“I am convinced that UNDIVIDED is a SPIRITUAL MOVEMENT of the people of God.”

Letter from the CEO

Dear Undivided

During a season of great turmoil, the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah invites the people of God to “shout for joy” and “burst into song” because God is bigger than the crisis at hand (Isaiah 54). Isaiah then calls the people to take action:

“Enlarge the place of your tent,
      stretch your tent curtains wide,
      do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
      strengthen your stakes.”

During these tumultuous days, these words resonate with my spirit and provide clarity for the path ahead. I am convinced that UNDIVIDED is a spiritual movement of the people of God. I know that as the people of God, we are called to continuously make room! We don’t hunker down and circle the wagons when things are hard, we throw open the tent flaps and boldly proclaim, “There is room for you here!” Therefore, we need to press in and strengthen our stakes to stay firmly rooted in the hope of our God. A bigger tent requires deeper stakes.

At UNDIVIDED, we’re committed to continuously making room in this community as we stay deeply rooted in Jesus. To that end, we have included four powerful impact stories, from people who are part of the UNDIVIDED community. I want to encourage you to read these stories and/or view the companion videos that accompany them. These stories will enlarge your soul and encourage you as an UNDIVIDED supporter.

I’m so proud of the work we have done over the course of 2023. My hope is this report reminds you that you belong here. My challenge for you is this: who else needs to be here?

Who do you know that is longing for justice? Who is looking for a healing and listening community rooted in Jesus? Who is ready to roll up their sleeves for action?

UNDIVIDED begins with you and this movement takes all of us.

Yours in hope & solidarity,
Chuck Mingo

THE UNDIVIDED CALLING

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Meet Dani.

“UNDIVIDED
  begins with me”

Cohorts By the Numbers

In 2023, 844 people participated in an UNDIVIDED cohort experience. Cumulatively, we led 30 multi-week cohorts across 19 cities in 12 different states; each taking place over 7 weeks and leveraging 2 or more facilitators trained in UNDIVIDED’s 12 hour facilitator training.

What were the cohorts like?

18

Participant ages ranged
from 18 to 94 years old.

94

Participants were 40% BIPOC and 60% White.

The majority of participants in church
cohorts were women (64%).

The corporate and business cohorts were
nearly balanced at 50% women and men.

“Through my participation in UNDIVIDED, I established new and fruitful relationships. Several from our group are continuing to meet so that we can lift each other up and grow together. I feel God is using our new connections to mobilize each of us in our communities. After completing the cohort, I have a new sense of hope and connectedness through new relationships. So grateful for this experience.”

- ELAINE, COHORT PARTICIPANT

Did you know?

We have built UNDIVIDED programs to serve both Christian (LivingUNDIVIDED™) and non-faith based contexts (WorkingUNDIVIDED™).

Meet Michael.

“Navigating the terrain of DEI in 2023”

Measured Change

The UNDIVIDED learning experiences help participants grow in empathy – it’s one of the biggest value-adds that our cohorts and workshops bring to organizations, churches and communities.

Pre- and post-cohort survey data from participants in 2023 showed the following changes:

“DO YOU ACTIVELY LISTEN TO PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAN YOURS?”

Before UNDIVIDED 38% strongly agreed. 
After UNDIVIDED 56% strongly agreed.

18% INCREASE IN THOSE WHO STRONGLY AGREED

“DO YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE OF ANOTHER RACE VIEW THE SITUATION?”

Before UNDIVIDED 16% almost all the time.
After UNDIVIDED 61% almost all the time.

45% INCREASE IN THOSE WHO TRY ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME

Spotlight on Workshops

In 2023, UNDIVIDED delivered 15 Workshops to businesses and organizations ranging from conference presentations to Fortune 500 companies. Through these new, short-format learning experiences, over 800 people across 10 cities experienced UNDIVIDED content in these 1- to 8-hour sessions. While the Workshop topics varied from “The Power of Story” to “Leading with Empathy,” each is based in the framework of reflect, connect, and direct. You can learn more here about UNDIVIDED’s Workshop offerings and how they can support your team or organization.

15 WORKSHOPS

800 PEOPLE

1-8 HR SESSIONS

“These sessions gave me skills and willingness to face racial divisiveness without fearing being offensive. There have been times I just brushed off racial tension. Now I know that there are ways to address those issues without confrontation.”

- JAMES, COHORT PARTICIPANT

MEET STEPHANIE.

