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Philanthropies

January 01, 1970

Philanthropies, formerly LDS Philanthropies, is a department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is responsible for facilitating donations to humanitarian and educational initiatives.[1] The department works under the direction of the church's Presiding Bishop.[2] The most widely known educational projects are the operation of church-owned schools, such as Brigham Young University (BYU). Humanitarian funds are given to Latter-day Saint Charities which sponsors and organizes relief efforts. In 2019, the church reported over 3,000 community-based projects with an excess of 2,000 partners, in locations around the world.[3] A 2020 statistic reported a total of $2.3 billion that had been donated over Philanthropies' existence.[4]

Philanthropies
FoundedApril 29, 1955 (1955-04-29)
FounderThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location
Coordinates40°15′12″N 111°39′29″W / 40.253400°N 111.658055°W / 40.253400; -111.658055
Key people
Tanise Chung-Hoon, Director
Websitephilanthropies.churchofjesuschrist.org
Formerly called
LDS Philanthropies (2005–2018)
LDS Foundation (1982–2005)
The Development Office (1973–1982)
Church Education Development Office (1971–1973)
BYU Destiny Fund (1955–1971)

History edit

Founded in 1955, Philanthropies has evolved in both purpose and brand over the intervening 65 years. Initially called the BYU Destiny Fund, it became the Church Education Development Office in 1971, but then quickly changed to The Development Office in 1973. The name changed to the LDS Foundation in 1982 and then LDS Philanthropies in 2005.[5] The current name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Philanthropies, was changed in 2019 as part of a focus by the LDS Church to move away from the monikers 'LDS' and 'Mormon'.[6][7]

N. Eldon Tanner initially created a task force to address philanthropic issues in the LDS Church and named Donald T. Nelson as the first director. The organization reported to the Church Commissioner of Education until 1980 when it began reporting to the First Quorum of the Seventy and Ronald E. Poelman, a church general authority. In 1981, Philanthropies began reporting indirectly to the Presiding Bishopric's office. This continued until 1986 when LDS Foundation began reporting directly to the Presiding Bishop, Victor L. Brown. An advisory board was approved February 5, 2000 to supervise funds. The church built offices in Provo, Utah to house LDS Philanthropies. The building was dedicated by Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the church's First Presidency on May 16, 2008.[8] As a church department, Philanthropies continues to operate under the direction of the Presiding Bishopric.

Transparency and accreditation edit

The LDS Church, and its affiliated entities, do not publish a complete financial report on the amount of funds received or their use. Addressing this topic in 2018, the church's presiding bishop, Gérald Caussé, published a Q&A, stating that "The Church is not a financial institution or a commercial corporation [and] chooses not to publish the details of its finances...".[9] However, certain entities do publish limited details. For instance, BYU-Idaho stated it received 6.3 million dollars in donations in 2018,[10] of which, 69% went to need-based aid for individual students, administered through a university grant.

Due to these transparency practices, Latter-day Saint Charities does not meet requirements for evaluation by established charity-rating organizations, such as the BBB Wise Giving Alliance or Charity Navigator.

Educational efforts edit

Some funds donated through Philanthropies are used by the LDS Church and its affiliated educational entities, including: BYU, BYU-Hawaii, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Pathway Worldwide, and Ensign College.

Donations to education efforts help provide scholarships and create mentored learning opportunities for students from around the world.[11] For example, BYU-Hawaii helps students from the Pacific Islands and Asia. Additional efforts include the Perpetual Education Fund, which provides repayable loans for students in developing nations to obtain an education. When graduates of the program become employed they repay the loan and the money is used to replenish the endowment.

Latter-day Saint Charities edit

See also: LDS Humanitarian Services

While welfare programs within the LDS Church funded by fast offerings are generally for members, humanitarian donations are used to provide assistance in countries around the world to people without regard to religion or race. These donations provide assistance to victims of natural disasters, including aid such as hygiene kits, food and water, and blankets. Current humanitarian projects include neonatal resuscitation training, wheelchair placement, eye surgery initiatives to help the blind, well drilling projects for water sources, and other health and wellness projects.

Humanitarian aid deliveries are supervised by service missionaries who live and serve in countries around the world. Many volunteers wear distinctive yellow shirts that said Mormon Helping Hands.

Latter-day Saint Charities sponsors relief and development projects in 195 countries and is largely run with volunteer labor.[12] Since its founding in 1985, the organization has donated $2.3 billion worth of aid and assistance.[4] Sharon Eubank is the current director. Latter-day Saint Charities operates both independently and in cooperation with other charitable organizations and governments including American Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, Muslim Aid, Southern Philippines Medical Center, UNICEF, and the United States Agency for International Development.

