Church accounting doesn’t have to be a headache. Choosing the right tools to streamline your workflow will keep you from getting overwhelmed. Below, I’ll explain how QuickBooks helps you manage your church accounting without stress.
Join the fundraising movement! Join the fundraising movement!Only 36% of Americans report trusting churches. Building this trust is crucial to getting more church attendance – and more donations – so you can spread the word of God.
One way to increase trust is to be good stewards of tithes and offerings by leveraging tools like QuickBooks to enable a clear accounting process.
Below, I’ll explain the basics of QuickBooks for churches, including the different types for your ministry. I’ll also share how it integrates with Donorbox.
QuickBooks allows you to assign each dollar your church receives to a specific area. Any time you receive tithing, you can track it by committee, program, or fund.
This provides you with clarity on how much funding you have on hand and the expenses being covered by it. This information is crucial when creating a case for support or providing impact data.
Plus, with multiple user accounts with unique access permissions, multiple people in your church can work on the application at once.
Donorbox seamlessly integrates with QuickBooks to help manage your donations easily. More on this below.
Both types of QuickBooks can be helpful for churches. Here’s a breakdown to help you determine what’s best for your church’s needs.
QuickBooks Online offers 4 pricing tiers:
All tiers include these basic perks:
QuickBooks recommends the Plus or Advanced tiers for churches and houses of worship. This is because some of the advanced tools, like bill management and multiple users, are especially helpful for growing churches.
Other benefits of QuickBooks Online:
Although QuickBooks Online is a great choice for churches, there are a few reasons to consider QuickBooks Desktop, too.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has three tiers:
Monthly and annual plans are available. Each tier offers significant accounting power, but the biggest difference is the ability to customize. The Diamond level allows up to 40 users, plus strong customization to make it as useful for your church as possible.
Plus, add on cloud access and Salesforce CRM integration.
Other pros for QuickBooks Desktop include:
A big con for QuickBooks Desktop is limited integrations. If you want to seamlessly connect with your favorite online tools, like Donorbox, you’ll want to go with QuickBooks Online.
If you’re balking at the prices listed for each tier above, don’t fret. Churches with 501(c)(3) status receive significant discounts through TechSoup.
TechSoup offers the following QuickBooks versions:
In addition to being an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit, there are a few other eligibility requirements for Intuit products from TechSoup. These include having an annual operating budget under $10 million and not engaging in discrimination as an organization.
Automatically maintain up-to-date fundraising and accounting data for maximum efficiency with Donorbox’s native QuickBooks integration.
Instantly sync all your donations, ticket sales, and transactions collected through Donorbox with your QuickBooks account, saving time and reducing manual errors.
This native integration can be added to your Donorbox plan for $50 per month. View the Pricing page to explore the plan options.
To get started, you’ll need:
View this step-by-step guide to get set up.
Zapier helps you connect Donorbox with QuickBooks Online.
Before you start this process, you’ll need:
Learn how to integrate QuickBooks Online via Zapier in this step-by-step guide.
This method connects QuickBooks (Online and Desktop) to Donorbox donations via Stripe with Commerce Sync.
For this integration to work, you will need:
Check out this step-by-step guide on Donorbox and QuickBooks integration using Stripe with Commerce Sync.
If your church needs new accounting software, QuickBooks is an excellent choice. With affordable discounts and easy ways to integrate QuickBooks with Donorbox, streamlined church accounting becomes a reality.
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Lindsey Bower is a writer, content strategist, and nonprofit consultant. She specializes in helping nonprofits craft compelling messaging for websites, blogs, social media, and email marketing, with a strong focus on SEO and AEO strategy. With a background in fundraising and membership management, she knows firsthand what it's like to juggle priorities and wear many hats in the fast-paced nonprofit world.
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