Transparency
March 25, 2020
I’m Miriam Neff-with STARTING OVER FINANCIALLY, and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan, and we’re here to talk about money
M Transparency.
We struggle to find reliable facts these days, information we need to make God honoring decisions. We are accountable for our Kingdom Equity: all that God has invested in us, through good and hard times. He gives us time, experiences, money and resources to use for His glory.
V If you are examining charitable giving options, there are online tools that rate organizations on important criterion. Transparency, efficiency, loan practices, income and expenditures. Helpful to be sure, but another tool is to look under the hood, talk to those impacted. Volunteer in the organization. This is harder and more time consuming. But then you can give knowing you are promoting God’s Kingdom investing His resources well. Most 501(c)(3)’sfile a 990 with the IRS.