Pledge income of $21,757 for October was about $1,300 over our monthly budged amount. No prior year pledges were received. The total of current year pledges received is 26.0% of budgeted amount for contributions received this FY, or 41.6% of budget when prepaid pledges are included. The October target was 33.3%. Other recurring income was $893 in October, bringing our current year total to 49.3% of budgeted amount. On October 20 UUCT sponsored a storytelling event by David Novak. The sale of 30 tickets plus donations totaled $517.00. After expenses of $66.60 were deducted 80% went to the performer and 20%, or $90.08, to UUCT’s Community Connections Event Fund. Total budgeted income for the fiscal year was at 29.3% of budget, or 4.0% below target.

Year-to-date only the Building and Grounds category of expenses is over budget, by 2.1%. Religious Exploration and Minister year-to-date expenses are only 20% of budget and 13% below target since the DRE and minister positions were vacant for the first part of the year. The two remaining major expense categories were 4.2% and 2.5% under their annual budgets. October total budgeted expenses of $25,778 were about $1,400 below the budgeted monthly amount. Budgeted expenses exceeded income by $3,129 for October and $10,083 year-to-date.

The Endowment Fund decreased about $29,000 in value over the month of October and ended the month with a $1.13 million balance.

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

Church funds
Community Connections Event Fund (income only) $517.00
Religious Exploration Fund $220.00

Outreach charity
Kearney Center $166.85
Grace Mission $149.14
Second Harvest $392.86
Tallahassee Food Network $219.50

Respectfully submitted,
Ron Clark
Disbursing Treasurer