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Christian Foundation of America

Westlake Village, CA

Foundation

About Christian Foundation of America

Christian Foundation of America's Mission: "Inspiring Generosity for Christian Impact"CFA provides comprehensive charitable planning, funds management and trust fiduciary services for faith-centered individuals and families who desire to make a lasting impact for Christian purposes while optimizing giving with "tax-smart" strategies. CFA also works with churches and other ministry organizations seeking complex charitable gift planning and long-term charitable funds management. We help them understand how to maximize charitable impact through sophisticated giving strategies. Our specialized expertise in donor advised funds, complex asset gifts, charitable trusts, and endowment management enables clients to optimize tax benefits while advancing their philanthropic objectives.Operating as a trusted partner within existing advisory relationships such as financial advisors, estate attorneys, tax CPAs and others, CFA delivers the specialized expertise and implementation for advanced charitable vehicles. Our services encompass gift planning, complex asset gift acceptance and sale, asset management, and trust administration, ensuring efficient deployment of charitable resources aligned with donor intent.Since the early 2000’s, CFA has managed comprehensive charitable planning services, as a Christian foundation serving nationally. CFA is a sought after solution for custom, complex charitable solution by individuals and other Christian ministries.

What “Highly Trusted” Means

Highly Trusted reflects a ministry's commitment to operating transparently and accountably beyond Christian-specific stewardship standards alone. This ministry has been verified against fourteen of fifteen criteria of The Most Trusted Standard — demonstrating biblical financial integrity, sound governance, and a complete framework of governance policies.

What distinguishes Highly Trusted is the additional commitment to public transparency. This ministry has made its financial records, governance information, and program reporting accessible to the public, putting its operations in the open where any donor can examine them.

What We've Verified

This ministry has been verified against 14 of 15 criteria in The Most Trusted Standard.

Faith Foundation

  • Christian Statement of Faith Affirms a clear, public statement of faith aligned with historic orthodox Christian doctrine. Verified
  • Biblical Mission and Stewardship Operates with a mission explicitly grounded in Christian principles and biblical stewardship of resources entrusted to it. Verified
  • Christian Accountability Maintains accountability to recognized standards of Christian financial integrity and ministry stewardship. Verified

Financial Integrity

  • Independent Financial Review Undergoes annual independent financial audit, review, or compilation appropriate to organizational size and complexity. Verified
  • Reasonable Compensation Practices Discloses executive compensation and demonstrates compensation practices appropriate to the organization's size, scope, and sector. Verified
  • Donor Intent Honored Honors donor intent on designated and restricted gifts, ensuring contributions are used as donors directed. Verified

Governance and Leadership

  • Independent Governing Board Operates under an independent governing board with a majority of members who are not staff, related to staff, or otherwise compromised in independence. Verified
  • Documented Conflict-of-Interest Policies Maintains and follows documented conflict-of-interest policies to protect the organization and those it serves. Verified
  • No Outstanding Concerns Shows no unresolved regulatory, legal, or accountability concerns that would compromise donor trust. Verified

Transparency and Effectiveness

  • Truthful Communications Communicates truthfully and accurately in fundraising appeals, public communications, and donor reporting. Verified
  • Active Program Activity Consistent with Mission Demonstrates active program activity consistent with the organization's stated mission and purpose. Verified
  • Comprehensive Public Financial Disclosure Makes complete financial records and Form 990 (or applicable equivalent) accessible to the public through recognized third-party platforms. Verified
  • Public Governance and Program Reporting Publicly discloses board composition, key leadership, and detailed program information so donors can see how the organization is run and what it does. Verified
  • Full Suite of Governance Policies Maintains and discloses a complete framework of governance policies, including whistleblower and document-retention policies in addition to conflict-of-interest protections. Verified
  • Independent Performance Evaluation Has undergone independent evaluation of financial efficiency, program spending, and operational performance against rigorous sector benchmarks, with results confirming performance at the highest standard. Not verified at this tier

Christian Foundation of America meets our Highly Trusted tier standards. Most Trusted ministries additionally demonstrate independently evaluated performance against sector benchmarks.