The Caleb Fund
The Caleb Fund is focused on serving, supporting and, when necessary, rescuing vulnerable children who are at risk, including their single parent, caregiver or family struggling with them. And now in our lifetime, a young Joshua generation is especially awakened to this need and are going into dark places around the world to bring light, hope and tangible resources to free them and enable them to achieve their God given potential.
Caleb and Joshua, of course, are immortalized in Scripture in Numbers, Chapter 13-14, (4th book of the Torah/Old Testament respectively). After decades in the wilderness, the people of Israel had finally arrived at the outskirts of the land of Canaan which God had promised them. It was a beautiful and fertile region. It was also heavily fortified and defended by tall, strong and robust people. Moses deployed a representative from each of the 12 tribes of Israel to “spy out the land.” Ten of the leaders brought back a fearful report and recommended retreat. Caleb and Joshua urged the people to trust God and His promises. Their faith and courage affirmed that they could in fact take down these “giants.”
It is in the New Testament that we understand fully that the real enemy harming our children, these “giants”, are not flesh and blood but, “rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world, and spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12). Once again, as we trust God and His promises we will “tear down strongholds”, we will take down these evil spiritual giants who hurt our children (2 Corinthians 10: 3-5). In addition to our website https://thecalebfund.org the ongoing journey of The Caleb Fund and our focus on children will be broadcast on my podcast “Tearing Down Strongholds.” Join us weekly on this journey!
And since we are at WAR against the principalities and powers of darkness, please pray for The Caleb Fund that we will be blessed with:
*Wisdom *Allies *Resources
THANK YOU so much – – – – Dr. Ralph Plumb
Resource Development
My professional experience includes acquisition of charitable donations and earned income strategies as well as investment capital. This includes:
Traditional Sources
- Major Donor Development
- Grants (public & private)
- Corporate Gifts
- Capital Campaigns
- Social Media
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Gifts-in Kind
Social Enterprise and Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Social enterprise involves assisting charitable organizations to develop earned income strategies outside of traditional fundraising methods. Redemptive Entrepreneurship is focused on empowering individuals and communities to develop new skills to create sustainable income. Many have been removed from severely disadvantaged circumstances, some from forced labor or commercial sex industries.
As with all businesses, social enterprise and redemptive entrepreneurship deliver goods and services. The difference is that “redemptive” purposes are at the heart of what they do, with profits reinvested not distributed to shareholders. These enterprises operate in almost every industry from health care to renewable energy, from retail to recycling, from housing to education. Whatever they do, they do it differently from typical business, because they are driven by a mission, and are focused on the communities they serve.
Noted below are a few social enterprise initiatives in which I have been involved.
* Kinshasa, Congo – Partner in an agri-business providing fresh grown and delivered food, hiring at least 70% of women who are single heads of households. We, of course, have major export contracts and clients as well. (See Learn More link)
* Los Angeles – Developed a commercial urban laundry service through a charity to serve Skid Row clients.
*Southern California – Developed a Synod-wide program to repurpose underutilized urban church properties.
* Qinghai, Tibet – Supported an export income stream for women who weave traditional carpets in their home, by providing a simple loom and raw materials. The facilitators were missionaries.
*Ometepa, Nicaragua – Provided a mobile diagnostic laboratory unit which now accelerates diagnosis and treatment, and generates income for this island community. (See 2nd Learn More link)
* Luzon, Philippines – Support given to local small plot farmers to plant, harvest and sell two cash crops (cashew and cacao).
Transformative change
Change is inevitable. Thriving is a choice. Every individual and organization is headed in one of two directions – toward decline or toward deep, serious change. Choosing not to change is choosing slow death. Take advantage of our “individual” or “organizational” vision-based planning process called Strategic FuturingTM This process engages you in reflection, visioning, analysis, dialogue, planning and action. It is a navigational tool which will better integrate your personal vision and purpose with your business or ministry goals and objectives.
SAMPLE OF CLIENTS SERVED
