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
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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. |
beware!!
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Online Scam Impersonating Ministers' Accounts (from Pacific Western Region)
A warning that there is a new email phishing scam being employed against faith communities, misleading congregants into sending money. People set up fake accounts that imitate the minister's account, and send messages to email addresses they collect from the church website or published newsletters. This is a pretty helpful description of how the scam has developed and how to avoid it. Be exceedingly cautious if you receive a message from a leader in your congregation asking for rushed money. Spear-Phishing Fraud Targeting Congregations (from Pacific Western Region)
The UUA IT department is reminding everyone to be extra vigilant regarding unexpected email and text messages. The latest messages purport to be from a minister or someone in a leadership position urging the recipient to "…run a task for me real quick. I am going into a meeting…" That’s an almost textbook scam style; declaring the need for immediate action and indicating that the person won’t be available for follow-up communication. The next step is usually a request to initiate a wire transfer of funds, purchase gift cards, etc. Simply by searching websites, scammers can learn enough information about organizations and roles of individuals to target staff and others. This is happening not only in congregations, but UUA staff have also been targeted. When you receive a communication or request that seems out of the ordinary, contact someone who can verify the request through another channel. Do not hit reply if it’s a text or email; call instead or initiate a new message to the sender from your Contacts. Taking a few extra minutes can save your congregation huge costs in terms of money, potential technical disruption and reputational damage. |
Donate Often
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To make a one-time or recurring donation to UU Santa Fe, please click the Donate button below. Thank you for your generosity.
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Pledge Regularly
We especially canvass in February and March
Through your pledge you become an Active Member with all privileges of membership
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“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”―Albert Camus Pledge Regularly
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. Q: How much? A: Give 'til you smile! |
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 and Planned Giving A 2018 legacy giving initiative to replenish 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, we anticipate matching grant monies of $68,000 from the UUA will arrive in 2019. |
Other financial Giving | Special Gifts | Events
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UU Santa Fe Annual $$ Events
Throughout the year we gather to fun(d)-raise and enrich our community.
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Faithify Campaigns from the Pacific Western Region |
Faithify Campaigns from the Pacific Western Region
FAITHIFY is a crowdfunding platform for Unitarian Universalist ministry projects. This includes everything from youth work to justice, service, buildings, staff positions, and emerging ministries. FAITHIFY itself is not a funder and does not distribute funds. It is simply the platform for projects to generate funders within communities. See the PWR projects that are currently open and those that have recently been funded. |
Getting your Money's worth at
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We're a productive community. In 2017-2018, we pursued these major initiatives:
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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