Stan Reiff Nonprofit Consultant at CapinCrouse Crown Financial Accountant Finish Line Podcast

Finish Line Podcast Episode 145

Stan Reiff, Nonprofit Consultant at CapinCrouse, on God’s Provision in the Life of Faith

You want to steward God’s resources faithfully. But questions about generosity, calling, and impact are rarely simple.

In this conversation, you’ll hear from someone who has walked through these kinds of questions and learned along the way. Listen for the next step God may be inviting you to take.

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Meet your guide

Stan Reiff, CPA and nonprofit consultant at CapinCrouse, has seen the faithfulness of God in difficult circumstances firsthand. Stan was born on the mission field, and in his early twenties, he and his wife felt called to missions like the generations before him. But Stan soon realized that the life of ministry that he was called to would look nothing like the life he had imagined. After many years of traumatic and costly circumstances, Stan was led on a journey that would take him from missionary to teacher to CPA and from Alaska to Atlanta where God would use his missions experience and accounting background to serve many nonprofits.

At CapinCrouse, Stan helps faith-based nonprofits strengthen their governance, strategy, and operations, and his mission-field experience provides a deep personal understanding of ministry challenges to his consulting work. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Crown Financial Ministries and now draws on over 35 years of experience to help organizations thrive with integrity and purpose.

Stan is also passionate about leading his family in a legacy of generosity, Kingdom work, and entrepreneurship, and he is full of practical wisdom to guide people into doing the same in their own families.

What you’ll gain

Stan’s remarkable backstory of faith and missions work in Alaska
Navigating traumatic events and a crisis of faith
Pivoting into bivocational ministry
Becoming a CPA through Alaska Game and Fish
Volunteering as budget coaches and seminar instructors with Crown
Serving as COO of Crown Financial after 20 years of volunteering
Establishing rhythms and protocols for executive sabbaticals
Helping Crown transition from radio to sharing principles worldwide
Story of coming to work for CapinCrouse
Personal takeaways from leaders in the generosity space
Their family’s journey to a financial finish line
Equipping kids and grandkids for generosity
Developing family core values
Their “family legacy experiment”
What to look for in an organization as a donor

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Quotes to Remember

“If I can’t be on the front lines of ministry in a remote setting, then I will be part of the supply chain, and I will do the best I possibly can to help those who can go and are willing to go to have the best administrative support possible.”
“In many ways, I had to give up my passion to be a full-time missionary, and that was really difficult spiritually. But I came to understand that God had chosen to give us a child with disabilities, and that became my primary ministry.”
“I love that I get to continue to marry my passion for missions, for ministry, along with the accounting experiences that God’s given me, and I get to live the dream in an ongoing fashion.”
“For me, the real learning came when I understood that God owns it all, not just the ten percent.”
“Money really isn’t a big deal. You can lose all your money in a day, and you can get it all back in a day.”
“Money is never the issue, it’s just an indicator of where the heart is.”
“It’s one thing to have a legacy of faith that’s generations long, but it’s also exciting to be in that first or second generation. It comes back to our first guiding principle, that faith has to be personal and it has to be yours, not some family member’s that’s preceded you.”
“Kingdom expands when you have more followers of Jesus who are committed to following Him in business, ministry or a combination. But it takes all of us working together to make sure the next generation is equally as passionate, committed, and engaged in Kingdom work.”

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Philippians 4:12-13 | The Secret of Being Content

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

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