Pledges made in advance and paid throughout the year are vital to our parish. This is how Episcopal parishes support themselves, from the ground up. If you enjoy worship or any of the programs at St. James the Less, please show your support by making a financial pledge. For more information, scroll down this email. To make your pledge, click the button below. Thank you!!!

Some useful facts about our Appeal and Budget:

• The average pledge at St. James is ~$3600. Some give less, some give more, based on their ability.

• Of our $900,000 budget, we need to raise $485,000 in parishioner pledges to keep our current programming and staff.

• With 150 families and a $900,00 budget, it costs $6,000 per family to run St. James.

• So far we've raised $386,500 with 113 pledges now in.

• People pledge from as close by as me, right on our church campus, to as far away as Toronto.

• Every household counts and makes St. James the thriving, fulfilling place that it is!

St. James the Less does a lot on a limited income! This pie chart explains how we spend our money. The annual budget is voted on by the elected vestry, and monitored throughout the year by the vestry and Finance Committee.

There are four major sources of income to cover expenses, but the primary one is parishioner pledges. The more we can grow this slice of the pie, the better we'll be positioned for the long term at St. James.

We put together a document of "Frequently Asked Questions" for this year's appeal, with questions like: How much should I give? Can't I just put money into the offering plate when I come to church? What is my pledge used for? Does St. James the Less receive money from the Diocese of New York? And much more. 

Thank you to the parishioners who gave us their quick take on why they pledge to St. James the Less. View the videos by clicking the button below. 

Nancy Ahern, Kira Almeida, Irv and Sandy Atkinson, Joan Ballantyne, Uma and Ajit Banerjee, John and Natalie Battiloro, Lyn Boreland, Ruth Boser and Rob Fath, Susie Bourhill, Louise Bozorth, Liza and Peter Brady, Nigel Bunnett, Christopher and Kristin Burrows, Richard and Philippa Cacciato, Melissa Caramanica, Edward and Phyllis Chang, Kyle Chow and Carolina Caballero, Dan and Sarah Cline, Eileen Conde, Al Conte, Russell and Omaira Crane, Janet Darlington, (the Rev.) Eliza Davies, Ocean Mills and Tom Finlan, Diana and Kevin Finnerty, Thomas and Susan Fischer, Martin and Roberta Fleurant, Bill and Becca Foley, Jane Ford, Sherin and Sam Frank, Thomas and Kate Funk, Nathan Gallup, Tina and John Gerraughty, Charles Gibson, Russell Grant and Pedro Ladislau, Tracy and Bill Haffner, Jim and Julie Hallowell, Mark and Lorraine Hansen, Lisa-Marie and Douglass Hatcher, Pam Heldman, Matt and Meagan Henry, Alice Herman, Wilder and Mary Jean Howland, Donna and Roberto Hunter, Priscilla and Tsutomu Ishiguri, Anton Jongeneel, Bud and Lynn Johnson, Raymond and Tricia Joseph, Angela Kenney, Candad Khury, Linda Killian, Nicholas King, Tom Lacalamita, Jan Lamb, Antoinette Lewis, Geoff and Margy Loftus, Margaret and Raymond Lopez, Ricky and Yachiyo Lu, Mary and Tim Maddock, Patricia Mahon, Phillip and Ann-Marie Martin, Justin and Bonny Matles, Tracy and Marc McCarthy, John and Liz McNally, Ellen McNally, Diana and Michael Mitchell, Kathleen Moreno-Ketchem, Connor Morhardt, Francia Morhardt-Smith, Maureen Moser, Janice Ohrablo, John and Barbara Palmer, Karl Panthen, Gunilla Fahringer-Perez, Karen Preiser, Rick Reuter, Roseanne Riolo and Frank Durante, Greg and Rachel Roberts, Donna Robertson and Raymond Chow, Jennifer Sabia, Catherine Schoetz and Neil Ritchie, Pam and Walter Schwer, Monica Sganga, Cheryl Smith, Peter Smith, .Sean and Rebecca Smith, Stephen Stamas, Andrew Wood and (the Rev.) Astrid Storm, Sarah and Jose Tabb-Garza, Gina Taglieri, Mark and Kathy Trager, Mark and Meaghan Vernazza, Janelle and Mark Walhout, Judith Walsh, Andrea and James West, Shana Westhoff, Valerie Wiggan, David and Qin Wiles, Neil and June Winward, Tom and Lisa Wolfe, Michele Wood, Pat and Deidre Wynne, Dorothy and David Yewer, Jennifer Young and Keith Treyball, Rick and Dotty Young, Dan and Jane Zimmerman

Please reach out any time to Mother Storm or the Annual Appeal Co-Chairs, Jim Hallowell and Barbara Palmer, if you have any questions or concerns about pledging to St. James the Less. Especially if you're new, you may want to understand this process better, but also for those who've stepped back from pledging and are thinking of resuming your financial commitment. Reach out any time by phone or email.

Mother Storm: rector@stjamesscarsdale.org, or 917-621-5153

Jim Hallowell: jhallowell@gibsondunn.com

Barbara Palmer: bkpalmer58@gmail.com