About Our Founder
Derrick Haskins
Founder, Trellis Legacy Partners
A pastor, family-enterprise steward, and strategist who built Trellis on a simple conviction: everything a family holds is held in trust. Structure and patience are how that trust is honored.
Biography
Derrick Haskins founded Trellis Legacy Partners to help families turn generosity into thoughtful, lasting stewardship. He brings experience in grantmaking, nonprofit governance, and strategic planning, along with seminary training and biblical counseling formation that attune him to the values and family dynamics behind every giving decision. He holds an MDiv and MBS from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a pastor at Wornall Road Baptist Church in Kansas City. A South Dakota native who grew up on a family farm, Derrick believes that generosity, given thoughtful structure and patient care, can bear fruit for generations.
Most families are already generous. My work is helping them see what they hold as a trust, not a possession — and give with the clarity and confidence that comes from that.
Founder, Trellis Legacy Partners
Relevant Experience
Built for the work of family philanthropy
Derrick's background spans family enterprise, public strategy, nonprofit governance, and pastoral care — the same disciplines that shape thoughtful, multi-generational giving.
Administrative Manager — Haskins Family, LLC
Helps steward 10,000+ acres of family-owned agricultural real estate, evaluates investment opportunities, and identifies and assesses strategic philanthropic investments for the family enterprise.
Communications Director — South Dakota Department of Health
Served as lead brand strategist, advised senior leadership, stewarded a $3.5M annual budget, and helped build and update the department's strategic plan.
Communications & Marketing Administrator — South Dakota Department of Health
Supervised a $1.5M community grant program, including application design, grantee selection, and reporting, and managed a multimillion-dollar portfolio of federal grants with full budget and evaluation oversight.
Lay Elder, Board Chair & Vice-Chair — Community Bible Church
Led the board, conducted staff evaluations, ran the senior-pastor search, and recruited a consultant to guide the church's first strategic-planning process.
Board Vice-Chairman — Cross-Centered Missions
Oversaw preparation of the organization's annual Form 990 and supported donor relations and fundraising.
Deacon — Community Bible Church
Chaired the deacon board overseeing church finances and facilities, and guided the financing and construction of a 375-seat worship center.
Elder — Wornall Road Baptist Church
Serves as a non-staff pastor providing care and counsel, overseeing member-care and benevolence ministries, and discipling in groups and one-on-one.
Seminary & Biblical Counseling Training
MDiv (Biblical Theology) and MBS (Biblical Greek) from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, with Biblical Counseling Certificates from CCEF — formation that attends to mission, worldview, and family dynamics.
Education & Training
Credentials
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Let's talk about your family's giving.
If Derrick's approach resonates, he'd welcome a conversation about what thoughtful, lasting generosity could look like for your family.
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