You will find here information about the many ways you can financially contribute to our community's long term future.

Your Gift$ | Giving to UU Santa Fe

​We know each person contributes in different ways to the life of UU Santa Fe. Whether you serve on committees, work on special projects, pull weeds, serve food, show up for yellow T-shirt alerts, participate in small group ministries, teach young people, usher, bring cookies or simply greet each other with a smile and a friendly word, you nurture and shape our vibrant community. Thank you for being part of our liberal religious presence in Santa Fe.

Financial contributions are also an important part of your participation in our community. Your financial gifts sustain our Minister, program and administrative staff and the infrastructure (building and grounds) that provides a home in which we can shape our vision and pursue our mission.

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Donate Often

Donate Often
​UU Santa Fe is re-considering its online donation vendor options. More information soon!  

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Pledge Annually

We especially canvass in February and March

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”―Albert Camus

Pledge Annually
Each Unitarian Universalist community is responsible for funding its own programs and day-to-day operations. While the national UUA (Unitarian Universalist Association) and regional PWR (Pacific Western Region) do provide essential services and information, we do not receive our operating funds from a central organization; in fact, we provide some funds each year to our district and national Unitarian Universalist organizations. So, at UU Santa Fe, we rely on our members and regularly participating friends to fund our operating budget by pledging each year.

A pledge is your best estimate of what you will be able to contribute financially to UU Santa Fe during the coming year. Wherever we are going, your pledge sustains us as we walk that path together. Whatever the size of that pledge, you are valued here as a member of our cherished community. Pledges remain UU Santa Fe's major source of revenue. You may pledge annually or designate an "evergreen" pledge (an amount which stays the same year-over-year until changed by you). Give according to your blessings and circumstances.

• Pledge Form to Print and Mail
• ​Pledge Form to Complete On Line​

Q: How much? A: Give 'til you smile!

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Endow Generously

Endow | Once in a Lifetime Planned Giving
Since 1991, the generosity of members and friends have made possible the establishment of the UU Santa Fe Permanent Endowment Fund that generates additional revenue to support our special needs, capital improvements, community initiatives and social outreach not otherwise supported by our annual operating funds. 

UU Santa Fe retains professional fund management through the UUA Common Endowment Fund. The Unitarian Universalist Common Endowment Fund is a diversified investment fund seeking current income and long-term investment returns through portfolio allocation and professional asset management with UU socially responsible investing goals.

If you are considering a legacy gift to this special place and would like to talk to community leadership about your gift, please call our business office or fill out our contact form.

UU Santa Fe Permanent Endowment Committee | Annual Grants
An important activity of the Permanent Endowment Committee is to administer a program of annual grants to further the mission of UU Santa Fe. Grant applications may be submitted between March and April of the current calendar year. Applications are available in our Business Office or on the web site. Projects must enhance the mission of UU Santa Fe. The final list of applications will be selected by the Permanent Endowment Committee and voted on by UU Santa Fe members at our annual meeting.

Wake Now Our Vision
A 2018 initiative to increase our Permanent Endowment Fund, recently netted over $1.1M in planned giving to UU Santa Fe. Thirty eight members and friends pledged gifts to our congregation in their wills or trusts.  These gifts will come in over the course of decades and will help the congregation pursue its mission and programs. In addition, the matching grant monies of $70,000-80,000 from the UUA will arrive HERE next year!   ​

Other financial Giving | Special Gifts | Events

UU Santa Fe Annual $$ Events
Throughout the year we gather to fund-raise and enrich our community.

• March-April Annual Canvass
• March Mardi Gras
• May Mega Sale
• September Octoberfest
• October Book Sale

• ​AmazonSmiles. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. To change or designate UU Santa Fe as the recipient of this charitable donation, click here.
• ​First Sunday Giving. On the first Sunday of the month, we collect a special offering for a community social service organization that UU Santa Fe wishes to support. Recipients organizations are selected by our Social Justice Steering Team.
• ​Change for Change. Loose change in every Sunday offering goes to the Change for Change project―one organization designated by our Social Justice Steering Team to receive these donations throughout the year. During 2019, our collection will go to the “Sol Not Coal” project run by New Energy Economy (NEE). Sol Not Coal raises money to solarize pueblo and elder community centers.
• Special Gifts. UU Santa Fe welcomes special gifts in support of our mission. Gifts may be given in honor or memorial of a person important to the life of UU Santa Fe. If you are interested in giving a special, designated gift, please contact the UU Santa Fe Office.

Getting your Money's worth at
UU Santa Fe

We're a productive community. In 2017-2018, we pursued these major initiatives:

• Worship. Introduced Sensory Rich Worship experience (Marcia McFee) and embraced Soul Matters thematic worship content
• Lifelong Learning. Offered UU Wellspring―an intensive, 10-month dive into our UU Sources, plus another eight adult lifelong learning offerings
• Family Ministry. ​Introduced Soul Matters content in our Family Ministry program and began the transition from a Children and Youth Program to a Family Ministry program particularly through our new Refresh! Fellowship and Family Nights nights. We created a new, dedicated Family Ministry website to keep our families informed as well as instituted weekly communication with families
• Community Life. Introduced Soul Matters thematic content to our covenant groups and added 5 more small groups. We significantly revised our membership teams, process, and new member instructional content
• Social Justice. Conducted Inspired Faith, Effective Action UUA workshop, developed a new social justice team structure and fielded 5 social action issue teams, two of which are new this year
• Governance. Revised our Bylaws and created a long-range development plan
• Infrastructure. Migrated to a new church management system ("Breeze") and developed the prototype of a new website platform (that became this site!)
• Finance. Completely revised our financial management, reporting, and made significant changes to our Permanent Endowment Fund management. We participated in the UUA Wake Now Our Vision initiative, receiving ~$1M dollars of planned giving gifts toward our Permanent Endowment Fund
• Campus Improvements. Added new courtyard paving, replaced aging heating and air conditioning in our Fellowship Hall wing, and replaced aging kitchen appliances and equipment

We cannot protect love from death. But by giving away our hearts, we can protect our lives from the death of love.―​Forrest Church (Unitarian Universalist, clergy, author) Love & Death: My Journey Through The Valley of The Shadow