Friends, Supporters, and Partners,

2025 was a year of deepening impact and growing influence for RootedGood as we continued our dual focus on resourcing churches and leaders and catalyzing systems-level change for the good of our communities. View the 2025 Annual Report here.

Through the Good Futures Accelerator and our expanding suite of How to Guides, we resourced thousands of churches across the country as they reimagined the use of their buildings, land, and assets for mission and community good. Almost 300 churches have now completed or are engaged in the Good Futures Accelerator course and they are telling us that the course works.

Along the way, we strengthened national denominational partnerships and launched new initiatives to help churches move from vision to action—including the first grant from our new million dollar Good Next Step pre-development program that we hope will lead to more than $450 million in development on church land in Wisconsin.

At the same time, RootedGood leaned into its catalytic role. Through original research, our Fieldworks design sprint, working with 30 partner organizations, and reaching more than 100,000 people via thought leadership, we helped shape the broader conversation about the future of church property and mission-aligned development.

We are deeply grateful for the partners, supporters, and churches who made this work possible, and we look forward to continuing this vital mission together in 2026.

Gratefully,
The RootedGood team of Shannon, Mark, Mark, Angela, Tito and Alison

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