UUCM

Annual Pledge 2026-27

Make Your 2026-27 Annual Pledge NOW
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Your Annual Pledge is Important

We all dig deep to pay for our staff, programs, and facilities. Every year, costs go up. Here are increases we are facing for the 2026-27 fiscal year:

Item / Increase in 2026-27 19% increase in staff health insurance premiums / $7,400 Modest staff salary increase / $5,500 Insurance on the South Church Street building / $2,000 Routine expenses / $2,300 Annual UUA program fees / $1,000 @026-27 Operating Budget Increase / $18,200

Annual Operating Budgets Throughout the Years

2022-23 - $250,000 (yellow bar, shortest) 2023-24 - $256,000 (orange bar) 2024-25 - $276,000 (red bar) 2025-26 - $308,000 (purple bar, longest)

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Where to your Pledge Dollars Go?

Total: $308,000

  • Salaries and Benefits: 80% – $245k
  • Ministry: 8%-$25.5k
    Expensese related to Worship, Membership,
    Justice, Stewardship, Family Ministry,
    Building & Grounds, Administration, etc    .
  • Governance 12% – $37k
pie chart showing the breakdown of operating costs: large purple section labeled "Salaries & Benefits: 80% / $245k," next red section labeled, "Governance 12% / $37," last & smallest orange section labeled, "Ministry 8%/ $25.5k"

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We have not given money. Instead, we have shared our abundant security — measured in dollars, of course — with our spiritual community, pledging as generously as we can to ensure that our spiritual family can also share in the blessings of our beloved community, regarless of their economic circumstances.

-Taylor Carey

Pledge Ladder for 2025-26

In 2025-26, we have had 112 families pledging $308,000 toward UUCM's annual budget. rainbow-colored vertical bar graph 1st (brown) bar: 14 families, $0-$300 2nd (black) bar: 22 families $300-$750; 3rd (purple) bar: 25 families $751-$1,500; 4th (blue) bar: 21 families $1,501-$2,500; 5th (green) bar: 15 families $2,500-$5,000; 6th (yellow) bar: 12 families $5,001-$10,000; 7th (orange) bar: 3 families $10,000-$20,000; 8th (red) bar: 0 families $20,000+

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Submit your 2026-27 Annual Pledge Online

Click here to pledge to the Capital Campaign for Squirrel Creek property

NOTE: This form is to be used by current UUCM Members & Friends only – submission of pledge does not imply or confer UUCM Membership. For information about becoming a member, visit our Membership Page.

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Thank you for your generous support of UUCM!

My/Our pledge for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 through June 30, 202y is:
(Enter the amount and period to see the total pledge for FY26-27.)

Note:

The Total Pledge is calculated based on pledges that start in the first month of the pledge year. If you pledge after July 31, 2026, we will pro-rate your pledge accordingly.

UUCM's Covenant of Right Relations

In affirmation of our mission statement and to further its realization, we the members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains do covenant to be in community with each other.

Recognizing that different points of view are natural in human relations, and wishing to relate to others as harmoniously as possible, I will:
• Treat others with kindness, empathy and respect.
• Communicate with patience, flexibility, and a willingness to negotiate in the spirit of cooperation.
• Respect confidentiality.
• Be aware of my own thoughts, feelings, and needs, and when possible, share them directly and honestly with those involved, without judgment or blame.
• Invite, respect, and listen to all points of view, while setting aside assumptions or character judgments, and while making welcoming space for minority opinions.
• Take responsibility for my own mental, emotional, and spiritual balance, asking for support when I need it.
• Respect individual needs, and acknowledge that the health, safety, and wellbeing of our community may take precedence over those needs. When individual needs cannot be met, I will seek compassionate understanding, restoration of harmony, reconciliation, and forgiveness.
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