November’s pledge income of $7,395 was about $13,000 short of our monthly budgeted amount. Again this month, no prior year pledges were received. The total of current year pledges received this fiscal year is 29.0% of budgeted amount, or 44.6% of budget when prepaid pledges are included. The November target was 41.7%. Other recurring income was $673 in November, bringing our current year total to 55.4% of budgeted amount. On November 3-4 UUCT sponsored a Mini Market that rented tables for vendors to sell their wares. Table rentals plus 1⁄2 of donations brought in $399.88. The remaining $113.87 of donations was recorded as fundraising income. After deducting expenses of $135.65, a net amount of $264.23 went to the Community Connections Event Fund Fund. Total budgeted income for the fiscal year is at 32.5% of budget, or 9.2% below target.

All major expense categories are below budget for the fiscal year-to-date. Building and Grounds and Music year-to-date expenses are very close to budget and Administration is about 5% below budget. Religious Exploration and Minister FY expenses are well below budget due to vacancies early in the year, and are at 104% and 90% of their respective monthly budgets for November. November total budgeted expenses of $23,697 were about $3,500 below the budgeted monthly amount. Budgeted expenses exceeded income by $15,515 for November and $25,898 year-to-date.

November’s $93.5K increase in the Endowment Fund reversed most of its losses for the fiscal year. The current balance of $1.22 million is still about $9K below the July 1, 2023 balance.

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

Church funds
Community Connections Events (income only) $399.88

Outreach charity
Manna on Meridian $373.50
Food Not Bombs $112.00
Tallahassee Community Action Committee $104.00