Support the Baptist Standard
You have options for how to invest financially in the Baptist Standard.
• $: Cash donations
• QCDs: Qualified charitable distributions from an IRA
• Stocks: Gifts of stock
• DAFs: Donor advised fund distributions
Scroll down to learn more.
Donations make up about 25% of our annual budget.
Your donation makes it possible for us to connect God’s story and God’s people to grow God’s kingdom around the world. We do this by publishing news, opinion and resources by, for and about Baptists in Texas and beyond.
Gifts from donors like you make up a vital portion of our budget. While we partner with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, we are funded by advertising, endowment earnings and you. So, we can’t do this without you.
Cash
To make a tax-deductible donation online click here or keep reading for more information about how you can support our ministry. If you would like to support us by check, please mail to: Baptist Standard Publishing, PO Box 941309, Plano TX 75094. To set up monthly or quarterly recurring donations, please contact our administrative assistant, Lindsay Springer, at (214) 630-4571 ext. 1014 or lindsay.springer@baptiststandard.com.
IRA QCD
IRA tax-deductible donation: If you are 70 1/2 years old or older, you may be able to make a gift to the Baptist Standard from your IRA as a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD. You may also have heard this referred to as the IRA charitable rollover. A QCD fact sheet prepared by HighGround Advisors is available here.
Stocks & DAFs
Gifts of stock or from donor advised funds are additional ways you can contribute financially to the Baptist Standard.
Estate plans
These giving options also can be a way to remember the Baptist Standard in your estate plan. This would involve naming the Baptist Standard as a beneficiary. We encourage you to talk with the professional helping you set up your estate plan.
Tax deductions
Charitable giving is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. This means the full value of such a gift would be available to the Baptist Standard for its charitable purposes.
Get professional advice
We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor to discuss if any of these types of gifts are a good fit for you and to make a donation of this type to support the Baptist Standard. HighGround Advisors, an advertising partner of the Baptist Standard, can assist you. The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation also can assist you.
Two funds
We have two key funding options that support our ministry.
Current Operating Fund
This is our bread and butter, the fund that pays most of our bills. Contributions to the Current Operating Fund enable us to gather and report news, secure and disseminate resources, buy Internet bandwidth, and pay the phone bill. In short, it enables us to carry out our ministry.
General Endowment
If you want to make a gift that will keep giving until the Lord returns, consider our General Endowment Fund. The interest income our General Endowment Fund generates, combined with interest on gifts from friends throughout the years, is used to support our ongoing operation.
Contact us
If you have any questions about these types of charitable giving, or other ways to support the Baptist Standard, you or your advisors may contact our administrative assistant, Lindsay Springer, at (214) 630-4571 ext. 1014 or lindsay.springer@baptiststandard.com.
We work hard to make sure your investment in our ministry touches lives. After all, we’re also stewards of the Lord’s resources—time, talent and funds. Because of friends like you, we’re able to produce the Baptist Standard, our digital news publication.
If you’d like to know more about ways to give, types of donations, campaigns and estate planning, contact our administrative assistant, Lindsay Springer, at (214) 630-4571 ext. 1014 or lindsay.springer@baptiststandard.com.
Your donation makes a difference. We appreciate it—and you—far more than we can express.
