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 Last year's results (2006)

In the first year of the Reaching Out Budget process, congregations were invited to allocate about 1/3 of their apportionments among 19 ministries. The total asking of these ministries was $1,293,593, and the total amount of funds available for the ministries was $1,071,874. Allocations were submitted to the Executive Board on November 1, 2005. The Board then refined the allocations as needed to fund ministries in support of the overall mission of the diocese.

What the churches did

 Of 85 churches reporting (7 did not respond),

 X 28 elected to let the Executive Board allocate their apportionment dollars among the 19 ministries.

X 31 churches elected to include ECUSA (the national Episcopal Church) in the allocation for a total of $43,346.  61 churches gave no allocation to ECUSA. The asking of the Episcopal Church for this diocese is $759,448. However, the amount designated for ECUSA in the budget requests was $120,000. This figure was the same as the 2005 congregational allocations to ECUSA. Resolutions passed at the 2005 council prevented the Executive Board from adjusting any church's allocation to ECUSA.

X Nine churches allocated their dollars in the exact percentage amounts requested by the 19 ministries.

X 18 churches allocated their dollars among six or fewer ministries

X Of the $1,148,174 available for allocation by the churches, only $801,266 was allocated. The remainder was available for Executive Board allocation.

How the ministries were affected

Of the 19 ministries that requested funding (including ECUSA and Province VII)

XFour ministries were over-allocated - World Mission Department, Christian Faith in Action, Evangelism, and Liturgy and Music - for a total of $27,255. Since no ministry can receive more than it requested, the Executive Board had to re-allocate that money.

XThe remaining 15 ministries received allocations from 36 to 89 percent of their requests; several ministries had included requests for new initiatives.

XECUSA was under-funded by $76,654 against the budget request of $120,000.

What the Executive Board did

X 9 ministries were funded fully including any new initiative requests

X 3 ministries were funded without any new initiative requests

X 6 ministries were funded as allocated by the congregations without any adjustment by Executive Board

X 1 ministry was partially funded

X $14,290 was reserved for future Executive Board designation

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