It is that time of year when many nonprofits like churches provide donation statements to their donors. It is also a good time to assess if the current solution is able to give these statements easily, quickly and has majority of the features that are still important to the church. Over time, software becomes outdated… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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You asked, we listened! Awesome Changes to Donations
We made a couple of changes to the donation entry window: Donation Speed Entry: The donation entry screen has been slightly rearranged and modified to allow for fast keyboard access. The “currency type” option was moved up, and you can now use the “Enter” key to move between fields on the entry screen. Allow EFT… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Quick Tip that’s Helping Churches Increase Donations
It is common knowledge in the business world that customer retention is much more cost-effective than trying to acquire new customers. The same is true for churches and other nonprofit organizations. Although it is important to attract new members so the church can grow, it is equally (if not more) important to keep the members… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Why the Church’s Financials should be Auditable?
Many churches try their best to do everything right and succeed every day in their mission(s). There is one area in the church that can be detrimental even if the best intentions were meant – the church’s books. Once a church loses the trust in the congregation and/or community their reputation as being a trustworthy… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Recent Study – Churches Offering Online Donations.
According to a recent study conducted by Lifeway and 1003 protestant churches 55% of churches offer online giving with attendance of 500 or more. Two-thirds of churches with online giving offered it for 2 years or less. It also found churches in larger cities used it more often. To check out all the statistics please… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Bulk mail bar coding – does it save money for churches?
Many non profits are lead to believe that barcoding gives huge discounts when they bulk mail. What many organization do not realize is they must be CASS/PAVE certified. This certification is an expensive endeavor for smaller organizations. Because of the expense for these certification the organization will actually lose money unless they are mailing out… ⪼ Continue Reading…