St. Paul's Brookline Giving
The continuing mission of St. Paul’s relies on financial gifts from parishioners, friends, and community organizations. Below you can learn more about our financials & mission, stewardship & annual pledge campaign, and special ministries.
Stewardship time is here again, please click here to learn more
Are you looking for creative ways that you can give to St. Paul’s, including planned estate giving?
Reach out to our Rector at whur@stpaulsbrookline.org
About St. Paul's financials
St. Paul's is a self-supporting Parish within the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. A view of our current Budget can be found a the bottom of this page
We generate income from 3 main sources: Pledges & Donations, 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 Parish, Utilities and Maintenance of our church building, and costs to support worship, learning, and hospitality.
To see more about our activities, please see our narrative budget summary or annual report.
For a more traditional view, please see our line-item Statement of Operations
Pledging and Giving towards our general mission
About 90 households make a pledge (or a commitment) during the annual stewardship appeal and give towards that pledge as they are able during the upcoming year.
Pledges make up ~60% of our annual income and are integral to our expense planning and running the day-to-day operations of our mission.
As part of our commitment to spiritual growth through healthy biblical stewardship, we offering online giving that can be accessed here...
Giving towards special ministries
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.
Newcomers, visitors, and friends often give contributions without a corresponding pledge. These generous gifts make up ~8% of our annual income.