The Foundation serves United Methodist churches, agencies and members in the following ways: - Provide investment management services to local churches, agencies and boards. - Work with local churches to assist in developing, promoting and managing their own endowment program. - Provide educational seminars on stewardship, planned giving, wills, estate planning, and related subjects. - Assist individual members in developing a giving plan for their accumulated assets. - Provide administrative services for donors making deferred gifts to their church or church related agency. - Serve as trustee and administer trusts established for the benefit of the church. - Manage and administer our own endowment funds and distribute earnings. - Operate the Indiana United Methodist Loan Fund to assist United Methodist churches and agencies in financing capital improvements for their ministries.