Worksheet for Annual Assessment of Church Giving Records

For year: ______      Which giving categories
are included in this report?

qGeneral Fund Giving       qMissions     qDesignated       qBldg/Renovation/Special
Projects

Total
Amount for the Year

List
specific total amounts

(Use
additional paper if necessary)

Add up amounts and total #
of giving households in this category

% this group gave of total
offerings

% of total households this
group represents

$15,000
or above

$
#

%

%

$8,000-$14,999

$
#

%

%

$4,000-$7,999

$
#

%

%

$2,500-$3,999

$
#

%

%

$1,500-$2,499

$
#

%

%

$1000-$1499

$
#

%

%

$500-$999

$
#

%

%

$300-$499

$
#

%

%

$100-$299

$
#

%

%

$1-$99

$
#

%

%

$0 -
Giving record is blank

$0.00
#

0%

%

TOTALS

Total
Giving:
Total #

of  hshlds:

$
#

Should
add up to: 100%

%

Should
add up to:

100%

%

L E A D E R S H I P   S U M M
A R Y

The top 10% of givers adds up to #____ of
households.

This
group gave a total of $ ____________ which is ______% of the total amount
given.

The top 20% of givers adds up to #____ of
households.

This
group gave a total of $ ____________ which is ______% of the total amount
given.

The top 30% of givers adds up to #____ of
households.

This
group gave a total of $ ____________ which is ______% of the total amount
given.

% of households giving
$1000 or more.  This yr:
______%
Last yr:______%     2 yrs ago:______%

After a church’s
leadership see the results of this study each year,
they should pro-actively develop and approve

the church's customized 12-month stewardship planning
calendar (available at www.MAXIMUMgeneroisty.org)

that will help lift people's understanding of biblical
financial and generosity principles.

© Brian Kluth.  *Individuals, churches, and ministries
who pay a copyright fee of $20 can copy and use Brian's materials for
non-commercial purposes.

Go to: www.MAXIMUMgenerosity.org  for more
generosity resources OR
to purchase required copyright permission to use this form and
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(SAMPLE REPORT) GIVING
REPORT FOR THE CHURCH BOARD or FINANCE TEAM

Giving patterns at our
church for January-June

Total 6 month giving (Jan-Jun) by hshld:

# of hshlds in this category:

“Average” gift size over
26 weeks = “Average” gift size over 6 mos.

Cumulative giving totals

of this segment of givers:

~1/3 of attending households (120)
give 0% of all recorded gifts:

$0 in recorded
gifts

~120

Loose change/bills.

$0 of recorded
offerings.

Note:
Loose change and bills accounts for less than 10% of our overall Sunday
offerings.

Middle ~1/3 of attending households (118) give
10% of all recorded gifts:

<$100

54

~$3/week =
~$15/month

$3,000

$100’s

9

~$5/week =
~$25/month

$1,000

$200’s

14

~$10/week =
~$50/month

$3,500

$300’s

14

~$14/week =
~$60/month

$5,000

$400’s

13

~$17/week =
~$75/month

$6,000

$500’s

14

~$20/week =
~$90/month

$7,500

Top ~1/3 of attending households (108) give 90% of
all recorded gifts:

$600’s

14

~$25/week =
~$110/month

$9,000

$700’s-$900’s

16

~$30/week =
~$130/month

$13,000

$1000-$1400’s

23

~$45/week =
~$200/month

$27,000

$1500’s-$1900’s

15

~$65/week =
~$300/month

$25,000

$2000’s

20

~$100/week =
~$400/month

$50,000

$3000’s

13

~$135/week =
~$575/month

$45,000

$4000’s

4

~$175/week =
~$750/month

$18,000

$5000’s

2

~$200/week =
~$900/month

$11,000

$10,000

1

~$385/week =
~$1650/month

$10,000

TOTALS:

346

= ~$235,000 in 6
months

*Note: For easier comparisons, ~numbers have been
rounded.  Monthly averages were
calculated by multiplying weekly averages by 4.3.

Bottomline Summaries:

Ø      2/3rd’s of our attenders/members
have NOT established any regular giving patterns “unto the
Lord.”  The giving of 2/3rd’s
of our congregation amounts to 10% of our recorded gifts.

Ø      The top 1/3’rd of our congregation is in the
process of maturing in their Christian giving to the point where they support
the Lord’s work at HCC through:

Ø      “Fairly regular intentional giving”:
($25-$50/week or $100-$200/month – these individuals believe in
supporting their church but have not yet crossed the spiritual line of
committing 10% or more of their income to the Lord).  The vast majority never
“make up” their offerings on the Sundays they are away.

Ø      “Partial tithing” through HCC
(“partial” because some of their tithe is given to other Christian
ministries AND/OR they lack an internal financial system in their household to
properly monitor their faithful giving to the Lord).

Ø      “Faithful tithes and/or offerings” of
their income and financial assets giving through our church.  This probably represents about 35-50
households (10-15%) of our attenders/members.  This is better than the national average
which George Barna and Larry Burkett put at 3-5%.

A thought to ponder… In reality,
churches never really have “money problems” -- churches have
financial challenges that are really more of a result of Lordship/discipleship/obedience
problems!

In
other words, God HAS blessed people and HAS given them financial resources to
fulfill His work and will in a local church -- but 95-97% of Christians in
churches today (85-90% at our church ) have NOT yet
learned the joy and privilege of faithfully, systematically and proportionally
return to the Lord the first portion of what He’s given them.

©
Brian Kluth.  *Individuals,
churches, and ministries who pay a copyright fee of $20 can copy and use
Brian's materials for non-commercial purposes.  Go to: www.MAXIMUMgenerosity.org   for more
generosity resources OR
to purchase required copyright permission to use this form and
any of Brian’s website materials.