The Episcopal Network for Stewardship

What The Episcopal Network for Stewardship does

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) is a San Francisco-based, non-profit membership association founded in 2005 that provides stewardship formation, fundraising campaign resources, and consulting services exclusively to the Episcopal Church. Its core products are annual customizable pledge campaign programs with yearly theological themes (e.g., "Renewing Faith 2026," "Plenty Good Room 2026/27," "Tell Out My Soul 2025/26"), supplemented by capital, annual, feasibility, and planned-giving consulting engagements, a resource library of formation and liturgical materials, the TENS Topics video series, and year-round webinars.

TENS earns revenue through four streams: recurring diocesan and individual membership fees, paid trainings and workshops, merchandise and campaign material sales, and donations (including a TENS Legacy Society planned-giving program). Its go-to-market is community-led: it serves Episcopal dioceses, congregations, vestries, stewardship committees, and clergy through digital content, email newsletters (Constant Contact), webinars, the tens.org storefront, and conference presence at events such as General Convention. Distribution is global in reach but concentrated in U.S. Episcopal constituencies, and it operates a strategic technology partnership with Vanco Faith for payment processing infrastructure. The organization has no proprietary technology platform and is not a technology company; its competitive position rests on domain-specialized content and an embedded member network rather than software.

Name

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship

Legal name

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship

Website

https://tens.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) is a non-profit membership association that provides annual pledge campaigns, stewardship consulting, formation resources, and webinars exclusively to Episcopal Church dioceses, congregations, vestries, and clergy across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Stewardship Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Advancement Services & Donor Operations (CRM, Gift Processing, Stewardship) (EDALAOAD)

Keywords

• Stewardship ministry services
• Church fundraising campaigns
• Annual pledge campaigns
• Nonprofit membership services
• Religious education resources

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Diocesan and organizational memberships providing access to pledge campaign resources, training materials, and special member benefits.
2. Trainings and Workshops: Fees for educational trainings and workshops for stewardship leaders and church staff.
3. Merchandise and Campaign Materials: Sales of TENS merchandise and customizable campaign materials for churches.
4. Donations: Support from individuals and organizations who support the ministry of TENS.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) provides stewardship formation, annual pledge campaign programs, campaign consulting, and training services to Episcopal churches, dioceses, vestries, and clergy across the United States. Its core deliverable is a yearly, theologically aligned, fully customizable pledge campaign package (e.g., Renewing Faith 2026, Tell Out My Soul 2025/26) bundled with a digital resource library, webinars, and consulting engagements, accessed primarily through a diocesan and individual membership program.

Product overview

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) offers a unified suite of stewardship ministry products and services centered around annual pledge campaign programs with yearly themes. The core offering includes customizable Annual Pledge Campaign packages (Renewing Faith 2026, Plenty Good Room 2026/27, Tell Out My Soul 2025/26, and prior years), complemented by professional Campaign Consulting Services (feasibility, capital, annual, and planned giving), a Resource Library with formation materials and TENS Topics video series, Webinars & Events for ongoing education, and Membership programs with exclusive training and workshops. The product portfolio works as an integrated ministry support system for Episcopal congregations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Pledge Campaign Programs Yearly themed, fully customizable pledge campaign packages for Episcopal congregations, including campaign materials, messaging, and merchandise tied to an annual theme (e.g., Renewing Faith 2026, Plenty Good Room 2026/27, Tell Out My Soul 2025/26). Targeted at parishes, vestries, stewardship committees, and dioceses running annual stewardship campaigns.
• Campaign Consulting Services Professional consulting engagements covering Discernment/Feasibility Campaign Consulting, Capital Campaign Consulting, Annual Campaign Consulting, and Planned Giving Program Consulting for Episcopal congregations and dioceses.
• Resource Library Digital repository of stewardship resources for Episcopal churches covering Spirituality & Formation materials, Tools and Best Practices, Liturgical Resources for Stewardship, and the TENS Topics video series.
• TENS Topics Video Series Ten-minute video series featuring Episcopal stewardship leaders discussing specific themes including youth stewardship, hospitality, storytelling, and Anglican perspectives on stewardship, used for member formation and committee training.
• Webinars & Events Year-round webinar and live event program for vestries, stewardship committees, dioceses, and provinces covering pledge campaign preparation, stewardship formation, and generosity best practices.
• TENS Memberships, Trainings & Workshops Membership program (diocesan and individual) and paid trainings and workshops providing access to pledge campaign resources, special training opportunities, workshops, and member-exclusive tools and materials for Episcopal stewardship leaders and church staff.
• TENS Campaign Merchandise Branded campaign merchandise and materials available for purchase to support Episcopal parish pledge campaigns, sold through the TENS website storefront.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Vanco Faith PartnershipcoreTechnology or IntegrationTENS has established a partnership with Vanco for faith-based payment processing solutions, helping member churches implement effective online giving and donation management systems.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Generis: A faith-based fundraising and stewardship consulting firm offering campaign counsel, coaching, and content to Christian nonprofits and congregations, comparable to TENS's campaign consulting and webinar offerings.
• Christian Stewardship Network: A membership-based association serving church stewardship leaders with training, conferences, and resources — directly comparable to TENS's membership, webinar, and resource library model.
• Lake Institute on Faith & Giving: An Indiana University-based institute focused on research, education, and formation around faith-based generosity, overlapping TENS's Spirituality & Formation resources and webinar programming for stewardship leaders.
• Horizons Stewardship Company: Provides stewardship consulting, capital campaigns, and planned giving services to faith-based organizations, closely overlapping TENS's Campaign Consulting Services product line for both Episcopal and other Protestant denominations.

Broad incumbents

• Presbyterian Foundation: The denomination-level giving and stewardship arm of the Presbyterian Church (USA), serving a parallel role to TENS within the Episcopal Church but at a larger, denominationally owned scale.
• Pushpay: A leading church giving and engagement software platform whose online giving and donor management products sit alongside TENS's stewardship content offerings, addressing overlapping parish customers.
• ELCA Foundation: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's planned giving and endowment arm, providing stewardship and gift planning services to Lutheran congregations in a denomination-level capacity parallel to TENS's Episcopal focus.
• United Methodist Church Development Agency: UMC-affiliated development and stewardship resources for congregations, including planned giving and annual stewardship campaigns — comparable function to TENS within another mainline denomination.

Emerging players

• Tithe.ly: A digital giving and church engagement platform serving small and mid-sized congregations, overlapping TENS's customer base and competing for stewardship and online giving budgets at the parish level.

Others

• Vanco Payment Solutions: TENS's strategic partner and a faith-based payment processor providing online giving infrastructure to member churches, making it ecosystemically adjacent though not a direct competitor in stewardship content.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheEpiscopalNetworkforStewardship
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tens-the-episcopal-network-for-stewardship

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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