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.