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Church Budget Planner

Allocate your church budget across ministry areas including staff, facilities, missions, ministries, and administration.

Inputs

Results

Staff & Pastoral ($)

112,500

Monthly Budget ($)

20,833.33

Facilities ($)50,000
Missions ($)37,500
Ministries ($)25,000
Administration ($)25,000
Total Allocated (%)100
Unallocated ($)0
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter your church's total annual income from tithes, offerings, and other sources.
  2. Enter percentage allocations for ministry areas: personnel, facilities, missions, programs.
  3. Review the dollar amounts allocated to each budget category based on your percentages.
  4. Adjust allocations to match your church's strategic priorities and check that percentages total 100%.
  5. Use the breakdown to present a transparent budget proposal to the congregation.

How the result changes with Total Annual Budget ($)

Total Annual Budget ($)Staff & Pastoral ($)Monthly Budget ($)
10,000,0004,500,000833,333.33
35,000,00015,750,0002,916,666.67
65,000,00029,250,0005,416,666.67
90,000,00040,500,0007,500,000

What each input means

Total Annual Budget ($)
Total available budget.
Staff & Pastoral (%)
Percentage allocated to staff.
Facilities & Utilities (%)
Percentage allocated to facilities.
Missions & Outreach (%)
Percentage allocated to missions.
Ministries & Programs (%)
Percentage allocated to ministries.
Administration (%)
Percentage allocated to administration.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Total Annual Budget ($) = 250000, Staff & Pastoral (%) = 45, Facilities & Utilities (%) = 20, Missions & Outreach (%) = 15 = 6 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Staff & Pastoral
    Staff & Pastoral
    112500 = 112500
  3. Calculate Monthly Budget
    Monthly Budget
    20833.33 = 20833.33
  4. Calculate Facilities
    Facilities
    50000 = 50000
  5. Calculate Missions
    Missions
    37500 = 37500

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