Regional Gift Planners

Find your Regional Gift Planner

A gift to the church.

The ELCA Foundation offers many free resources to members regarding planned giving. One such resource is expertise. Our nationwide network of professional gift planning staff can help you explore a variety of possibilities for making a significant gift to ministry and fulfilling your legacy goals at the same time. There is no cost or obligation to you and all conversations are kept confidential.

Please contact the ELCA Foundation, unless you reside in one of the following areas:


ELCA Foundation 800/638-3522 Arkansas Joyce C. Palmer Kansas City, MO 816/204-5181 California Gregory T. Shepherd [Southern California] Lake Elsinore, CA 909/910-6823 Delaware David R. Whitenack, CFP^®Baltimore, MD 800/652-9416 Florida Pr. Paul H. Summer Port Orange, FL 386/852-0511 Iowa Pr. Robert C. Buschkemper Bellevue, NE 402/502-0735 Kansas Joyce C. Palmer Kansas City, MO 816/204-5181 Maryland Alice L. Benson, MBA, CRC^® [Metropolitan Washington, DC] Gaithersburg, MD 301/963-6570 David R. Whitenack, CFP^® [Delware-Maryland Synod area] Baltimore, MD 800/652-9416 Minnesota William R. Elmstrom [Southwestern & Northwestern Minnesota Synods] Ortonville, MN 320/839-3326 Brenda Moore [Metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul] St. Peter, MN 507/934-4614		Missouri Joyce C. Palmer Kansas City, MO 816/204-5181 Nebraska Craig Stirtz Omaha, NE 402-342-5728 North Carolina Christine A. Post-Duncan Morganton, NC 828/439-8977 Oklahoma Joyce C. Palmer Kansas City, MO 816/204-5181 Pennsylvania Pr. Gregory A. Kramer [Central and Eastern Pennsylvania]Selinsgrove, PA 570/374-2044 South Carolina Christine A. Post-Duncan Morganton, NC 828/439-8977 South Dakota Kurt Osborne Sioux Falls, SD 605/274-6012 Jim L. Schade Sioux Falls, SD 605-274-4011 Tennessee Christine A. Post-Duncan Morganton, NC 828/439-8977 Washington, D.C. Alice L. Benson [Metropolitan Washington, DC] Gaithersburg, MD 301/963-6570 Wisconsin Pr. Larry G. Westfield Rubicon, WI 262/224-9574