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The general fund’s cash rose every year from FY2012 to FY2025, to $3,147,179.
The general Stabilization Fund
Cash at the year’s close
FY2011
$1,186,777
FY2012
$989,609
FY2013
$999,549
FY2014
$1,299,078
FY2015
$1,388,105
FY2016
$1,511,527
FY2017
$1,631,431
FY2018
$1,740,280
FY2019
$1,848,803
FY2020
$1,978,348
FY2021
$2,447,755
FY2022
$2,574,673
FY2023
$2,730,601
FY2024
$2,901,158
FY2025
$3,147,179
Each year off the annual report’s trust table, published only where its own arithmetic closes; the last is the ledger’s opening balance.
1 · The facts
$1,186,777
cash at the FY2011 close
$989,609
at the FY2012 close, the low
$2,730,601
at the FY2023 close
$3,147,179
at the FY2025 close
7.2%
a year, FY2011 to FY2025, compounded
$3,244,478
held at 31 March 2026 (ledger)
$97,299
come in since 1 July 2025
5%
of the budget: the level the Town’s policy names first
6.1%
what it holds, against the FY2026 budget (ours)
our estimate
—
how much of the rise is deposits and how much interest
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The fund grew 7.2% a year from FY2011 to FY2025, and rose in every year after FY2012.
2
At 6.1% of the FY2026 budget, by our arithmetic, it sits above the 5% the Town’s policy names.
3
No withdrawal from the general fund appears in any vote this archive has read.
The general Stabilization Fund at each year’s close
Year
Ending cash
Ending market value
FY2025
$3,147,178.96
—
FY2024
$2,901,157.60
$2,967,682.91
FY2023
$2,730,600.73
$2,725,541.17
FY2022
$2,574,673.21
$2,572,737.97
FY2021
$2,447,755.21
$2,526,388.54
FY2020
$1,978,347.74
$2,041,061.72
FY2019
$1,848,802.86
$1,890,735.29
FY2018
$1,740,279.81
$1,732,690.98
FY2017
$1,631,430.63
—
FY2016
$1,511,526.92
$1,551,001.18
FY2015
$1,388,105.33
$1,398,606.47
FY2014
$1,299,077.98
$1,312,062.64
FY2013
$999,548.94
$1,002,847.47
FY2012
$989,608.54
$1,005,630.47
FY2011
$1,186,776.91
$1,202,862.85
Each year read off the annual report’s trust table and published only where the table’s own arithmetic closes; the latest year is the ledger’s opening balance. A dash is a market value the year does not print.
What was said
“She added that Lunenburg’s stabilization funds are looking good and that there is a strong commitment from the community to put away money into stabilization funds of various types and that should continue.”