News from Eliot Chapel
July 1, 2022 was the first day of the new Eliot Chapel Fiscal/Pledge Year of 2022-2023.

We realize Eliot Chapel's fiscal and pledge year are confusing. Everyone thinks of a "year" as the calendar year of January to December. However, a corporation like Eliot Chapel (EUC was incorporated in 1959) follows a different schedule for its fiscal year. Eliot Chapel's fiscal year is July 1 to June 30. This means that the pledge card members and friends were asked to fill out and return to Eliot Chapel back in March became effective July 1.

Because we have just ended one fiscal/pledge year and started a new one, there are several things pledgers who pay via online giving need to do now.

If the following directions confuse you, please contact the Front Office at frontoffice@eliotchapel.org or dfo@eliotchapel.org and we will help you delete your 2021-2022 pledge payment and/or set up a new online giving pledge payment for 2022-2023.

To see a visual guide showing how to set up a pledge payment online, check out our Giving Made Easy brochure on the Eliot Chapel website.
If you still need/want to fulfill your 2021-2022 pledge, you can continue to do so. Leave your current Online Pledge for 2021-2022 as it is.
If you have fulfilled your 2021-2022 Pledge, or do not have a balance on your 2021-2022 Pledge and do not wish to fulfill it but want to start fulfilling your 2022-2023 Pledge you need to do the following:

  1. Delete the 2021-2022 Online Giving Pledge.
  2. Create a NEW Online Giving Pledge payment and select 2022-2023 Fiscal Year as the fund.
  3. Follow the rest of the Online Giving directions, selecting your choice of payment options (bank withdrawal, credit card, etc.) and your date of withdrawal.
  4. You're all set for your future donations to be applied to the Current Fiscal/Pledge Year of 2022-2023
If you still need/want to fulfill your 2021-2022 Pledge AND start fulfilling your 2022-2023 Pledge at the same time, please do the following:

  1. Leave your 2021-2022 Online Giving Pledge payment as it is. Your selected payment option will continue to withdraw the amount and send it to Eliot Chapel. We will notify you when you have fulfilled your pledge.
  2. Create a NEW Online Giving Pledge payment and select 2022-2023. Fiscal Year as the Fund.
  3. Follow the rest of the Online Giving directions, selecting your choice of payment options (bank withdrawal, credit card, etc.), and your date of withdrawal.
  4. Your bank or credit card will withdraw twice (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.) – once for the 2021-2022 Fiscal/Pledge and once for the 2022-2023 Fiscal/Pledge.
If you have not yet submitted your pledge card for 2022-2023, please link to the Online Pledge Card on our website.

Even if you are a Sustaining Member or Friend, the Front Office still needs a "physical" pledge card so a pledge can be entered into Eliot's database by which to track your pledge contributions.


Thank you for your support of Eliot Chapel!

Camille Novak
Director of Finance & Operations