budget support for present and future generations served by the Church.
The General Endowment Fund is overseen by the Montview Foundation, a separate entity whose directors (all members of the Church) are approved by Session.
Memorial Funds
Memorial Funds use both the principal and interest to support your specific personal missions or one time projects that you designate. An example of this would be funds that are allocated toward our historic landmark building which requires attention and upgrading to serve our community for generations to come. Memorial Funds have been used to upgrade our sound system and renovate numerous church spaces such as the Choir and McCollum rooms. Memorial funds can also be used for ministry beyond our church walls.
Gifts may be made in the form of cash or assets. These funds also provide an opportunity for thoughtful estate planning, using a variety of tools, including wills, paid up life insurance policies, appreciated securities, deferred payment gift annuities, charitable remainder annuity trusts and IRA’s and 401K retirement plans. These arrangements often create tax benefits and may reduce income and estate taxes. Tax savings will vary according to each person’s financial situation.
