Giving
The Math of Monthly Giving: What $25 a Month Does in a Year
Twelve months of $25 is 120 Bibles at Don Nichols' real price, or one missionary sponsored in 48 months. Drag the slider and see what your monthly gift becomes.
A one-time gift funds a trip. A monthly gift plans the next one. Recurring support lets the team buy supplies in bulk and say yes to a need the moment it appears, instead of waiting for the next fundraising season. Here is what the arithmetic looks like at Don Nichols' published prices.
A monthly gift, twelve months later
Bibles a year of monthly giving buys, at Don's real price
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| Item | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| $10 a month | 48 | $120 a year |
| $25 a month | 120 | $300 a year |
| $50 a month | 240 | $600 a year |
| $100 a month | 480 | $1,200 a year |
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Or, kept together: $25 a month sponsors one missionary in 48 months — $1,200 of airfare, lodging, meals and ground transport for an unpaid volunteer.
Give $25 a monthTick “monthly” on the PayPal page. Cancel any time from your PayPal account.
Or send one person: $1,200
“Each missionary raises approximately $1,200 to serve on this mission. Every member of our team serves as an unpaid volunteer. No one receives a salary or financial compensation for participating in this ministry.”
What $1,200 sends one missionary with
Nobody on the team is paid; this is the whole cost of one person
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| Item | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Round-trip airfare | $800 | |
| Lodging, meals, and ground transportation in Belize | $400 |
Kept together, $100 a month is one missionary a year — airfare, lodging, meals and ground transport for an unpaid volunteer who takes vacation time to serve.
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Hear what your monthly gift did
Monthly partners get the trip recap first: patients seen, Bibles given, photographs from the villages.
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Questions people ask
- How do I give monthly to the Nichols mission?
- Every PayPal donate link on the site offers a monthly option at checkout. Use the slider on this page or any Give button, then tick "monthly" on the PayPal page. Cancel any time from your PayPal account.
- What does $25 a month buy?
- $300 a year — 120 Bibles at $2.50, or 100 hygiene kits at $3, or 500 pairs of reading glasses at $0.60.
- Why does monthly giving matter more than one-time?
- Recurring gifts let the team plan trips, buy supplies in bulk, and respond to needs the moment they appear, instead of waiting for the next fundraising season.
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