STEM Sender’s Fund
This is STEM’s most comprehensive Fund that impacts every program and every nation and field where STEM Teams work and minister. From this Fund we draw monies needed to promote our service to the Church at large, train teams, send them overseas, and handle all the tasks involved in getting short-term volunteers onto the field and back again in a way that glorifies God, blesses the field, and blesses the short-termer. This important fund also allows us to open new ministry fields when urgent disaster hits — like September 2005's hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast states.
Giving to the STEM Sender’s Fund
One-Time Gifts
You can give a one-time gift right now! Simply mail a check (payable to “STEM”) or give through our secure STEM Donation/Payment website form using a major credit/debit card. And simply note the “STEM Sender’s Fund” as your gift designation — that's all there's to it!
1-Year Monthly Commitment
Please consider making a 1-year monthly commitment to the STEM Sender’s Fund. You can re-new or cancel your commitment at any time (although our prayer is that you’ll keep your commitment in force for as long as the Lord allows you!). To begin your 1-year commitment, just mail your first check (payable to “STEM”) or give your first gift through our secure STEM Donation/Payment website form using a major credit card. And simply note “STEM Sender’s Fund — 1-yr Commitment" with your gift.
Automatic Giving: To make your monthly commitment even easier for you, we can set up an EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) from your checking/savings account — or charge your credit/debit card — for a specified dollar amount on or near a certain day every month (normally around the 20th). Please email us or call us for help getting started (toll-free 1-877-STEM-646 or 952-996-1385); ask for Jon Larson or someone in the STEM Accounting Department. Easier yet, simply download the checking/savings EFT form "Authorization Agreement for Automatic Withdrawal of Funds;" or the "Credit/Debit Card Monthly Authorization Form" — then just complete the information, and return it to STEM (both forms are just 1 page in length).
STEM Sender’s Fund Support Levels
Support Level | Monthly Gift Amounts | One-Time or Annual Gift Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
Primary Support | $5 – $25 / month | $60 – $300 / year |
Vital Support | $30 – $50 / month | $360 – $500 / year |
Major Support | $60 – $100 / month | $720 – $1,200 / year |
Strategic Support | — | $1,000 – $10,000 / one-time |
Legacy Support | — | $10,000 – $1,000,000 or more / one-time |

