Contributing Membership Guidance

Kol Hadash welcomes everyone, regardless of ability to contribute financially. If you select Contributing Membership, please consider the following per-household costs and suggested guidelines when you decide how much to pledge.

• If you do not feel comfortable with a Family Supporting Membership, we suggest a minimum pledge of $1775 to cover the core, non-school activities of the congregation ($1300)—Rabbi Chalom as a full-time rabbi, facility rental, music for services, etc.—and the associated administrative costs ($475).

• If you intend to enroll a child in Sunday school, we suggest a minimum membership pledge of $2150. This amount, plus your Sunday school fees of ~$500, covers the ~$2650 per student that Kol Hadash invests in the Sunday school. As in most Sunday schools, the congregation subsidizes this investment in the future of Humanistic Judaism. (The $675 shown in the chart above is the total cost of the school divided by all member households; $2650 is the cost of the school divided by the number of students.)

• If you are primarily interested in High Holiday services, we suggest a minimum pledge of $600 per family. This amount equals what we charged a non-member family to attend High Holiday services, plus our per-member fees to the Society for Humanistic Judaism.

• If this is your first year at Kol Hadash and you are unable to afford a higher amount, we suggest a minimum pledge of $365—$1 per day.

• At minimum, we ask for a commitment of at least $125 to cover our marginal out-of-pocket costs for each member (dues to the Society for Humanistic Judaism, plus printing, postage).