“What does civic engagement have to do with justice?”

Creating Real Change

UNDIVIDED experiences help shape participants, but what about after? Pre- and post-cohort survey data from participants in 2023 showed the following changes:

“YOU FEEL A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK TOWARD RACIAL JUSTICE WITHIN SOCIETY/YOUR COMMUNITY.”

Increased from 82% of participants who agreed or strongly agreed to 87% after participating in UNDIVIDED.

“DO YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE OF ANOTHER RACE VIEW THE SITUATION?”

Increased from 66% of participants who agreed or strongly agreed to 80% after participating in UNDIVIDED.

What did participants do after the UNDIVIDED experience?

“UNDIVIDED showed me how I passively reacted to the topic of race within the church; we talk about it, but there was not as much tangible actions behind it. This helped create the urgency to not run from the pain, lament, and move towards action – bringing along those with different perspectives to be part of the solution.”

- SHANNON, COHORT PARTICIPANT

They signed up to facilitate cohorts to multiply the experience for others.

1,260 HRS

Facilitation hours for cohorts

In 2023, 24 people became newly trained facilitators for a total of 200 certified UNDIVIDED facilitators & producers.

They gave financially to the UNDIVIDED movement.

52

52 monthly donors opted to support sustainability through regular giving. 

755 gifts

There was a 7% increase in the number of gifts given and a 54% increase in total individual giving in 2023.

They volunteered in local justice initiatives.

183

Consistently active volunteers in relational community organizing through their local UNDIVIDED Hub.

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MEET JESSE.

“Doing what makes
you come alive.”

CALL TO ACTION

The Calling is Clear:

THE MOVEMENT TO LIVE UNDIVIDED TAKES ALL OF US.

Our hope is that you are inspired by the progress we are making together, and that you are encouraged to continue to press forward.

While there are so many different ways each of us can bring our gifting to this movement to make a difference – there’s one clear step we hope you will take: be a part of fueling the movement.

Frankly, action requires resources, change requires resources – and resources are ultimately how each of us reflect what is most important to us.

Will you take the step to fuel the movement by making a financial gift to UNDIVIDED today? Make the gift that is right for you.

READY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPACT? REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM TODAY TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET MORE INVOLVED THROUGH GIFTS OF TIME, TALENT, AND TREASURE.

A one-time gift to help underwrite LivingUNDIVIDED cohorts ($3,000 needed per cohort)

A monthly gift to demonstrate your ongoing commitment to racial healing & justice (as little as a cup of coffee or pizza order each month makes a difference over time)

A relational gift – buy a copy of the Living Undivided book for someone in your life.

FINANCIAL DATA AND

A NOTE FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR

When I was asked recently to share an update on UNDIVIDED’s progress with some of our incredible donors, I felt led to talk with them about imagination. It was a spark of imagination that first brought me to the work of UNDIVIDED in 2015 when Chuck began to share his vision for a future that could be. And it is the hope of imagination, fueled by the progress we have seen over the past few years, that keeps me in this work with all of you.

But there is more to this work of racial justice than what we can imagine ourselves. In his letter to Ephesians, the apostle Paul writes, “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…” Our hope for racial healing and justice, when rooted in the power of Christ, is the confidence that God will do immeasurably more than we can even begin to imagine. What I love about this passage is that Paul reminds us that still have a role to play – even though the results are God’s and the power is God’s – he still chooses to be at work with us. We need to allow Christ to be fully at work in us and surrender our will to his, which helps us imagine transformation together, work together, pursue healing together, and champion justice together. But let’s also be reminded that God is able to do immeasurably more.

It has been a joy to serve as UNDIVIDED’s Board Chair over the last year. On behalf of the UNDIVIDED Board, thank you for partnering with us to imagine a flow of racial healing and justice that repairs wounds and cultivates equitable systems where all people flourish.

Thank you,

Illya Thomas, Board Chair

2023 Board Members

Illya Thomas, Board Chair
Alvin Herring
Kyle Ranson
Charla Weiss
Clare Blankemeyer

Revenue, Support and Gains

Expenses

GRATITUDE

All that happened through the UNDIVIDED movement in 2023 happened because of you – the people who fuel the movement. We are honored by the support and investment of our donors and champions who have taken the call to live undivided and made it their mission.

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A Donor Story, JESSica

TO OUR 2023 UNDIVIDED DONORS, THANK YOU! YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY CREATE OPPORTUNITY, INSPIRE HOPE, AND ENABLE OUR IMPACT. 

