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 read more about creating an Annual Pledge for 2025.
If you’d more information about how to make a pledge online you can watch this one minute video and use the pledge button below
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 or read more here: Wonderful Ways to Give to St. Paul’s
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.
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...
Newcomers, visitors, and friends often give contributions without a corresponding pledge. These generous gifts make up ~8% of our annual income.
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.
