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James W. Murphy

Managing Program Director
Episcopal Church Foundation

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 Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive.
Jim is also Managing Program Director at the Episcopal Church Foundation where he oversees ECF’s financial resource programs: planned giving, donor solutions, including ECF’s Donor-Advised Fund program, and its new on-line fundraising resource hub ECF360. Active in ecumenical collaborations, he works with congregations, dioceses, and other Episcopal organizations to enhance and develop their programs and resources.

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