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  • Property insurance challenges are becoming more common, from rate increases to policy terminations. While we can't make these problems go away, we can offer some suggestions.
    Book | By Safe Congregations Team, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | December 15, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Facilities Management, Records & Security, Finance for Congregations
  • Resources to help you make sound decisions and ensure that you are treating your employees fairly and legally.
    By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development, UUA Human Resources | December 1, 2021 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Staffing & Supervision, Safety and Staffing in Congregations
  • A guide congregational leaders in recruiting, hiring, supporting, and transitioning professional music and religious education leaders.
    Book | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development, Jan Gartner | June 9, 2020 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • The UUA wants to help our congregations live into their values by offering benefit plans that protect their employees, including health plans that reflect UU values
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | February 13, 2020 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations
  • In February 2020, the UUA shifted from Compensation Guidelines (salary and benefit recommendations) to Compensation Standards. While we continue to provide recommendations for salaries and benefits, the new UUA Compensation Standards also include legal requirements related to pay and benefits...
    Leader Resource | By Jan Gartner, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | February 10, 2020 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations
  • The interdependence of our faith communities is integral to our polity (as is our independence). This is what makes us an Association of congregations. What can this interrelationship look like when it comes to congregational staff? Here are a few examples: Newly hired staff are welcomed and...
    Leader Resource | By Jan Gartner, Jonipher Kūpono Kwong, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | August 4, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Change & Conflict, Healthy Behavior, Interdependence, Staffing & Supervision
  • Every Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) congregation is a “church” under U.S. tax law, therefore tax exempt, charitable, and exempt from tax filing. There is no “group exemption” from the UUA, but the UUA will provide a letter saying a congregation is in good standing. This addresses...
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 29, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • Once the salary and benefits are set by the appropriate church leadership based on recommended practices, it’s important to make sure the payroll is handled accurately and confidentially. Because of the complicated nature of payroll, and especially when it comes to ministers’ salary, housing and...
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 26, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision, Finance for Congregations
  • There are nuanced tax rules regarding income derived from renting your building and/or parking lot, depending on its relation to your core purpose.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations
  • Many congregations supply a credit card to more easily segregate work-related expenses. Staff members would only use the card for professional or church expenses.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • Employees and volunteers should be reimbursed for approved church related expenses upon submission of receipts and accurate expense reports that conform to the annual budget and IRS requirements. Such expenses may include: Travel – transportation, lodging, meals, incidentals and other associated...
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • US tax law provides that staff may consider certain items as usual business expenses that are reimbursed beyond the compensation paid to individuals as a necessary expense that is not reported for income tax purposes.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations, Finance for Congregations
  • When making sure that your bills are being paid efficiently, accurately and on time, your congregation also needs safeguards to make sure no one has the opportunity to use your system to embezzle funds.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • In setting up church financial management software, it’s important to provide safeguards to prevent tampering with the electronic records
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • All financial best practices depend on reducing the risk of embezzlement or theft by increasing transparency and detection by creating systems and roles that segregate key duties.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 24, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • Any petty cash kept in the building should be in a locked file cabinet or safe and should be disbursed only upon submission of a written request.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 24, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • The Sunday offering is fairly vulnerable to theft or embezzlement unless good checks and balances are in place.
    Leader Resource | By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | July 24, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Finance for Congregations
  • You’ve probably heard that there are special tax rules for ministers. Most church leaders don’t need to be experts on ministerial compensation, but it’s important to understand the basics of how payroll and taxes for the minister differ from other employees. Our Ministerial Compensation...
    Leader Resource | By Jan Gartner, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | February 23, 2018 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision, Finance for Congregations
  • Many congregations have mission and vision statements that lift up values named in our principles, such as dignity, compassion, justice, equity, and interdependence. Congregations have the opportunity and the obligation to live their mission not only out in the world, but within their walls. ...
    By Jan Gartner, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | February 23, 2018 | From LeaderLab
  • A brief overview of how to budget for ministry. For more detailed information visit the UUA Office of Church Staff Finances or download Ministerial Compensation 101: A Basic Primer (PDF).
    Video | By Renee Ruchotzke, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | June 2, 2017 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations, Support for Ministers