Sarah B Matthews

Sarah B. Matthews is in her second decade as a financial resources consultant. She currently serves Visiting Nurse Health System as the director of individual giving. Actively involved in church ministry since 1989, she has worked with churches in most mainline denominations from Rhode Island to Florida, but because Sarah is an Episcopal Church rector's wife, she is keenly aware of the challenges involved in funding campaigns in churches. Her consulting work has been with Cargill Associates ...See more

Sarah B. Matthews is in her second decade as a financial resources consultant. She currently serves Visiting Nurse Health System as the director of individual giving. Actively involved in church ministry since 1989, she has worked with churches in most mainline denominations from Rhode Island to Florida, but because Sarah is an Episcopal Church rector's wife, she is keenly aware of the challenges involved in funding campaigns in churches. Her consulting work has been with Cargill Associates (Texas) and the Episcopal Church Foundation (New York) and independently through Matthews Consulting (Georgia), and has helped her clients raise over $10 million. Her breadth of knowledge and experience include discernment and visioning services, feasibility studies, capital campaigns, annual fund drives, asset mapping and strategic planning, and leadership development. She is also a speaker and trainer at the diocesan and conference levels and has been the director of development at a small Christian university. Sarah is currently serving on the advisory board for Emmaus House, a ministry of the Diocese of Atlanta, and served on the Commission on Stewardship for the Diocese of Atlanta for eight years. Sarah is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and has earned the Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. Sarah is a past board member, having served as secretary/treasurer for The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (2011-2014). Before focusing on church consulting, Sarah served as the founding director of the Kingsport Community Foundation. She directed the education and training efforts of a large national Christian association, and spent eight years in the hospitality and meeting planning industry. Sarah earned a BS in communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. See less