Consulting Services
Partners builds the capability of congregational leadership for building care, shared use, and capital fundraising through training programs, fundraising assistance, and organizational and facility assessments. In the process, Partners becomes a trusted resource and guide as congregations examine and weigh opportunities.
Every sacred place is the center of a unique network for parishioners, neighbors, and friends. Having worked with thousands of sacred places across the country, Partners is uniquely positioned to help faith and lay leaders leverage these networks. Built on groundbreaking research and decades of diverse experiences, Partners’ expertise has helped congregations meet, and exceed, their goals – both in fundraising and community impact.
Partners consulting services can bring these unique tools, expertise, and resources to your congregation and community. Partners’ model focuses on the gifts, talents, and resources of every sacred place and their community to enhance the congregation’s capacity to meet the needs of the present and plan for the future!
Capital Campaign Services assist congregations to design and implement a fundraising campaign that leverages community-wide support.
Feasibility, Discovery, and Readiness Studies help congregations identify congregational and community support for capital improvements and civic impact.
Community Engagement Services assist congregations to build and strengthen relationships with neighbors and partners to increase investment in, and active use of, their historic buildings.
Space-Sharing and Adaptive Re-use assessments and tools assist congregations to develop strategies to activate underutilized spaces aligning with the congregation’s mission and vision.
Halo Valuation analyses give congregations language and tools to understand and communicate their impact to community and civic stakeholders.
Activating Hidden Assets: A National Conversation on Sacred Places
On Friday, April 5, 2024, leaders from eight different sectors – from religion and philanthropy to academia and architecture to government and nonprofits – gathered in one place to learn, discuss, and analyze trends, unmet needs, and possibilities for sacred places in America. These 100 leaders tra [...]
New Philadelphia Fund for Black Sacred Places Launches
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, October 25, 2023 — Partners for Sacred Places and the Greater Philadelphia Preservation Alliance are thrilled to launch the new Philadelphia Fund for Black Sacred Places. This three-year project will expand equitable access to quality public spaces in Philadelphia’s neig [...]
35th Anniversary Photo Contest
Partners for Sacred Places is holding a national photo contest with the theme “Sacred Places at the Heart of Communities” in honor of our 35th anniversary! Amateurs and professionals alike can enter their original photos, starting October 1. The categories are: Spiritual Moments Education and Servic [...]
Transformative Storytelling at San Antonio Mennonite Church
In December of 2022, Mitzi Moore of San Antonio Mennonite Church spoke with Partners for Sacred Places about the congregation’s participation in the New Dollars/New Partners for Your Historic Sacred Place program and how their fundraising, building maintenance, and mission have changed as a result [...]