DBC Foundation Funds

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Summaries of Current DBC Foundation Funds

The following paragraphs describe each of the individual funds currently held within the Dunwoody Baptist Church (DBC) Foundation (Foundation), along with their primary purposes and objectives. The funds are listed, chronologically, according to the year in which they were established. 

MISSIONS FUND (1983)
The Missions Fund was created in 1983 through a gift of approximately $5 million from the Cecil B. Day estate. Quarterly distributions from the Fund are used to supplement DBC’s Missions Initiatives. These monies, together with designated Missions funds that comprise a significant portion of the church’s annual operating budget, are administered by DBC’s Missions Council.

BELL COUNSELING FUND (1991)
The J. Gerald Bell Memorial Fund provides financial support to DBC members in need of counseling assistance. Fund proceeds are administered primarily by the pastors of DBC.

ADOPTION FUND (2022)
This Fund provides financial assistance to families as they pursue adoptions. An Advisory Team, consisting of church members who have knowledge of and affection for adoptions, administers the adoption grants. The Adoption Fund provides matching grants to help cover the costs of adoption. Post-adoption expenses may also be eligible for reimbursement. Currently, the Advisory Team has engaged Promise 686 to assist with the vetting process and to offer recommendations to the adopting family on how to partner with adoption agencies and how to navigate private adoptions. 

COLUMBARIUM FUND (2022)
Investment earnings on this Fund are used for maintenance of the Columbarium over and above normal periodic maintenance expenses, including improvements and additions to the Columbarium.

MACK HANNAH STUDENT MINISTRY FUND (2022)
The Hannah Fund was established in honor of DBC’s former Senior Pastor (and a former Youth Minister at other Baptist Churches). Investment earnings on Fund assets provide additional financial support to DBC’s Student Ministry, over and above the regular support provided in the church’s annual operating budget.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND (2023)
The Capital Improvements Fund provides support to cover significant costs associated with previously unbudgeted DBC capital improvement projects, including plant and equipment acquisitions and facilities improvements. The Fund is administered by a committee comprised of at least two Foundation Board Members, DBC’s Executive Pastor, and DBC’s Church Administrator.  

DENTAL FUND (2023)
This fund provides financial support for dental programs and activities supported by DBC. The Fund may be used to launch and sustain dental clinics, as well as address other dental needs identified by DBC. The Fund is administered by a committee comprised of at least one Foundation Board Member and DBC’s Church Administrator.

OPERATIONS FUND (2023)
This Fund receives unrestricted gifts made to the Foundation. Monies are used to cover the Foundation’s operating expenses and for other purposes as approved by the Foundation Board.

ALLEN AND JUDI JACKSON GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FUND (2025)
Earnings on this endowed Fund are used to provide scholarships to full-time graduate students attending Baptist seminaries preparing to enter the ministry or mission field. Priority will be given to DBC members, although scholarship funds may also be used to assist other future church or mission pastors who demonstrate a need or outstanding leadership potential, and who possess backgrounds worthy of support. Priority is also given to metro-Atlanta residents in hopes that internships at DBC can be arranged during graduate studies. Scholarship applications are reviewed by a five-person Advisory Committee composed of two members of the Foundation Board and three DBC members. DBC’s Senior Pastor serves as an ex-officio member of this Advisory Committee. Church members are enlisted by the Senior Pastor with the objective of having several diverse voices at the table. Criteria for the Application include initiative, testimony, undergraduate degree from an accredited institution, and an interview.

DBC STAFF TRANSITION LOAN FUND (2025)
This Fund’s purpose is to enhance the ability of DBC pastors and directors to maintain a residence in reasonable proximity to DBC, despite the relatively high cost of housing in Dunwoody and surrounding areas. Through this Fund, DBC pastors and directors can access a loan at the lowest available rate, which would be repaid to the Foundation upon the sale of the property or refinance of the loan. These loans would typically be in the form of secondary term loans secured by the underlying real estate, requiring, at a minimum, annual interest payments. The amount of loan funding provided to each DBC pastor/director requiring assistance is determined and approved by the Senior Pastor, Church Administrator, Personnel Committee, and Foundation Board.

CAPITAL AND ACQUISITION FUND (2025)
The Capital and Acquisition Fund provides financial support for significant capital projects, seed money for capital campaigns, and funds for acquisitions of property identified by DBC. Significant capital projects are defined as those projects that would otherwise require a capital campaign to fund. Capital and property acquisition funding needs identified by DBC or the Foundation will be initially reviewed by a committee consisting of at least two Foundation Board members, DBC’s Executive Pastor and the Church Administrator. Ultimately, the full Foundation Board of Directors must approve all monies transferred from this Fund to DBC.