In response to the ongoing COVID pandemic, in February 2021, Latter-day Saint Charities announced a pledge of $20 million to support UNICEF in delivering vaccines worldwide. This pledge complemented an earlier $3 million donation to assist with food, water, and medical supplies, and represents the largest donation from the private sector to support UNICEF's ACT Accelerator and COVAX work.[13]

Family history research edit

See also: Family History Center (LDS Church)

As of 2022, the LDS Church operates more than 5,700 Family History Centers in 146 countries.[14] The publicly-available centers supply resources for research and study of genealogy and family history, and are financed, in part, through donations to Philanthropies. The church also finances one of the largest genealogical databases, familysearch.org, which contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families and approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals, indexed from historical records. The Family History Library at Temple Square is the largest genealogical library in the world.[15]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shill, Aaron. "Generosity, humility reflected in lives of donors", Deseret News, Utah, 26 March 2009. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ "LDS Church has Spent 1.2 Billion on Welfare and Humanitarian Efforts". World Religion News. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. ^ "Latter-day Saint Charities Blessed Millions of Lives in 2019". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  4. ^ a b Johnson, Stacy. "Latter-day Saint Charities outlines 3,221 projects in 2019 in annual report", Provo Herald, Utah, 24 February 2020. Retrieved on 26 February 2020.
  5. ^ Weaver, Sarah Jane. "LDS Philanthropies depicts organization", Church News, Utah, 15 September 2005. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  6. ^ Dias, Elizabeth. "‘Mormon’ No More: Faithful Reflect on Church’s Move to Scrap a Moniker", The New York Times, Utah, 29 June 2019. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  7. ^ Walch, Tad. "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues new name guidelines, dropping terms Mormon, LDS in most uses", Deseret News, Utah, 16 August 2018. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  8. ^ "New edifice to house LDS Philanthropies", Deseret News, Utah, 20 February 2007. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Church Finances and a Growing Global Faith". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  10. ^ "Frugality Borne of Faith". Philanthropies. February 2020.
  11. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Mormon feminists, LDS Church unite in scholarship drive", The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  12. ^ "LDS Church donates $341,000 to Provo homeless shelter", LDS Living, Utah, 9 November 2010. Retrieved on 6 August 2019.
  13. ^ "The Church of Jesus Christ and UNICEF Partner to Fight COVID". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  14. ^ "Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  15. ^ "Family History Library in Salt Lake City". Temple Square. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

External links edit

  • Philanthropies Official Website
  • Latter-day Saint Charities Official Website