Claudia Abercrumbie

Jennifer and Jerry Albers

Rhonda Aldrich

Shana Alexander

Matthew Allen

James Anthony

Jean Anthony

Kathleen Bachman

Theresa Bardua

Michael Barnes

Sherri and Michael Barnes

Catherine Basil

Beverly Bea-Reed

David Beaudry

Jim and Vivienne Bechtold

Dale Beck

Achmed and Kathleen Beighle

Elliott Blodgett

Matthew Boorujy

Danny and Heather Bowman

Thomas Bretz

Samuel Brewer

“I give because the work that is happening will directly impact my family for generations”

MONTHLY DONOR, ELLIOTT

Muzette Britt

Ryan Brooks

Doug I Burns

Michael and Tina Burry

DC and Stephanie Canty

Christine Cappel

Connie Carroll

Mary Cassidy

Queen City Church

Virginia Clark

Myra Clark-Foster

Lisa Cole

Jeffrey and Dana Cooper

Brandon and Kendra Coppage

Krys Corley

Eleanor Croley

Donna Davis

Michael Debrosse

Brian Dershaw

Gina Diehl

Danise Distasi

Joe Domiano

Katie Dwyer

Terumi Echols

Michelle and Rich Eggers

Cheryl Ensign

Andrew Finer

Neil and Jessica Forster

Nancy and David Fuller

Andrea Gallien

Rachel Garvey

Geri Geasland

John and Cindy Geer

Fred and Mary Carol Gennett

Judy Gierl

“I give to UNDIVIDED because I want to continue to see progress in the work of social justice and racial healing in our community and beyond. UNDIVIDED gave me the opportunity to learn about my own unconscious biases, and I have continued to be encouraged to read, listen, learn, and connect with others on this journey.”

MONTHLY DONOR, THERESA

Shelby Givens-Blackmon

Michelle Glenn

Anna Goroncy

Elizabeth Goshorn

Omar Gray

Wayne and Sherri Hach

Dane and Desiree Harding

John Harmon

Sue Harvey

Jerome and Michelle Hawthorne

Carol Heagen

Chris and Chrissy Heiert

Christopher and Nicole Heims

Steve Heinzman and Sharon Bergman

Nancy Herdeman

Lindsey Himmler

Brenda Homan

Jim Hudson

Sergei and Hannah Huerta

Season and Dave Huff

Mary Jackson

Troy and Amanda Jackson

Sandy Job-Rivera

Stephanie Johnson

Patrice Jones

Victoria Jones

Jessie Kinney

Tina Kitchings

Joshua Ko

Craig Koerth

“I give because I trust the work UNDIVIDED is doing and want to be a part of it. Learning to love justice and mercy is a process I am in. I feel like I was not born inherently knowing how to make a difference. I feel unequipped and inadequate but don’t want to stay there. I trust that UNDIVIDED can help me learn to pursue racial healing and justice.”

MONTHLY DONOR, HANNAH

Nancy Kozak

Vincent and Jennifer Lam

Craig and Patricia Lange

Becky Lee

Dan Lillback

Dianne Linstruth

Theresa Lowendick

Will and Natalie Lundstrom

April Mack

Donielle Madaris

Renee Mahaffey

Harris Angie

Marks Scott

Martin David and Kimberly Martineau

Tracy Mathews

Ashley Matthews

Ryan and Caroline Max

Micah McFadden

Nan McGinnis

Melissa McMillen

Thomas Mello

Mark Menifee

Jim Meyer

Wayne Box Miller

Dave Mills

Chuck and Maria Mingo

Cheryl Miyamasu

Lynn Money

Jeff Monnin

Jon Montani

Chuck Moore

“The experience of going through UNDIVIDED was eye-opening and game-changing enough for me to want to support its growth so more people can have the experience and education from it. Particularly in a time when governments are ceasing funding to D&I work in public schools and companies are following suit and reducing D&I work, having another resource that’s so experiential is extra critical.”

