The Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church benefits immensely from the planning and forethought of our predecessors through historic and recent endowments. In 1985, the initial PHUMC Endowment Fund was created. Since then, the PHUMC Foundation has created and maintains over 100 separate endowment accounts with the assistance of The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas. All Foundation funds are separate from PHUMC’s operations budget and other giving.
The PHUMC Foundation Board of Directors encourages all members to remember the Church in their long-term financial planning. This can be achieved through individual gifts (memorials and honoraria), establishing an endowment, or by joining the Willing Friends Society.
There are two main types of endowment processes used by the PHUMC Foundation: Restricted and Unrestricted. There are at least 40 Unrestricted Endowments as of December 2022, with a total market value greater than $6.1 million. Likewise, there are more than 50 Restricted Endowments, with a total market value of $5.3 million. These endowments, and their earnings, provide the Foundation with means to support the mission of PHUMC through annual funding and special grants. Another available option is a Donor-Advised Fund. For more information on any of these choices, please contact the PHUMC Foundation Executive Director at 501.664.3600 by e-mail.
Annually, the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas, reports to the PHUMC Foundation the average earnings from the previous three years, of which 4%* is made available for restricted and unrestricted distribution. Transfer of earnings from the Unrestricted Endowments (and select restricted endowments) are made available to fund the annual operation of the Foundation as well as the annual pledge to PHUMC. Earnings of the Restricted Endowments are made available in a similar fashion for distribution via grants to support Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church.
* The standard annual distribution is 4% of the prior three-years’ earnings. Some endowment donors define different earning and distribution methodologies.
PHUMC Foundation Endowments by Use
Children, Youth, and Adult Ministry Endowments
- Berry Children’s Endowment
- Craver Children’s Endowment
- Dietz Memorial Children’s Endowment
- Fox Sunday School Supply Endowment
- Hunter Children’s Bible Endowment
- Malone Older Adults Endowment
- Martin Local Youth Ministry Endowment
- Meyer Adult Ministries Endowment
- Meyer Youth Mission Endowment
- Minton Family Endowment
- PHUMC Youth Endowment
- Roberts Youth & Children’s Endowment
- Sells St. Luke Learning Center Endowment
- Wyatt Youth Endowment
Congregational and Staff Support Endowments
- Beard Stephen Ministry Endowment
- Borchert Special Use Endowment
- Crowder Caring Ministry Endowment
- Erwin-Faulkner Helping Hands Endowment
- Gunn Endowment
- Holcomb Endowment Fund
- Knight Welcoming and Hospitality Endowment
- Prayer Shawl Ministry Endowment
- Rollefson Caring Ministry Endowment
- Sullivan Family Endowment
Building and Grounds Endowments
- Centennial Preservation Endowment
- Hodges Family Columbarium Garden Endowment
- Glasscock Landscape Ministry Endowment
- Jimmy P. Spradley Facilities Maintenance Endowment
Broadcast/Television Endowments
- Mary Jane See Adamson TV Ministry Endowment
- Jack E. Hill TV Ministry Endowment
- PHUMC TV Endowment Fund
Worship and Music Endowments
- Argue Choral Scholars
- Ballard Music Endowment
- Beard Alter Guild Endowment
- Brown Music & Arts Endowment
- Collins Worship Endowment
- Fortenberry Music Endowment
- Fryer Music Ministry Endowment
- Gunn Endowment
- Hall Family Altar Guild Endowment
- Knoll Music Endowment
- PHUMC Organ Fund
- Roberts Music Endowment
- Sanders Music Endowment
Communication Endowments
- Copeland Journalism & Communication Endowment
- Raney Speaker Series Endowment
- Technology Endowment
- Thompson Digital Archives Endowment
Mission Endowments
- Campbell Food Pantry Endowment
- Couch Good Samaritan Endowment
- Henslee Mission Endowment
- Hicks Peace Endowment
- Horton Food Pantry Endowment
- Lovers of the Food Pantry Endowment
- Mission Endowment Fund
- Robert Chancellor: Hoover Center Endowment
- St. Luke Mission & Ministry Endowment
- Skarda Interfaith Endowment
- Smith Family Mission Endowment
- Wade Good Samaritan Endowment
Scholarship Endowments
- Barnwell-Holloway Medical Studies Scholarship
- Faulkner Basketball Scholarship
- Little Joe and the BKs Scholarship
- Loraine Cokenour Scholarship
- Stanley and Arminta Berry Music Scholarship
General Use Endowments
- Dorothy Stout Aldridge Endowment
- Dr. John Clement Baber Endowment
- Borchert Family Endowment
- Chloe Dean Branscum Endowment
- Betsy Branton Family Endowment
- William Elmo Browning Endowment
- Gilbert and Helen Buchanan Endowment
- Brent Edward Coker Memorial Endowment
- Collie Endowment Fund
- James C. and Billie A. Davis Endowment
- Dot and Louis East Endowment
- Engstrom Family Endowment
- Alice J. Faust Memorial Fund
- Gaston Family Endowment
- PHUMC General Endowment Fund
- John and Marjorie Dunn Gilleland Endowment
- Helen and Vernon Giss Endowment
- Helen Hall and Family Endowment
- H. Clay and Carrie Boyd Hansen Memorial Endowment
- Harrison Family Endowment
- Hawthorne Family Endowment
- Margaret Houston Endowment Fund
- Hudson Family Endowment
- Mary Lou and Brooks Jackson Family Endowment
- Lynn and Wayne Lindsey Family Endowment
- McCleary/Monk Family Endowment
- Maurice H. and Elizabeth Stockley Mitchell Endowment
- Jejo Mobley Endowment
- Tom and Dot Moore Family Endowment
- Victor H. and Frances “Freddie” Henley Nixon Endowment
- W.K. and Elizabeth Palmer Memorial Endowment
- Pyle Endowment Fund
- Josephine Lewis Renshaw Endowment
- PHUMC Trustees Fund
- Villines Family Endowment
- Sybil Naylor Vinton Trust
- Wellons Memorial Endowment Fund