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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2013, Page 118

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SYNOD REPORTS
FAN INTO FLAME FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Revenues, Disbursements and Expenses (Unaudited) as of January 31, 2013
(Note: Slight errors in totals may exist due to rounding of exact figures to the nearest whole dollar)

Campaign Revenues
Cash Received by Synod for Outreach				
$40,456,817
Cash Received by Synod for New Ablaze! NSM* Missionaries
$ 8,926,184
Related District and Congregational Campaigns			
$ 5,753,988
Subtotal: Gifts								$55,136,989
Subtotal: Pledges							
$14,174,732
Total Revenues: Cash, Related Campaigns, Direct NSMs, Pledges						
$69,311,721
*NSM=Network Supported Missionary
Campaign Disbursements (a detailed breakdown of the following disbursements is available at www.lcms.org/fanintoflame)
Campaign Expense Recovery
Cash Used for Expense Recovery (per Campaign Policies)
Expenses Recovered—Restricted Cash				
  $ 4,049,935
Expenses Recovered—Unrestricted Cash			
  $14,048,052
Subtotal: Cash Used for Expense Recovery						
$18,097,988
Campaign Outreach Disbursements Net of Expense Recovery
Cash Received by Synod Disbursed for Outreach
Jerusalem (Congregational Outreach)				
  $ 2,317,017
Judea (District Outreach)					
  $ 7,302,595
Samaria (National Outreach)					
  $ 3,321,057
Ends of the Earth (International Outreach)			
  $ 8,161,623		
Subtotal: Cash Received by Synod Disbursed for Outreach				
$21,102,293
Campaign Cash on Deposit with Synod
Jerusalem (Congregational Outreach)			
  $ 102,346
Judea (District Outreach)					 $ 88,132
Samaria (National Outreach)				
($ 24,528)
Ends of the Earth (International Outreach)			
   $1,090,587
Subtotal: Cash on Deposit with Synod						

$ 1,256,537

Other Campaign-Related Disbursements
Related District and Congregational Campaigns-Disbursements
  $ 5,753,988
New Ablaze! NSM Missionaries: Restricted Gift Disbursements
  $ 8,926,184
Subtotal: Other Campaign-Related Disbursements					$14,680,172
Balance of Pledges
Pledge Receivables						
  $ 8,777,435
Uncollectable Pledges (Write-offs)				
  $ 5,397,297
Subtotal: Pledges								

$14,174,732

Total: Expense Recovery, Disbursements, Cash on Deposit, Pledges					

$69,311,721

Expenses
Expense Detail
Incurred Expenses by Category
Consultant (Community Counseling Service Co., LLC)		
($ 8,237,421) 41.4%
($ 2,113,023) 10.6%
LCMS Foundation Services3				
($ 1,289,471) 6.5%
General and Administrative4 				
($ 5,693,060) 28.6%
LCMS Staff Wages & Benefits4				
Publications and Promotion				
($ 753,579) 3.8%
Travel and Events					
($ 1,266,000) 6.4%
Other5						($ 530,239) 2.7%
Subtotal: Incurred Campaign Expenses						
($19,882,793)
Cash Applied to Campaign Expenses					
$18,097,988
Campaign Expense Deficit Borne by Synod							

($ 1,784,805)

The LCMS Foundation serviced the campaign with gift and pledge processing, direct-marketing expertise, database management, and constituent research.
LCMS World Mission fund-raising staff expense and G&A were allocated 100% to the campaign (atypical of industry standards, which would allocate
personnel by percentages between ongoing, sustaining operational requirements, and the campaign). Removing these would lower the campaign costs by as
much as $6,982,531 to $12,900,262. The rationale for industry standard practice is that the organization would still incur most if not all of these costs even if
the campaign were not conducted simply to carry out regular, sustaining fund-raising in support of annual operations.
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Comprises campaign expenses which do not fall into any of the other six categories.
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