Annual Program Fund
Announcement: Requested Annual Program Fund (APF) Contribution Remains the Same
After much discernment with congregational leaders and considering the financial challenges still facing many of our congregations, the Rev. Peter Morales, our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President, decided that the requested APF contribution will remain at the current $58 per member for the new Fiscal Year 2013 (begins July 1, 2012).
Our Unitarian Universalist Association is committed to devoting our resources to serving our congregations, to strengthening relationships with and among congregations, and to help Unitarian Universalism grow and flourish in the world. The essential source of funding for our UUA is provided by the APF contributions made by our 1,047 member congregations.
Our greatest strength comes from our interconnectedness and mutual support as partners in this religious community. Your congregation can make the difference in sustaining our UUA next year and into the future by fully budgeting for and contributing to the Annual Program Fund. Thank you for your continued support.
Since 1961, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has focused its resources on helping congregations grow and thrive, and giving voice to our Unitarian Universalist (UU) principles and values.
Each congregation that joins with the UUA invests in the growth and advancement of Unitarian Universalism with each contribution it makes to the Annual Program Fund (APF). As covenantal partners, all member congregations are expected to contribute annually to the APF in support of the UUA.
Over the past five decades, the UUA has made great progress in developing programs, services and resources benefiting congregations and our UU faith as a whole, including:
- Congregational Life
- Ministry and Professional Leadership
- Congregational Stewardship Services
- Advocacy and Witness for Social Justice
- Lifespan Faith Development
- Youth and Young Adult Ministries
And all the while, we have been Standing on the Side of Love as allies and advocates for justice and human rights!
Together, we can do and be more than any one congregation can do and be on its own. The challenges and needs of the world are many. We must unite our energies, commitment, and financial resources to fulfill the dreams that no single person or congregation could achieve alone.
For more information on how your congregation's gifts continue to advance Unitarian Universalism throughout the world, please download the Annual Program Fund's brochure "We Build This Community Together (PDF, 8 pages): Recognizing the Congregational Contributions to the UUA Annual Program Fund."
Are you a new Treasurer or Finance Committee Member? Please download our Handbook (PDF, 57 pages) designed with your specific needs in mind.
Fair Share at Your Congregation
Your congregation’s Fair Share contribution to the APF is a direct way that your congregation can play its part in helping our movement to grow. It is a reaffirmation of our interconnectedness and an acknowledgement of our responsibility to one another.
The requested contribution (Fair Share) is calculated on the basis of the number of members your congregation reports during the annual General Assembly certification process.
The Fair Share for this fiscal year (July 1 - June 30) is:
2011/12: $58 per certified member
2012/13: $58 per certified member
For congregations with 550 or more members, there is an option of contributing at 4.2% of budget.
Thank you for your continued support and for helping us to expand programming and grow our UU values. Together as individuals and congregations, the UUA can do so much to bring our faith’s voices forward for the benefit of our world. We couldn’t do it without you.
For more information contact apf @ uua.org.
This work is made possible by the generosity of individual donors. Please consider making a donation today.
Last updated on Monday, January 30, 2012.
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