Why Wisconsin has a has local NCF office
NCF has more than 30 local teams around the country helping to foster generosity in more than 100 communities, and we’re still growing. But these teams are not local representatives of a national organization; they’re ministries serving in their communities. Why do we focus on this local presence?
From the beginning, our founders knew that lasting transformation happens in proximity and relationship.
Connecting generous communities
One of the primary jobs of NCF Wisconsin is to connect biblically minded givers. Biblical generosity often comes with a desire to meet, collaborate with, and find encouragement in a community of other generous Christians. But meeting people who share your values and have the same desire to steward God’s resources can be hard. NCF’s local teams can help.
Whether it’s a cause you’re passionate about, a family business you want to steward well, or a desire for passing biblical generosity on to future generations, our local teams know and can connect you with people who have been right where you are.
Personalized, biblical generosity
Relationships with God are personal. Family relationships are personal. Finances are personal. And it’s not possible to deal with personal things with someone from a national call center. You need someone who understands your specific needs and respects the related sensitives and intricacies.
Someone you’ve built a relationship with over many years, met for coffee, maybe even invited into your home? This is someone who is better equipped to walk with you on your giving journey.
NCF Wisconsin spends time getting to know givers’ hearts and desires for their giving. And they also share their values. They may talk with families over decades, celebrate births, marriages, and graduations alongside those families. They may notice when a giver is struggling with stewardship issues and walk with them in faith.
A national network of local teams
NCF Wisconsin and other local teams around the US are deeply community focused, but they don’t operate in silos. Every local office is connected to every other local office and to our national office, too.
For example when a group of givers in Arizona wanted to help those affected by the Maui fires in August of 2023, the President of NCF Southwest immediately got on the phone with the President at NCF Hawaii. Together, they created a way for one generous community in Arizona to send immediate relief 3,000 miles to those in Maui.
Giving with confidence
That local-national connection doesn’t just help in disasters. NCF’s national team supports the back-office details and communications – from giving, processing grants, investing fund balances and reporting, to keeping givers informed about opportunities for more giving, more community, and more collaboration.
Local offices also rely on NCF’s in-house team of attorneys and charitable professionals with 40 years’ experience in facilitating a wide range of non-cash giving to walk with givers through the process of making complex gifts.
A ministry with expertise
NCF Wisconsin is part of a bigger organization with experienced teams that specialize in complex gifts, protecting your data, producing resources to help you make the most of your giving, researching charities, sending your grants, etc. But teams around the country are more than local NCF representatives. They’re local ministries that spread generosity.
Gathering generous-minded members of the community for events like Journeys of Generosity (JOGs) not only facilitates new and creative pathways for generosity, these events also encourage us to keep God at the center of our giving and stay focused on why we are called to give.
Your community of generosity
Whether you’re already an NCF giver or not, whether you work for a nonprofit, are a financial advisor, or are simply curious about generosity in your community, reach out to NCF Wisconsin at wisconsin@ncfgiving.com or 262.796.9910 to learn how we might help you, too.