MONTHLY DONOR, TYANA

Darrell Murrell

Mitchell Mustain and Kristy Davis

Regina Neal

Mark Norman

Marchoe Northern

Mark and Babette Northrop

Genta OBrien

Tyana and Joshua Owings

Lucius Payne

Ray PeGan

Donna Pennington

Vito and Laura Peraino

Jeanne Piccola

David Porter

Russell and Pam Proctor

Delaney Pryor

Kevin and Tracy Rains

Daniel Rajaiah

Theresa Reekers

Donna Reinert

Patricia Ridgeway Kimberly Risma

Nancy Rowleu Christine Sam

Carl and Dawn Satterwhite

Jessica and Ben Sattler

Kathy Schaeffer

Art Schlemmer

Eric and Lindsey Schmidt

Michael Schmidt

Davette Shorter

Laura Shorter

Sandi Slaton

Danielle Smith

Mark Sova

Rick and Jeanene Stephens

Sarah Steverson

Roger Straz

Cole Tague

Teresa Tanner

Fran Tesmond

Illya and Patricia Thomas

Richard Towner

Judith Vermillion

Susan Visconte

A W

Carol Walker

Valerie Walker

Rachel Warden

Dale Ann Watkins

Diana Watkins

Kim Watling

Michael and Carolina Weppler

Nate and Emily Wiebracht

Felicia Williams

As Wilson

Julie Witt

Terry and Shirley Wuske

Darin and Pamela Yates

To our 2023 UNDIVIDED champions, we honor your investments of time and talent! Through your gifts of creativity, leadership, organization, activation, and so much more

Abby Hobbs

Achmed and Kathleen Reighle

Alvine Herring

Andrew Feil

Antiwan Decatur

Becky Lee

Benjamin Shat

Beth Rogers

Brian and Carla Greene

Candice Hayes-McInnis

Carl and Dawn Satterwhite

Carol Walker

Charles Montgomery

Chaz Culp

Chris Perry

Christine Shipman

Chuck Moore

Courtney Stewart

Craig and Patricia Lange

Dale Ann Watkins

Dan Deering

Dane and Desiree Harding

Dani McBride

Dani Williams

Danita Brewer

Darcia Scafidi

Darin Yates

DC and Stephanie Canty

Donna Reinart

Dorell Morrow

Elizabeth Cronlund

Emily Brooks

Emily Morgan

Eric Dorsey

Felicia Williams

Heather Bowman

Ilya and Patricia Thomas

Jasmin Sosa

Jazzy Buchannon

Jennifer Wislocki

Jenny Plumb

Jessica Criner

John & Stephanie Harmon

Joshua and Jessie Heizer

Keith Patridge

Krys Corley

Krystal McMahon

Kyle Ranson

Lane Lareau

Laura Korn

Lorrice Grant

Lucius Payne

Lynne Seibert

Mary Wilson

Megan LaCross

Michael Myers

Michael Weppler

Michelle Williams

Mickeve Regis

Mike Ploucha

Nan and Carl Merrow

Neil and Jessica Forster

Nicole McDaniel

Nora Truit

Phil Willson

Ray Kollbocker

Richard Mealle

Ryan Schaible

Sally Finn

Sandra Perry

Scot and Meagan Gillan

Scott and Carla Weiss

Shelbi Franklin

Shelley Etzenhouser

Stephanie Crider

Sue Harvey

Suzanne Brown

Taisha Rojas-Parker

Tasha Ness

Tatiana Schmidt

Terrah Hunter

Tina Ellis

Tom Seddon

Tony and Clare Blankemeyer

Tracy Mathews

Troy Culbreth

William Livisay

Charde Jones

Edward and Mindy Trujillo

Ashlee and Sam Mello

“I volunteer my time because my heart is broken by racial injustice and systemic inequities, and I asked the Lord to show me what I could possibly do to make a difference. I’m grateful to use my skills and abilities with UNDIVIDED’s talented team to contribute to this vital work in what seems like such a small way for all that is needed and all that they do.”

SHELLEY, LEARNING PRODUCER

SPOTLIGHT ON LEADERSHIP PARTNERS

Who are UNDIVIDED’s Leadership Partners?

Leadership Partners are a small group of committed individual donors who are joining together to fuel a significant step forward in the next chapter of the UNDIVIDED movement. Each Leadership Partner has made a multi-year commitment to support UNDIVIDED in order to provide a sustained base of support. Our agreement with Leadership Partners goes beyond financial giving and includes a commitment to relational connection and feedback.

To date, there are twelve households who have made this commitment to become Leadership Partners. We want to continue to see this circle of committed individuals grow – if you’re interested in learning more, email Caroline Max, Development Manager at caroline.max@undivided.com.

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UNDIVIDED

Annual Report 2023

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