What a blessing to receive assistance in the time of need.  The Housing Resource Center had a client they found housing for.  The apartment would not let this client sign the lease until they could provide a $500 security deposit and pro-rated rent of $566.00.  Because of the Covid virus, she had lost her job and not able to come up with the money  Immediately, the Faith in Action Fund was able to provide the security deposit check. After reaching out to the Faith-based community with Charity Tracker bulletin, 2 churches  and a private donor responded and were able to come up with the pro-rated rent.  The client then was able to move in her new apartment. 

Thanks for coming together to provide a new home for this client.

DJ, Housing Resource Center

We are so thankful for the generous donations to the Faith In Action fund.  Our agency places needy or homeless families in housing.  Some for the first time.  We recently had a mother and 2 children we found an apartment for.  They were so grateful but needed funds to get their belongs out of storage.  I contacted the Faith In Office and they were able to provide the funds to make this happen.  Thanks again for caring for the community.

DJ

We were so thankful for the Faith In Action fund.  One of the members of our congregation had lost her son to suicide.  She is currently unemployed due to the covid virus and unable to make the payment for his funeral.  The church was able to pay part of the monies.  We reached out to the Faith In Action office for assistance.  The team was able too give a portion of the expense.  The bill was paid and she was able to have closure in this stressful time.  Thank you, A Charity Tracker member

A Donor's Story

My spouse and I are both retired.  Both of us get Social Security; each of us has

a pension, and we have some savings from the days when we worked.

Thank you, Congress, but we didn't need the COVID stimulus money.  That's why we

gave our whole check to Faith in Action.

We could have kept it.  The money advice columnists were ready to suggest how to

invest stimulus dollars.  We would have kept it in our savings account for a few years.

We just didn't need it -- but we've heard stories about those who do need it, and

they need it badly.  How do we use our money to help those in need?

Waiters, food service workers, hairdressers, theater ushers, day laborers, temp

workers, musicians, fitness instructors -- these are people who don't have

unemployment coverage, or work-from-home skills.  They still need to eat, to pay

utility bills, to pay the rent, and to buy prescriptions for their children. 

Unfortunately, for most people at the bottom of the employment scale, stimulus

checks are not coming.

That's why we gave our stimulus money away.

The people at Faith in Action told us how they are using Charity Tracker to combine

funds from other charitable organizations to help families in critical financial

need because of the COVID virus and other emergency conditions.

After talking to Faith in Action, we feel certain that they will put our money to

good use in service to others.

-- K.C. in Virginia Beach

Charity Tracker

What makes the Faith in Action Fund unique is the use of Charity Tracker(tm) to match client needs with resources from many different faith communities and local non-profit organizations.  All of them can draw on the financial resources of the Faith in Action Fund to meet real needs of marginalized people.

So when a single organization attempts to help help people, like all charitable organizations it has 1.) donations coming in, 2.) potential clients, and 3.) assistance going out to clients.  The organization must screen the potential clients, identify their needs, and create some kind of record -- probably paper records for small organizations with limited funds.

Someone has to match up available resources (maybe money, maybe items or services) with the clients who need them.  This is a classic database task.  However, very few small faith communities or non-profit organizations can afford the technical expertise and equipment need to keep a modern computer database going.

That's where Charity Trackers helps, and that's how the Faith in Action Fund adds value to the donations of money and services that the faith communities and non-profits collect.  Not only does it keep track of donations and clients, it goes a long way to matching the clients' needs to the available resources.