Dear Readers,
Thank you for being a part of our fall 2016 fundraising campaign! I’m delighted to report that, thanks to readers like you, we were able to raise $620,704 to support the work of First Things and the Institute on Religion and Public Life. We exceeded our fundraising goal by more than $100,000. I’m deeply grateful to have received such strong support from so many of our readers.
We will use the generous gifts donated throughout the campaign to defray the costs of publishing First Things, maintain FirstThings.com, and produce our other work, including the Junior Fellows program, symposia, podcasts, and other public programs, such as our Intellectual Retreats.
We could not do these things without your generous support. Thank you.
We have exciting things in store for 2017. Be sure to visit our website, watch your emails, and keep an eye on social media to keep up to date with all that lies ahead.
Once again, thank you for being a loyal reader of First Things.
Sincerely,
R. R. Reno, Editor
First Things
P.S. If you weren’t able to contribute during the campaign, or if you’d like to help us start the year ahead with an extra gift, donations can always be made at firstthings.com/donate.
Dear Reader,
Can I be direct with you?
War abroad. Socialists on the rise. AI upending human life. Endless uproar online. The modern attention economy doesn’t want readers — it wants users enslaved to the tyranny of the present.
First Things is the antidote: literary excellence, timeless truths, and a fixed point of reference in a culture that has lost its bearings.
But we can’t do it without readers like you.
Our goal: Raise $150,000 by November 1 to sustain First Things in the year ahead.
Your gift anchors readers in the permanent things.
Make your Fall Campaign gift now using the button below.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Giovanni Del Piero, Director of the Editor’s Circle, at gdelpiero@firstthings.com or 212-627-1985.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
The Church in the Age of Therapy
In 1966, Philip Rieff wrote in The Triumph of the Therapeutic that “Religious man was born to…
Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot
On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…
