Financial position
 
 
We are currently behind $26,000 for 2009 and still have a winter season to complete. We are receiving requests from more first-time visitors than ever before. We have taken some steps to restrict the flow of financial assistance and ensure that we can remain open. If you are unable to make a financial gift at this time, please consider a gift of food or organizing a food drive.
 
   
  mission of total ministries in spartanburg south carolina  
 

OUR MISSION: TOTAL Ministries provides for basic needs to assist low-income families in Spartanburg County who are facing a financial crisis.
OUR PURPOSE: TOTAL Ministries is an extension of the servant ministry of local cooperating Christian congregations.
OUR VISION: Every citizen of Spartanburg County will meet the needs of self and family in healthy and enriching ways.
OUR STATEMENT OF BELIEF: We believe integrity in thought and action is how we best serve Christ and humanity. Living authentically is how we put Christian faith into action. We believe everyone has value and deserves to be treated fairly. Our program participants are the focus of everything we do. They are not interruptions. We believe volunteers are our strength. Who gets credit for a job well done is not as important as realizing that volunteers and staff are all a part of the same team, working for the same goals. We encourage creativity, innovation, and commitment.


 
  What we do at Total Ministries  
 

Every year we see families in a financial crisis who have been placed in a bad situation despite their best efforts to overcome obstacles. Typical types of assistance include:

  • Prevention of evictions/foreclosures
  • Preventing loss of utility services (electric/gas/water)
  • Providing heating assistance in the winter
  • Providing food
  • Providing clothing (at no cost)
  • Covering the costs of life-sustaining medications
  • Assistance with obtaining identification papers to start work or find social services assistance (birth certificate, social security card, and picture i.d.)
  • Traveler's Aid for Spartanburg County (stranded travelers)

  
  spending at total ministries  
 

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.