How We Do What We Do

TOTAL Ministries received tax-deductible contributions from people just like you.

35% of our funding comes from individual donors.
29% of our funding comes from local church support, primarily as local missions.
10% of our funding comes from the United Way of the Piedmont
10% of our funding comes from the foundations that manage donations from Duke Energy
9% of our funding comes from foundation grants
4% of our funding comes from local business
3% of our funding comes from local civic clubs, business associations, and schools

00% comes from government funding, no federal, state, or local taxes pay for our services

85 cents of each dollar goes to helping people
10 cents of each dollar goes to management costs (ex., insurance, audits, filing fees)
5 cents of each dollar goes to fundraising costs (ex., quarterly newsletter, postage for receipts)

Our annual budget is about $320,000 a year and we interview over 4500 households every year.

We are able to do this through the committed volunteers who help TOTAL and hold down our costs of staffing.

Contributions of food, hygiene items, office supplies also contribute to holding down our costs of operations.