Matching Compassion with Action.
For generations, the Brethren tradition of mutual aid has been rooted in a simple idea: when someone in the community is facing hardship, we help carry the burden together.
The Brethren Mutual Aid Share Fund continues that tradition today by partnering with churches, camps, and ministries to turn compassion into practical support. Through grants, matching assistance, and ministry investment, the Share Fund helps local ministries respond to real needs and strengthen the communities they serve.
Our roots reach back to the mutual aid movement that began among Brethren communities in the late 1800s, when neighbors gathered to help one another recover from fires, storms, financial hardship, and loss. The methods have changed, but the purpose remains the same: people caring for people, churches serving their communities, and resources being shared where they can make a difference.
Today, the Share Fund carries that work forward alongside congregations, donors, and ministry partners across the country. Together, we help local acts of compassion go further.
Matching Compassion with Action.
Faith in Action. Practical Support.
Local care. Shared support.
The Brethren Mutual Aid Share Fund partners with churches, camps, and ministries that are already caring for people and serving their communities.
Rather than replacing local ministry, we help strengthen it with additional financial resources that allow compassion, outreach, and service to go further.
Compassion Match Grant
When an eligible church or ministry is already helping an individual or family through a crisis, the Share Fund can help multiply that care.
We match eligible benevolent assistance up to $1,000 per year.
Learn about Compassion Match GrantsMinistry in Action Grant
Churches, camps, and ministries are also doing ongoing work that strengthens the communities around them.
Ministry in Action Grants provide larger financial support for active ministries, outreach programs, and services that are already responding to real needs.
Learn about Ministry in Action GrantsWe believe local ministries are closest to the need.
Churches and ministries know the people they serve. They understand the circumstances, relationships, and needs within their communities.
The Share Fund comes alongside that local work with additional resources, helping ministries respond with both compassion and practical support.
This keeps care rooted in relationship while allowing each gift, program, and act of service to reach farther.
Many partners make this work possible.
The Share Fund is sustained by support from Mutual Aid Agency, churches, organizations, and individual donors who believe in putting mutual aid into action.
Mutual Aid Agency remains a foundational partner, providing financial support and helping connect churches and ministries with Share Fund resources.
Provides ongoing financial and promotional partnership.
Identify needs, provide care, and lead local ministry.
Help expand the resources available for ministry and mutual aid.