Our most faithful donors often choose to support the Bishop’s Appeal for Ministries through gifts of stock, or other tax-advantaged methods of giving, including:
Donor-Advised Funds
Stock or securities
Qualified Charitable Distributions through your IRA
Real estate
Legacy gifts
If you are 70 ½ or older, you can use your IRA to make a gift to the Bishop’s Appeal tax-free. The age at which one must take a required minimum distribution is now 72 (previously 70 ½).
For more information on how you can make a tax-free gift to the Bishop’s Appeal, please contact the Diocese of Knoxville Stewardship Office at (865) 862-5740 or stewardship@dioknox.org.
Our most faithful donors often choose to support the Bishop’s Appeal for Ministries through gifts of stock, or other tax-advantaged methods of giving, including:
Donor-Advised Funds
Stock or securities
Qualified Charitable Distributions through your IRA
Real estate
Legacy gifts
If you are 70 ½ or older, you can use your IRA to make a gift to the Bishop’s Appeal tax-free. The age at which one must take a required minimum distribution is now 72 (previously 70 ½).
For more information on how you can make a tax-free gift to the Bishop’s Appeal, please contact the Diocese of Knoxville Stewardship Office at (865) 862-5740 or stewardship@dioknox.org.
Your commitment reflects the truth that God invites each of us to see our lives as a vocation, a daily call to love and to welcome others into that love. When you answer that call with generosity, you help build up the Church and strengthen our diocesan family.
Your support of the Bishop’s Appeal for Ministries carries this work forward across East Tennessee by supporting key priorities in our faith community, including:
- Fostering vocations to the priesthood
- Engaging youth and young adults
- Serving neighbors in need
- Forming missionary disciples
- Strengthening our Catholic schools
Thank you for your commitment. Together, we can ensure the Church in East Tennessee thrives for generations to come!
Questions about your 2026 Bishop’s Appeal for Ministries commitment?
Contact the Office of Stewardship at (865) 862-5740 or stewardship@dioknox.org
