Resources for managing your money faithfully

If you want to live out your faith through the spending, giving, and investing of your funds, take a look at these resources.

Spending wisely

The Next Progressive Era [1]
Read more from Catholic Ray Boshara about the ideals of entrepreneurship, stewartship, and thrift.

Sabbath Economics [2]
Money management from a biblical perspective

Fair trade resources [3] from U.S. Catholic

Charitable giving: Microfinancing sites

DonorsChoose [4]
Enhance the education of children by funding classroom-level projects.

GiveCard [5]
Encourage giving by others by purchasing a gift card that allows recipients to direct $5.00 to the charity of their choice.

Givology [6]
Give to grass-roots educational projects in the developing world; direct your dollars to specific projects, like rebuilding schools.

Kiva [7]
Lend money to entrepreneurs in a global effort to reduce poverty.

Mini Donations [8]
Round up purchases to the nearest dollar and give the difference to selected organizations. Giving can be tracked to the penny.

Small Can Be Big [9]
Donate directly to families on the verge of homelessness.

Socially responsible investing

Social Investment Forum [10]

Social Funds [11]

Calvert Foundation [12]

Faith-centered investing

Investing for Catholics [13]

Invest Catholic [14]
Site for Trinity Fiduciary Paterners, which created the Epiphany Fund [15].

Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility [16]

International Interfaith Investment Group [17]

MMA Praxis [18] (Mennonite Mutual Aid)

This article accompanies "In God we trust," which appeared in the June 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 6, pages 12-16).