Friends in Christ, Join Our Community
Episcopal Impact Fund, previously known as Episcopal Charities, has served as the outreach arm of the Diocese of California for over 40 years. Founded in 1978, we are a grant making organization focused on addressing the root causes of poverty in the Bay Area. Last year, the Impact Fund provided more than 100 grants to organizations (including churches!) serving more than 100,000 people living in poverty.
If you care about poverty in the Bay Area, please join our community and turn your faith into action.
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
Get Connected
We'll keep you up to date with our efforts and your opportunities to have an impact.
Get Involved
We invite your participation in all levels of our organization. Here are some ways you and your congregation can engage:
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Reach out for support—financial or advice—for your church's anti-poverty work
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Reach out if your congregation wants to address the housing crisis
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Volunteer (in a post-Covid future) - details to follow
Support the Cause
We are committed to having an impact and invite you to be part of the solution. 100% of what you donate will be used to support our programs.
Talk to Episcopal Impact Fund
Episcopalians in the Bay Area are the heart of our community. If you have another idea of how you'd like to be in relationship with us – serve on our board, host a fundraiser, or just tell us how excited you are about what we’re doing – we’d like to hear from you. Talk to our Executive Director
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is a protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life."
-NELSON MANDELA
"Live your life as a blessing. Go into the world and touch somebody's life, give the way Jesus gives, do justice and love mercy, and walk humbly with God."
-PRESIDING BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY
"Episcopal Impact Fund works to address the root causes of poverty on behalf of every Episcopalian in the Bay Area. I hope you will join me in getting connected, getting involved and supporting their beautiful work."
-THE RT. REV. DR. MARC ANDRUS
OUR GRANTEES
Episcopal Impact Fund makes grants to organizations focused on intergenerational poverty so that no child's zip code determines their future. We also support congregations so that their anti-poverty programs have the greatest impact.
Episcopal Impact Fund was made for times such as these.
During the pandemic, our mission to serve Bay Area people living in poverty never wavered. We rushed emergency grants to frontline responders, eliminated barriers to funding, and greatly increased our giving. We supported every church in its efforts to meet the basic needs of its community. And we heard the call to redouble our efforts to address systemic racism in the context of poverty. In 2021, we plan to continue our focus on granting.
Episcopal Impact Fund Sunday
Annually celebrated on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Episcopal Impact Fund Sunday is an opportunity for the Impact Fund to foster relationships with the congregations of the Diocese of California.
As the outreach arm of the Diocese, Episcopal Impact Fund is committed to advancing pathways out of poverty for our neighbors. We believe that our shared mission of caring for our communities is the tie that bonds us in Christian community.
If you'd like to learn more about the anti-poverty work of Episcopal Impact Fund and celebrate Episcopal Impact Fund Sunday with us, please email us at info@episcopalimpact.org.