Cover Story: Faith-based Fundraising

Donors who have been steeped in a religious tradition give out of a sense of generous gratitude for what they themselves have, and because redistributing the blessings they have received is one way to bring about the will of God for the world. Judaism expresses this in the ethictikkun olam, which literally translated means to “repair a broken world.” Catechized donors give for two reasons: to express their gratitude and to make a difference.