2023 Q2
Impact Report
inspiring revolutionary biblical generosity
Grants
Total grants made since founding: $4.4B
Contributions
Total contributions made since founding: $6.4B
New funds opened
this quarter:
89
Funds opened
in 2023:
157
Funds opened
since founding:
2,800
New nonprofits supported
this quarter:
301
New nonprofits
supported in 2023
704
Nonprofit organizations
supported since founding:
13,407
Stories of Impact
TRENDING CAUSE: FAMILY SERVICES
$2.7 million in grants were recommended by donors to The Signatry to more than 100 nonprofits committed to strengthening families, caring for the elderly, or providing homes to children in need, including $50,000 to Ally’s Wish in Flower Mound, TX, to grant 10 young, terminally ill mothers a special wish on Mother’s Day.
Image courtesy Ally's Wish
TRENDING CAUSE: OUTREACH
34 donor families at The Signatry recommended grants to support The Navigators in their mission to share the gospel and disciple all people in all places, helping to fund more than 40 missional teams.
Image courtesy The Navigators
TRENDING CAUSE: HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Organizations serving those affected by homelessness, illness, or addiction received $4 million in support from The Signatry, including Nashville Rescue Mission and 19 other rescue mission organizations providing transformational care across the United States.
Image courtesy Nashville Rescue Mission
The Power of a Family Giving Meeting
"It brings your family closer together. It really does."
Now great grandparents, Jim and Susan Wright are watching their investment in family generosity bear fruit across generations.
“We wanted to make sure our children understood generosity,” Jim told us, “and our commitment to the Lord’s kingdom.” The Wrights modeled generosity for their children and read books about generosity together as a family.
12 years ago, Jim and Susan introduced something new: a family-wide giving meeting, held between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. The meeting is organized around a matching challenge. Each child and grandchild chooses a charity, and Jim and Susan will match their donation, provided the charity fits three requirements.
“It must be Christian. It must be effective. It must be efficient.”
All the family members have learned how to find and understand a nonprofit’s 990 form. These financial disclosures help demonstrate to the Wrights that a chosen organization stewards its money well and accomplishes its mission effectively. Together, the family discusses and votes on whether to support each of the selected charities.
As the Wright family has grown, their annual giving meeting keeps them united around the joy of giving.
Susan told us, “At first … they kinda looked at us like, ‘What are you talking about?’ But now they understand, and we all just really enjoy doing this … The blessings just grow and grow.”
Watch Jim and Susan Wright’s full story here: thesignatry.com/wright
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About The Signatry
The Signatry seeks to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations. Through donor advised funds and other innovative tools and resources, families are empowered to live generously, modeling biblical values for future generations and making a greater impact for causes that align with their passions. Since its founding in 2000, The Signatry has facilitated sending over $4.4 billion to organizations around the world that are dedicated to solving the world’s greatest problems.