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Church Budget Calculator

Allocate church budget across personnel, facilities, programs, missions, and administration.

Inputs

Results

Annual income ($)

$312,000.00

≈ 7 Teslas

Personnel budget ($)$140,400.00
Facilities budget ($)$62,400.00
Ministry programs ($)$62,400.00
Missions budget ($)$31,200.00
Attendees per staff50
Monthly Income$26,000.00
Admin Budget$15,600.00
Giving Health2
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter average weekly attendance and average giving per person per week ($).
  2. Set full-time staff count and facility square footage.
  3. Review Annual income ($) — the total projected giving for the year.
  4. The calculator allocates budget across Personnel (45%), Facilities (20%), Ministry (20%), Missions (10%), and Administration (5%).
  5. Check Staff ratio (attendees per staff) to compare against the recommended 75–100 range.

How the result changes with Weekly attendance

Weekly attendanceAnnual income ($)
5,001$10,402,080.00
17,501$36,402,080.00
32,500$67,600,000.00
45,000$93,600,000.00

What each input means

Weekly attendance
Average weekly service attendance.
Avg giving/person/week ($)
Average weekly giving per attendee.
Full-time staff
Number of full-time equivalent staff.
Facility size (sq ft)
Total building square footage.

What each result means

Annual income ($)
Projected annual giving.
Personnel budget ($)
45% for staff compensation.
Facilities budget ($)
20% for building and grounds.
Ministry programs ($)
20% for programs and events.
Missions budget ($)
10% for missions and outreach.
Attendees per staff
Ideal: 75-100 per FTE.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Weekly attendance = 150, Avg giving/person/week ($) = 40, Full-time staff = 3, Facility size (sq ft) = 8000 = 4 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Annual income
    Annual income
    312000 = $312,000
  3. Calculate Personnel budget
    Personnel budget
    140400 = $140,400
  4. Calculate Facilities budget
    Facilities budget
    62400 = $62,400

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