Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Effective for Fiscal Year 2025–2026

At Temple Shalom, anyone is welcome to worship on Shabbat regardless of membership or payments.  The Board of Trustees, who has fiduciary oversight of Temple Shalom, adopted the following policy in April, 2025 regarding Shalom Commitment to provide clear expectations of membership requirements and ensure the financial health of the congregation.  Financial predictability is critical to running all aspects of our congregation.

♦  No one will be turned away from Shabbat worship due to inability to pay
♦  What members owe the community is to be a “member in good standing” which means either:
     ♦  Paying a Shalom Commitment and other fees (school, b’mitzvah, social hall rental, etc.) according to the schedule set forth, OR
     ♦  Reaching out to the Senior Director of Development and Membership to develop an alternative payment plan.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
♦  If someone has not paid and is unwilling to develop a payment plan with the Membership Director, they may no longer participate in non-worship activities    and high holiday services.

​​​​​​​The following outlines payment expectations:
♦  Previous year’s commitments must be paid in full by the end of the fiscal year, which is June 30.
♦  The new fiscal year’s first Shalom Commitment payment must be paid no later than one week before the start of the High Holy Days in order to register for High Holy Day services.  The specific date will be communicated at the start of each fiscal year, which is July 1. 
     ♦  Please note that for those who can, it greatly benefits Temple Shalom when members pay their full Shalom Commitment at one time.
♦  This excludes those who are actively paying on a previously agreed upon payment plan from the previous fiscal year that may go into the first few months of the new fiscal year.
♦  If a member has fully paid the previous year’s fees but has not submitted a Shalom Commitment for the current fiscal year by one week after Sukkot, a membership will be assumed. A Shalom Commitment will then be assigned and billed at 3% above the previous year’s amount.
♦  If no payment is made toward the assigned Shalom Commitment—or alternative arrangements are not made with the Senior Director of Development and Membership by December 30, the member will be considered resigned.

Temple Shalom remains committed to the belief that financial constraints should never be a barrier to membership or participation. If you are unable to meet the payment expectations outlined above, please reach out to Lovelynn Ivey, Senior Director of Development and Membership to confidentially arrange an alternative plan at livey@templeshalom.org.

We are here for you—and we thank you for being here for our community.

♦  $18,000 – Visionary Leadership
♦  $10,000 – Pillar
♦  $7,500 – Sustainer
♦  $5,000 – Advocate
♦  $4,000 – Supporter (new recommended level)
♦  $2,000 – Suggested Base Commitment