Why Work With ECF?

A Comprehensive Approach

For over 25 years, ECF’s endowment management team has dedicated itself to providing superior endowment management services to Episcopal churches, dioceses, schools, and church-related organizations of all sizes across the country. With our broad perspective – we weave together strong governance frameworks, broadly diversified investment options, and inspired endowment giving – we enable our clients to manage endowments wisely and build a resilient foundation for mission and ministry today and for the generations to come.

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US

  • Episcopal Insight – Like you, we are an Episcopal organization, and we understand the faith that underpins your work. We share your care for your congregation and community and your concern for future mission and ministry. Members of our staff have experience as lay leaders in our churches and are familiar with church governance and decision-making.
  • Informed Guidance – Our endowment guidance is grounded in 25 years of experience with hundreds of Episcopal organizations across the country. We work together with you to clarify strategic goals and shape investment plans that match your needs with up-to-date investment thinking. We think expansively about endowments, including governance and communication, knowing that they can be a source of stability and innovation in times of change.
  • Investment Expertise – We have teamed up with State Street Global Advisors to provide investment management services, combining in our endowment management program the Episcopal insight of ECF with the investment expertise of one of the world’s largest managers of institutional funds.
  • Fiduciary Responsibility – ECF and State Street Global Advisors assume fiduciary responsibility for the investment management of client funds, an especially important benefit for busy church staff and volunteer leaders.
  • Exceptional Service – Responsiveness to our clients is at the heart of our program. As a mission-based organization, we focus on helping you with the full breadth of endowment issues. Our team-based approach to serving clients means you benefit from the expertise of all staff members in endowment policies, investment analysis, church communications, endowment giving, and more. Learn more about the Endowment Management team.

We would like to ensure you have an endowment that unites your community, sustains your mission, and inspires new donors. Please contact us for more information about our endowment management services. We would be pleased to talk with you about how we can work together.

Endowment Management Program
[email protected]
(800) 697-2858