Treasurer’s August 2025 Report to the Congregation

Current year pledges received in August totaled $13,248, a $3,604 increase over July, but still only 68% of the budgeted monthly pledge income. By including prepaid pledges, total current year pledges received comes to 28.8% of the annual pledge total. Prior year pledges totaling $400 were received, bringing FY 2024-25 pledges received to 96.6% of the amount pledged. Other recurring income of $2,286 included almost $1,500 in rental fees. Total budgeted income for the month was $15,934, or 75% of our monthly budget. 

August’s expense total was $19,926, or 80% the monthly budgeted amount. Year-to-date expenses for  all categories, except for committees, ranged from 0.9% to 4.9% below their respective targets of  16.7%. Committees were at 10.6% below target. The total of all year-to-date expenses was 12.9% of  annual budget, or 3.8% below target. For August budgeted expenses exceeded income by $3,992. 

The Endowment Fund balance increased by 2.5% in August to a current balance of $1.620 million. In addition to the operating budget, the August collections of at least $100 were: 

Outreach charity 

∙ ReThink Energy $105.10 

∙ Second Harvest $161.00 

∙ Tallahassee Food Network $197.50 

∙ Tallahassee Community Action Committee $133.05 

Church funds 

∙ Capital Improvement Fund $4,000.00 

Respectfully submitted, 

Ron Clark