St. Paul's Brookline eGiving
The continuing mission of St. Paul’s relies on financial gifts from parishioners, friends, and community organizations.
Below you can find some quick access to making a pledge or gift. Further down, you can read about our annual budget.
Are you looking for other ways that you can give to St. Paul’s, including planned giving?
Reach out to our Rector at whur@stpaulsbrookline.org.
About St. Paul's general operating financials
St. Paul's is a self-supporting Parish within the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. A view of our current Budget can be found below
We generate income from 3 main sources: Donations/Planned Giving, Space Rental, and Fundraisers.
These income sources are used to support our General Operating Budget, which includes: Compensation and Benefits for our Clergy and Staff (including the choir and nursery caregivers), Mission Outside the Paris, Utilities and Maintenance of our church building, and costs to support worship, learning, and hospitality.
Giving towards general operations
About 90 households make a pledge commitment each year and give towards that pledge as they are able during the year.
Pledge donations make up a little more than half of our annual income and are integral to our expense planning and running the day-to-day operations of our mission.
Newcomers, visitors, and friends often give contributions without a corresponding pledge. These generous gifts (sometimes called Plate contributions) make up about 5% of our annual income.
Giving towards special funds
From time to time throughout the year, special collections are taken for non-operating purposes, including...
Major building projects, B-SAFE programs, Flowers.
Collections for these programs are 100% "passed-through" to the special purpose or target organization.
