Relationship
Members of our community seek to learn from each other as we strive to steward financial resources for work that honors God. This is most effectively done when we build trusted relationships with one another. These connections are at the core of what we do.
Safe Environment
All our events and offerings are places where members gather free from being “pitched” by grant seekers. Membership lists, conversations, and shared resources are kept confidential.
Faith-Inspired
PCP members are believers in Jesus Christ. We work at both Christian and secular philanthropic institutions, and we makes grants to Christian faith-inspired nonprofit organizations and causes.
Peers
PCP members are professionals who are hired or entrusted to do the work of making grants. As a network of peers, PCP is not aimed at those in other related roles in philanthropy, such as consultants, board members, or other foundation staff roles.
Diversity
We seek to reflect the larger body of ‘Christ in its diversity. We value gender, racial, ethnic, geographic, and theological (within Christian orthodoxy) diversity in our membership.
PCP's Board of Directors
Staff
History of Professionals in Christian Philanthropy
In the early 1980s, several Christian foundations across the United States began increasing their staff numbers.
At that time, one of the only resources available for new staff to learn the grantmaking business was the Council on Foundations. Although Council on Foundations succeeded in providing general knowledge of the industry, its perspective was almost entirely secular. Thus, members of these Christian foundations began meeting together, first in Atlanta and then in Washington, D.C., to learn from one another about grantmaking from a faith-based perspective.