Supporting Methodist & Wesleyan Heritage
The Methodist Foundation of Mississippi was founded in 1967 to provide financial resources and expertise to Wesleyan churches and missions. Since then, we have served nearly 1,110 organizations and 3,500 accounts, while growing the collective investment portfolio to $180 million. This benchmark means more than financial success. It opens the door to a level of opportunity and security not usually available to individual churches and charities.
Thanks to this position, the Foundation is able to offer both short and long-term investment products for churches to maximize returns with greater freedom and lower fees (or no fees) than typical banks or investment firms.
Our Core Mission
As your local partner in ministry, we provide a place for individuals to give gifts, memorials, honorariums, bequests, stock transfers, and donor advised funds to support your ministry. Individuals may also leave a lasting legacy by creating endowments or trusts. For churches and organizations, we provide a place to invest funds in our Short and Long Term accounts and to discover financial and educational materials that affect congregation and organization members.
Equip
Providing the resources needed to grow
We provide brochures, videos, virtual and in person presentations, and other creative resources to grow your financial resources for ministry. Our creative marketing specialist can even help you craft materials for your specific congregation or ministry.
Educate
Educating the next generation of leaders
Faithful donors, who have created endowments with us provide scholarships for college, graduate, and seminary students awarded through the Scholarship Committee of the Foundation.
We strengthen clergy financial literacy by providing seminars and materials related to personal and church finances. We also offer select scholarships for clergy to attend church finance related events.
Invest
Building the church of tomorrow; today
Churches and related organizations may invest funds with us. The Short Term Fund provides an opportunity to earn a higher rate of interest than most savings accounts and cd’s of less than one year duration. The funds may be deposited or withdrawn at any time without any fees. Our Long Term Fund is for churches and organizations, who have long range or permanent funds. Together our Short and Long Term funds allow you to participate in investments of scale.
Equipping Churches with Resources
We create customized presentations or learning environments to meet your particular needs. Presentation topics may include creating a permanent endowment fund, planned giving, creative stewardship ideas, or personal financial management.
We also offer personalized brochures for you to use in your church or ministry setting.
Educating Future Leaders
Foundation scholarships are available to active participants of churches in Mississippi Methodist or Wesleyan Heritage churches or Wesley Foundations. Students may be attending college, graduate school or seminary. Online applications open January 2 of each year and are due by April 1*.
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Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Holiday Notification
In observance of the President’s Day Holiday, our office will be closed
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- February 16, 2026 All Day
