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Plant
With
Purpose
Wins
2016
Best
Annual
Report
Award
$50,000
cash
prize
awarded
by
Counsel
&
Capital
SAN
DIEGONovember
30,
2016San
Diego-based
Plant
With
Purpose
won
Counsel
&
Capitals
2016
Best
Annual
Report
Prize,
including
a
$50,000
cash
prize.
A
panel
of
esteemed
judges,
including
executive
leadership
from
the
Christian
Leadership
Alliance,
Fiduciary
Counsel,
and
Forgiven
Communities,
reviewed
submissions
from
Christian
nonprofits
across
the
nation.
Plant
With
Purposes
FY2015
Annual
Report
was
selected
as
the
winner
based
on
rigid
criteria
focusing
on
the
elements
of
an
effective
annual
report.
Counsel
&
Capital
is
a
nonprofit
that
serves
Christians
pursuing
biblical
priorities.
Founded
in
1998,
Counsel
&
Capital
invigorates
Christian
ministries
and
donors
by
advocating
biblically-based
principles
of
governance
and
giving.
Counsel
&
Capital
focuses
on
building
bridges
of
confidence
between
left-brain
dominant
donors
and
Christian
ministries.
In
2017,
Counsel
&
Capital
will
award
three
cash
prizes:
best
annual
report,
best
letter
from
the
CEO,
and
most
effective
focus.
Plant
With
Purpose,
a
Christian
nonprofit
organization
founded
in
1984,
reverses
deforestation
and
poverty
around
the
world
by
transforming
the
lives
of
the
rural
poor.
More
than
32,500
farming
families
are
literally
growing
out
of
poverty
through
Plant
With
Purposes
innovative
program
that
focuses
on
environmental
restoration,
economic
empowerment,
and
spiritual
renewal.
The
$50,000
cash
award
will
be
used
to
empower
rural
farming
families
in
seven
countries
around
the
world.
The
funds
will
help
Plant
With
Purpose
achieve
their
annual
goals
of
partnering
with
more
than
32,500
farming
families,
planting
3.4
million
trees,
partnering
with
89
new
churches,
and
starting
188
new
savings-and-loan
groups.
Specifically,
the
prize
will
enable
Plant
With
Purpose
to
equip
10
community
development
groups,
in
turn
allowing
250
families
restore
their
land
and
their
lives.
Cody
Small
of
San
Diego-based
Caava
Design
worked
attentively
with
Plant
With
Purpose
to
create
the
award-winning
report.
You
can
view
the
report
at
plantwithpurpose.org/financials.
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Contact:
Jeannie
Cox
jeannie@counselandcapital.org