The same report also put the church's 1996 income from tithing (one tenth of one's income set apart for contribution to the church) at approximately US $ 5.2 billion, explaining why Time named the LDS Church America's wealthiest religion.
同一份報導也指出，該教會在 1996 年的「什一奉獻」（指每賺取 10 元就奉獻 1 元）收入，預估在 52 億美元左右，也因此「時代雜誌」稱摩門教為美國最富有的宗教。