Auburn Wesley Foundation

What Auburn Wesley Foundation does

The Auburn Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist campus ministry serving Auburn University students at 131 South Gay Street, Auburn, Alabama. Its core offerings include Bible studies organized as D-Groups, Wednesday night dinners, student leadership development, missions programming, a weekly student newsletter (the Wesley Witness), and an online calendar of activities. The organization also operates a student store and convenes alumni and community events such as a golf tournament, tailgates, Dinner on the Road gatherings, and the planned Family & Friends 2026 event. It maintains an alumni outreach footprint that explicitly extends to Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. Leadership is anchored by Campus Minister and Director Tony Jeck and Campus Minister and Associate Director Paige Holaday. The Foundation is affiliated with the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, which in the late 1980s approved funding for the renovation and expansion of the Wesley building by a single Council on Finance vote, an effort championed by David Goolsby and Rev. Joe Ed Hastings. As a religious nonprofit, it is sustained by donations rather than commercial revenue, with no venture capital or external investor ownership disclosed. Giving channels include Wesley Donations and Mission Gifts processed via ChurchCenter online giving, mail donations to a P.O. Box in Auburn, direct IRA distributions, stock donations coordinated with Wilson Investments, and legacy gifts arranged through the United Methodist Foundation. Technology usage is limited to a standard website, weekly newsletter, event calendar, and donation platform; no proprietary technology, patents, AI/ML capabilities, or app products are present.

Name

Auburn Wesley Foundation

Legal name

Auburn Wesley Foundation

Website

https://auwesley.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Auburn Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist campus ministry at Auburn University delivering Bible studies, D-Groups, Wednesday dinners, missions, and student leadership development to Auburn students, sustained by donations and affiliated with the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Campus Ministry Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fundraising & Annual Giving (EDALAOAB)

Keywords

• Campus ministry
• Religious nonprofit
• Bible study groups
• Student ministry
• United methodist church

Headquarters

HQ city

Auburn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Auburn Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist campus ministry that runs faith-based programming for Auburn University students, including D-Group Bible studies, Wednesday night dinners, student missions, leadership development, and alumni/community events. It sustains the ministry through donations (Wesley Donations, Mission Gifts, IRA gifts, stock gifts, legacy gifts) and provides an online giving portal for supporters.

Product overview

Auburn Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist Campus Ministry located at Auburn University. The organization provides weekly student programming including Bible studies, D-Groups, and student newsletters. It facilitates student mission trips, operates a student store, and hosts alumni and community events such as golf tournaments, tailgates, and 'Dinner on the Road' gatherings. The organization also manages online giving and donation processing for Wesley's outreach and development programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• D-Groups (Small-Group Bible Studies)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alabama-West Florida Conference (United Methodist Church)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1980The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church approved funding for the Wesley building renovation in the late 1980s, enabling the ministry to reach and equip students for service in the church and the world. The renovation passed by a single vote at the Council on Finance, and the Conference has supported the campus ministry since.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ): A major U.S. campus ministry organization with an active presence at Auburn University. Cru delivers comparable programs — Bible studies, missions, student leadership — but is interdenominational and operates nationally with paid staff across many campuses.
• Reformed University Fellowship (RUF): The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) campus ministry with chapters at numerous U.S. universities. Comparable in mission (on-campus Bible studies, student leaders, ministry to college students) and denominational-affiliation model, though serving a different (Reformed) tradition.
• Bama Wesley Foundation (Wesley Foundation at University of Alabama): The United Methodist Wesley Foundation serving the University of Alabama — directly comparable denomination, student ministry model, Conference affiliation, and campus-located structure. It is the closest peer in geographic proximity and organizational format.
• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA: A large interdenominational evangelical campus ministry operating chapters at hundreds of U.S. universities, including Auburn. It pursues the same target market (college students seeking faith community) through Bible studies, small groups, and leadership development, but at much larger national scale.

Others

• Young Life: A national Christian youth and collegiate ministry organization that, while best known for high school programming, runs Young Life College ministry at multiple universities. It is adjacent rather than direct: broader age range and a different programmatic model, but overlapping mission and donor base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AuburnWesley
• Facebookfacebook.com/auburnwesleyfoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/auburn-wesley-foundation

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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