After strong pledge receipts in July, August was about $2,300 under the monthly budget. Current year pledge receipts of $15,391 was less than our monthly budgeted amount of $19,244. Total current year pledges received, including prepaid pledges, comes to 40.0% of the annual pledge budget. Prior year pledge receipts of $1,535 brings the total of prior year pledge receipts to 100.1% of the budgeted amount. Receiving more than 100% of pledged contributions for any fiscal year is a rare event. Other recurring income of $1,131 included $675 in rental income.

August expenses for all categories ranged from 0.1% to 4.2% below their targets of 16.67%. August budgeted expenses totaled $28,148, or 110% of monthly budget. Total budgeted expenses for the month exceed budgeted income by $10,092. Over half of the excess of budgeted expenses was due to paying one half of UUCT’s annual contribution to UUA’s Annual Program Fund in August. The Endowment Fund increased by $43.5K in August to a balance of $1.84 million.

In addition to the operating budget, August collections of at least $100 were:

Church fund
 Minister’s Discretionary Fund $829.50

Outreach charity
 Manna on Meridian $100.00
 Grace Mission $100.00
 ReThink Energy $575.00
 Humanists of Tallahassee $100.00
 Second Harvest $463.00
 Little Sunshine Pantries $617.50
 Tallahassee Food Network $529.10

Respectfully submitted,
Ron Clark
Disbursing Treasurer