January 01, 1970
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Philanthropies formerly LDS Philanthropies is a department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church and is responsible for facilitating donations to humanitarian and educational initiatives 1 The department works under the direction of the church s Presiding Bishop 2 The most widely known educational projects are the operation of church owned schools such as Brigham Young University BYU Humanitarian funds are given to Latter day Saint Charities which sponsors and organizes relief efforts In 2019 the church reported over 3 000 community based projects with an excess of 2 000 partners in locations around the world 3 A 2020 statistic reported a total of 2 3 billion that had been donated over Philanthropies existence 4 PhilanthropiesFoundedApril 29 1955 1955 04 29 FounderThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day SaintsLocation1450 North University AvenueProvo Utah 84604United StatesCoordinates40 15 12 N 111 39 29 W 40 253400 N 111 658055 W 40 253400 111 658055Key peopleTanise Chung Hoon DirectorWebsitephilanthropies wbr churchofjesuschrist wbr orgFormerly calledLDS Philanthropies 2005 2018 LDS Foundation 1982 2005 The Development Office 1973 1982 Church Education Development Office 1971 1973 BYU Destiny Fund 1955 1971 Contents 1 History 2 Transparency and accreditation 3 Educational efforts 4 Latter day Saint Charities 5 Family history research 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editFounded in 1955 Philanthropies has evolved in both purpose and brand over the intervening 65 years Initially called the BYU Destiny Fund it became the Church Education Development Office in 1971 but then quickly changed to The Development Office in 1973 The name changed to the LDS Foundation in 1982 and then LDS Philanthropies in 2005 5 The current name The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Philanthropies was changed in 2019 as part of a focus by the LDS Church to move away from the monikers LDS and Mormon 6 7 N Eldon Tanner initially created a task force to address philanthropic issues in the LDS Church and named Donald T Nelson as the first director The organization reported to the Church Commissioner of Education until 1980 when it began reporting to the First Quorum of the Seventy and Ronald E Poelman a church general authority In 1981 Philanthropies began reporting indirectly to the Presiding Bishopric s office This continued until 1986 when LDS Foundation began reporting directly to the Presiding Bishop Victor L Brown An advisory board was approved February 5 2000 to supervise funds The church built offices in Provo Utah to house LDS Philanthropies The building was dedicated by Henry B Eyring First Counselor in the church s First Presidency on May 16 2008 8 As a church department Philanthropies continues to operate under the direction of the Presiding Bishopric Transparency and accreditation editThe LDS Church and its affiliated entities do not publish a complete financial report on the amount of funds received or their use Addressing this topic in 2018 the church s presiding bishop Gerald Causse published a Q amp A stating that The Church is not a financial institution or a commercial corporation and chooses not to publish the details of its finances 9 However certain entities do publish limited details For instance BYU Idaho stated it received 6 3 million dollars in donations in 2018 10 of which 69 went to need based aid for individual students administered through a university grant Due to these transparency practices Latter day Saint Charities does not meet requirements for evaluation by established charity rating organizations such as the BBB Wise Giving Alliance or Charity Navigator Educational efforts editSome funds donated through Philanthropies are used by the LDS Church and its affiliated educational entities including BYU BYU Hawaii BYU Idaho BYU Pathway Worldwide and Ensign College Donations to education efforts help provide scholarships and create mentored learning opportunities for students from around the world 11 For example BYU Hawaii helps students from the Pacific Islands and Asia Additional efforts include the Perpetual Education Fund which provides repayable loans for students in developing nations to obtain an education When graduates of the program become employed they repay the loan and the money is used to replenish the endowment Latter day Saint Charities editSee also LDS Humanitarian Services While welfare programs within the LDS Church funded by fast offerings are generally for members humanitarian donations are used to provide assistance in countries around the world to people without regard to religion or race These donations provide assistance to victims of natural disasters including aid such as hygiene kits food and water and blankets Current humanitarian projects include neonatal resuscitation training wheelchair placement eye surgery initiatives to help the blind well drilling projects for water sources and other health and wellness projects Humanitarian aid deliveries are supervised by service missionaries who live and serve in countries around the world Many volunteers wear distinctive yellow shirts that said Mormon Helping Hands Latter day Saint Charities sponsors relief and development projects in 195 countries and is largely run with volunteer labor 12 Since its founding in 1985 the organization has donated 2 3 billion worth of aid and assistance 4 Sharon Eubank is the current director Latter day Saint Charities operates both independently and in cooperation with other charitable organizations and governments including American Red Cross Catholic Relief Services Muslim Aid Southern Philippines Medical Center UNICEF and the United States Agency for International Development In response to the ongoing COVID pandemic in February 2021 Latter day Saint Charities announced a pledge of 20 million to support UNICEF in delivering vaccines worldwide This pledge complemented an earlier 3 million donation to assist with food water and medical supplies and represents the largest donation from the private sector to support UNICEF s ACT Accelerator and COVAX work 13 Family history research editSee also Family History Center LDS Church As of 2022 the LDS Church operates more than 5 700 Family History Centers in 146 countries 14 The publicly available centers supply resources for research and study of genealogy and family history and are financed in part through donations to Philanthropies The church also finances one of the largest genealogical databases familysearch org which contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families and approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals indexed from historical records The Family History Library at Temple Square is the largest genealogical library in the world 15 See also editWelfare Square Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution Deseret IndustriesReferences edit Shill Aaron Generosity humility reflected in lives of donors Deseret News Utah 26 March 2009 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 LDS Church has Spent 1 2 Billion on Welfare and Humanitarian Efforts World Religion News 2016 07 18 Retrieved 2020 07 14 Latter day Saint Charities Blessed Millions of Lives in 2019 newsroom churchofjesuschrist org 2020 02 24 Retrieved 2020 04 18 a b Johnson Stacy Latter day Saint Charities outlines 3 221 projects in 2019 in annual report Provo Herald Utah 24 February 2020 Retrieved on 26 February 2020 Weaver Sarah Jane LDS Philanthropies depicts organization Church News Utah 15 September 2005 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 Dias Elizabeth Mormon No More Faithful Reflect on Church s Move to Scrap a Moniker The New York Times Utah 29 June 2019 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 Walch Tad The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints issues new name guidelines dropping terms Mormon LDS in most uses Deseret News Utah 16 August 2018 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 New edifice to house LDS Philanthropies Deseret News Utah 20 February 2007 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 Church Finances and a Growing Global Faith newsroom churchofjesuschrist org 2018 05 22 Retrieved 2020 04 18 Frugality Borne of Faith Philanthropies February 2020 Stack Peggy Fletcher Mormon feminists LDS Church unite in scholarship drive The Salt Lake Tribune Utah 29 February 2012 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 LDS Church donates 341 000 to Provo homeless shelter LDS Living Utah 9 November 2010 Retrieved on 6 August 2019 The Church of Jesus Christ and UNICEF Partner to Fight COVID newsroom churchofjesuschrist org 2021 02 26 Retrieved 2021 03 03 Statistics and Church Facts Total Church Membership newsroom churchofjesuschrist org Retrieved 2020 04 18 Family History Library in Salt Lake City Temple Square Retrieved 2020 04 18 External links editPhilanthropies Official Website Latter day Saint Charities Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philanthropies amp oldid 1219642263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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