It’s wonderful to meet you!

Please feel free to call me Jim.

Would you like to begin or enhance your charity’s planned giving efforts? I would love to help you.

  • James W. Murphy, CFRE

    Jim is the author of Faithful Giving: the Heart of Planned Gifts (an interfaith book on starting and sustaining a planned giving program at congregations and small religious charities), General Editor and a contributing author for Faithful Investing: the Power of Decisive Action and Incremental Change (an ecumenical book on Socially Responsible Investing) and a contributor to One Minute Stewardship and We Shall Be Changed, all from Church Publishing Inc. Jim holds a Certificate in Fundraising from New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, MA in Christian Spirituality from the General Theological Seminary, and a Bachelors from NYU's Stern School of Business. Jim is a member of the Editorial Board of Planned Giving Today, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive.

    Jim is also Director, Major Gifts & Planned Giving at Episcopal Relief & Development where he oversees their planned giving efforts and collaborates with development staff to raise significant gifts.

My Approach

When a donor finalizes a planned gift to your charity, they raise you to the level of family in their estate plans. Understanding that is the first step in creating a beneficial and long-lasting planned giving program for your community of faith or religious charity.

Empower your leaders

Share resources and tools to educate your leaders on how to begin and enhance their planned giving efforts.

Build Trust and Celebrate Donors

If your donors trust your charity’s leaders and feel thanked for their planned giving intentions, your planned giving efforts will grow and prosper.