Staff Contact

Contact Barbara Brower, director of finance and administration, for information about the Minnesota Annual Conference budget.

2021 Apportioned Budget

Members of the 2020 Annual Conference Session voted on August 29, 2020 to approve a 2021 apportioned budget totaling $5,629,157. That amount represents an 11% decrease from the 2020 approved budget. The apportioned budget may be increased by no more than 3 percent over the previous year’s budget under a budget ceiling rule approved at the 2016 Annual Conference.
 
With an “uncollectible contingency” of $725,000, the total amount to be apportioned in 2021 is $6,354,157. The uncollectible contingency accommodates anticipated shortfalls in some churches’ apportionment payments.

Apportionments are the share each annual conference or local church pays to support international, national, and local missions. Some of the funds remitted by Minnesota congregations stay within the state and help fund various Minnesota Conference programs and mission efforts, and about a quarter of the funds remitted by local churches go to the global United Methodist Church. Apportionments also pay for the internal support system that allows for 100 percent of “second-mile” giving (Advance Specials) to go to the intended mission or ministry.

• Developing missional leaders: $945,215 (15%)
• Equipping missional congregations: $681,775 (11%)
• Extending missional impact: $293,013 (5%)
• Extending missional impact—General Conference apportionments: $1,369,099 (22%)
• Generating missional resources: $216,287 (3%)​​
• Aligning our work: Leadership of the annual conference: $940,761 (15%)
• Aligning our work: Support of the annual conference: $1,163,009 (18%)
• Uncollectible contingency (under direction of the Council of Finance and Administration): $725,000
• Clergy health plan: $20,000 (0%; funding comes from other sources)

Download or view full 2021 budget report

Budget and Ceiling History

Each year, there is a budget “ceiling,” or maximum allowed under conference standing rules. Here's a look at past budget and ceiling amounts (before adding the uncollectible contingency).