Continuing a legacy of support
to what matters forever.
About
The RUMC Foundation. Inc. grants touch people at every age and life stage, enable missionary work around the corner and around the world. They provide improvements to church facilities so that RUMC can continue to physically accommodate a wide variety of programs that impact the RUMC community, as well as the community at large.
The RUMC Foundation, Inc. is funded through direct donations, planned charitable gifts such as bequests and trusts, and investment appreciation. Because the primary asset base is preserved in perpetuity, Foundation donations are gifts that keep on giving.
2021 Annual Review
2020 Annual Review
2022 Annual Report
Money & Faith - Winter 2022
2023 Annual Report
History
The RUMC Foundation exists today because of the visionary actions of Larry Mashburn and Dr. Rev. Malone Dodson. Larry was a partner at a Christian financial planning firm, and Malone was the RUMC Senior Pastor. Together, they assembled a committee in 1989. In 1991, the first annual Malone Dodson Golf Tournament was held, providing the Foundation with funding to start operating under RUMC. Malone was initially humble about the tournament name but was grateful that the tournament was—and still is—a success. In 1998, the RUMC Foundation, Inc. became officially independently incorporated. The first endowments established were the RUMCF Operational Endowment (1991), the Asa David Blitchington Memorial Endowment (1998), and the Charles Wells Endowment (2000). As of 2025, the Foundation has $7 million in investments with strategic partners Georgia United Methodist Foundation. It has over 50 endowments, which grant an average of $200,000 annually!