Committee Reports  5

Endowment
By Sharon Taylor, Chair

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 • Sharon Taylor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chair

 • Eric Benoy, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

 • Pat Graham, Retired

 • Craig Kubic, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

 • Dennis Swanson, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

 • Brenda Bailey-Hainer, ATLA Staff Liaison

 • Marie Jacobsen, ATLA Staff Liaison

The 2017-2018 Endowment Committee held its fall meeting on Novem-
ber 1, 2017 at the ATLA headquarters in Chicago. The fall meeting 
was led by Chair Sharon Taylor, and attended by committee members 
Pat Graham, Craig Kubic, Eric Benoy, and Dennis Swanson. Director 
of Financial Services Marie Jacobson and Executive Director Brenda 
Bailey-Hainer continued as staff liaisons to the committee. During the 
meeting, the group brainstormed about new ways to reach potential 
donors through various marketing channels. Additional discussion and 
planning for the annual end of year campaign was carried on through-
out the year via conference calls and email.

The committee reaffirmed its short-term goal of a $1 million fund 
within the next five years and a long-term goal of $13.5 million. An end 
of year donation campaign was conducted in late 2017 using direct mail 
and email solicitations.  

Taylor and Graham attended the annual conference in Indianapo-
lis in June 2018 and hosted the Endowment Fund Table.  Letters and 
photographs from retirees that had been compiled by Graham were 
displayed at the table. Taylor gave a brief presentation on the work of 
the committee at one of the plenary sessions. Following the conference, 
the ATLA President’s August 2018 membership renewal letter included 
an invitation to donate to the Fund. 



6  ANNUAL YEARBOOK

During fiscal year 2018, 48 individuals made donations totaling 
$4,511.50. ATLA matched these gifts and contributed an additional 
$15,488.50 for a total contribution of $20,000. The Endowment Fund 
continues to demonstrate robust growth. Thanks to a strong market 
this year, as of August 31, 2018, the fund had a balance of $576,406, an 
increase of $104,091 over last year’s total.  

[Front, left to right] Dennis Swanson, Craig Kubic,[Back, left to right] Eric Benoy, Sharon 
Taylor, Pat Graham


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