I don’t like poverty. I’m uncomfortable enjoying my abundance alongside others who struggle daily to make ends meet. The questions sometimes haunt me: Why them, and not me? Where could we possibly get enough “for these people to eat”?
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Eric tells about how his grandmother was an amazing woman who understood how to leave a Transformational Inheritance…
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In our Western world, we tend to think about the here and now—the immediate. It’s so much about job, career, taking the next step. But God thinks in terms of generations, a much longer view.
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Hear Ron Blue and Jeff Cave talk about the history, the present and the future they see for Faith Based investing at the opening plenary of the 2019 CIF Lead...
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Eric tells about how his grandmother was an amazing woman who understood how to leave a Transformational Inheritance…
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Financial advisors and the philanthropy world have been watching wealth transfer carefully for the last 20 years. That’s since John Havens and Paul Schervish of Boston College first published their 1999 report estimating $41 trillion would be transferred over 55 years.
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Listen to our conversation with Wade Myers to learn about small business exit strategies, how investors and entrepreneurs alike can plan for them, and what it looks like to finish well.
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It’s estimated that Christians manage over 150 trillion dollars. That's over half the world's wealth. That’s 200-300x what is given (around the world) philanthropically each year. Capital has influence. Yet many of us are content to let others determine our investment strategy.
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A growing trend in corporate America that is being embraced by some of the largest and most recognizable companies will be the topic of a first-of-its-kind conference in February. From Google to Facebook to Walmart, companies from a range of industries are recognizing that faith-friendly environments mean better workplaces and better businesses.
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My genes make it tough to find jeans. I’ve got short legs, and finding a pair of trousers to fit them can be a challenge. They are either too short, too long, too tight or too baggy, so when I find a pair that actually fits, I end up buying several of them to stock up.
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My time of service at Crown Financial Ministries was a life-changing experience. Through this I felt the Lord had given me Matthew 25 as my “life chapter” to live out in all areas of my life.
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The day after selling our operating company we knew we were in the family office business and we knew we had a great deal to learn about the preservation aspects of wealth, but we then had to get real focused on the growth aspects of those assets.
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A recent UBS Investor Watch study notes that a whopping 41% of business owners expect to exit their business within the next 5 years.
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I was 17 when my dad died. It was sudden and deeply disorienting. Those days and weeks immediately afterward were a dense fog of grief and cleanup. He died without a will or estate plan (mainly because he had nothing to plan).
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A 2016 WealthCounsel survey on estate planning offers some interesting insights on why Americans don’t complete their estate planning. Forty-three percent of Americans don’t have a will. Some of the reasons include the following:
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NCF has an innovative solution that allows you to donate a non-voting interest in your business right before the sale, receive a substantial tax deduction, reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes on the gifted interest, and convert those tax dollars into more giving for your favorite ministries.
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Through NCF’s charitable shareholder strategy, Todd uses his business to fund his ministry. His generosity is evident in his community, but it is also impacting the world for the good of young children.
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Missouri businessman and founder of Learfield Communications, Clyde Lear, teamed up with NCF to maximize the impact of his business sale and send more to ministry, instead of taxes.
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