2025 Annual Report
Our Annual Report is here — a snapshot of how purpose turns into impact. Inside, you’ll find stories, updates, and a closer look at how KMF supports churches, students, and communities. Take a look — you’re part of the story.
Our Annual Report is here — a snapshot of how purpose turns into impact. Inside, you’ll find stories, updates, and a closer look at how KMF supports churches, students, and communities. Take a look — you’re part of the story.
We’re excited to welcome Susan Brinkman as our new Kansas City Development Coach!
Susan joined the Foundation in February, bringing decades of leadership and fundraising experience to this newly created role. She’ll be focusing on holistic development support across the KC area, including legacy and endowment gifts, and partnering with local churches and missions.
Before joining KMF, Susan served as Executive Director of Southwick House — a nonprofit providing transitional housing for women and families. At Southwick, Susan led a successful $3.6M capital campaign to build a new transitional housing facility in Emporia, KS. Her background also includes 20 years in administrative and teaching roles at Emporia State University, and in 2023, she was elected Mayor of Emporia.
A proud ESU alum with degrees in psychology, photography, and counseling, Susan is originally from Lenexa — making her return to the KC metro a meaningful full-circle moment of service.
Tyler Curtis, Chief Development Officer, is excited to collaborate with Susan to build a successful program: “I feel blessed to have Susan working with Methodists in the Kansas City area. Her professional skills and background coupled with her personality and ties to the region will enhance and expand KMF’s services in this growing region.”
Director of Finance Gloria Markus reaches two decades of steady leadership and lasting impact
When Gloria Markus tells people she has worked at the Kansas Methodist Foundation for 20 years, there’s often a pause. She doesn’t look like someone who has spent half her life in one place. But it’s true — and it says a lot about both Gloria and the Foundation she has grown alongside.
A McPherson native, Gloria earned a degree in Business Administration from Emporia State
University in 2005, starting at KMF as the Administrative Assistant almost immediately after graduating.
Over the years, as the Foundation has changed, her role changed too. In 2015, during a time of new leadership, she became Director of External Relations. Later that same year, when another employee left, Gloria stepped into a new position and became
the Director of Finance — a role she still holds today.
In her 20 years at KMF, the Foundation’s work has shifted. What was once focused more on church loans is now centered on church investments, grants, and estate planning. Gloria has been there through it all, including a pivotal change to the Foundation’s
Certificate of Participation program, when CPs were redeemed at maturity and the program paused until new regulations were in place. She has also helped plan and support milestone moments in the life of the Foundation, including its 50th anniversary celebration in 2014 and the Legacy Lunch for Donors in 2019 — events that honored the past while strengthening relationships for the future.
While Gloria has worked at the same place, the place hasn’t always been the same. She has remained flexible and adaptable through three different leadership changes.
Gloria may not be the front-facing voice of the Foundation, but her work plays a key role in its success. Her favorite part of the job is building relationships with donors and church authorized signers.
Outside of work, Gloria enjoys spending time with her family and reading. She is raising three children - Hannah, Olivia, and Sam — with her husband, Zach.
She has built her life while working at KMF — growing up, getting married, and raising her family along the way. Looking ahead, Gloria hopes to continue making a difference for Methodist churches and to be a trusted resource for donors well into the future.
Dustin Petz, KMF President/CEO, considers Gloria a tremendous blessing: “I am honored to serve with her.”
The Kansas Methodist Foundation is currently seeking a KC Area Development Coach to join our team. If interested, please click below for the job description and how to apply.
In 2024, KMF continued growing our ministry with Methodist families, churches, and organizations. We are called into this unique ministry of stewardship and generosity so that together we make a lasting difference in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us on this shared journey.
The Board of Trustees of the Kansas Methodist Foundation, after an extensive review through the last six months, voted to adjust the asset allocation for both the Balanced Fund and Equity Fund, effective October 1, 2024. The allocation adjustments will reduce the investments in international equities in both funds, and will integrate more use of an index fund for the U.S. equity portion. The Board believes that these modifications will help KMF better meet the needs of the churches and agencies in Kansas, as well as slightly reduce the risk of the two funds.
The new asset allocation for the Balanced Fund offered through KMF is as follows:
25% US Equity Fund,
20% US Equity Index Fund,
20% International Equity, and
35% Fixed Income Fund.
The new asset allocation for the Equity Fund offered through KMF is as follows:
40% US Equity Fund,
30% US Equity Index Fund, and
30% International Equity.
If you have questions about this change or would like to visit about modifying your asset allocation, please contact us. We seek to continue to offer strong investment options that serve your ministry well. We also welcome your feedback for how we can continue to improve. You can contact Gloria (gloria@kansasmethodistfoundation.org) or Dustin (dustin@kansasmethodistfoundation.org).
Throughout the past year KMF has moved our sub accounting system to a new platform. This upgrade allows our donors and partners to see their funds via an online fund portal. To access this portal, you can to go to our website, www.kansasmethodistofundation.org, and click on a button called Access My Fund at the top right of our homepage. You can also use this link: https://kmf.fcsuite.com/erp/fundmanager.
You will need to establish a username and password, most likely the username is the email address that the fund statement was emailed to you at. If you click on “Forgot Password”, you will receive a link via email to create your password. If this way doesn’t work, please contact the Foundation to manually set up your username.
This portal will allow you to see the current fund(s) we have in our system connected to you, asset allocations, documents related to each fund, and recent activity. Additionally, you can review past activity and see previous statements. Another benefit provided in this new upgrade, is that fund advisors can initiate distributions or withdrawals from the online access.
If you have questions or problems, please connect with us as we continue to improve this new technology. Thank you for our relationship and your generosity.
Grace and Peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for partnering with the Kansas Methodist Foundation through a Certificate of Participation. Through your investment, the Foundation is able to provide loans to Methodist churches and organizations to further their ministries. We are grateful for you.
Recently the Kansas Methodist Foundation transitioned to a new sub-accounting system for our total ministry to better serve our churches, organizations, and families. We have discovered in this transition that we will have to make two changes to our Certificate of Participation program, which we seek to share with you in this notice letter.
If you should have any questions regarding your investment or our services, please contact our office
Sincerely,
Rev. Dr. Dustin D. Petz
President and CEO
The Kansas Methodist Foundation is grateful to serve your ministry through our sustainable and socially responsible investment program. Thank you for our ministry together and for investing with us. We seek to help you steward well and grow your resources for ministry. We appreciate you.
In our effort to continue strengthen our administration, KMF has updated our accounting software to better serve our partners. This change comes with it the option to assess our KMF administration fee more accurately for the funds we manage. The administrative fees are not changing. What is changing is that we will base the administrative fee on the average daily balance for the fund for the month, instead of based on the fair market value of the fund as of the last day of the month. This change will be effective starting in May 2024.
For the most part, this change will not impact funds very much, but will more accurately reflect the appropriate administrative fee.
If you would like to visit with me about this change or anything else related to your investment funds at KMF, please let me know. I would be honored to visit so that we can serve well. You can contact me dustin@kansasmethodistfoundation.org or by calling the office at (620) 664-9623.
The Kansas Methodist Foundation is grateful to serve you in support of your stewardship and generosity. Thank you for our ministry together.
Sincerely,
Rev. Dr. Dustin D. Petz
President and CEO
In 2022, KMF continued growing our ministry with Methodist families, churches, and organizations. We are called into this unique ministry of stewardship and generosity so that together we make a lasting difference in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us on this shared journey.