At any given time, ten to fifteen percent of the local churches in the United Church of Christ are engaged in plans for construction or renovation. Most of these situations have an accessibility component to the building plans. When attempting to borrow money from traditional financing sources, churches have long been challenged by disinterested bankers.
In 1994, the Cornerstone Fund was created to make loans to established churches of the United Church of Christ for a wide range of property-related projects, including accessibility. To create the pool of funds from which to make loans, the Cornerstone Fund began offering investment opportunities to individuals, churches and other UCC-related organizations. Today, we celebrate that many of our UCC churches are accessible because of the investments from our churches, and because of the loans provided by the Cornerstone Fund.
For more information, visit Cornerstone Fund.