Church Finance 101
Get the eBook series that explains everything a church needs to know about recording donations, gifts in kind (non-cash donations), online donations, fundraising, and IRA donations. There’s also an eBook that goes over 9 tips to increase a church’s fundraising efforts. And finally, an eBook series wouldn’t be complete without including church accounting and what church leadership should know.
Check out the full eBook series.
- How do I record Gift in Kind donations?
- How do I record IRA donations?
- How do I record stock donations?
- Our church wants to build better donor relationships. How do we build trust with donors?
- What is FASB for church accounting, and why should churches care?
Quiz Time
Want to check your knowledge on fund accounting or recording donations? We’ve created a one-of-a-kind quiz based on IRS requirements and other guidelines that anyone can use to test themselves, or churches can use as needed.
Church Member Portal Resources
Do you want to give your church members the ability to print their donation statements for tax purposes? Or do you want them to update their member profiles, which would save the church secretary’s time?
The Icon Systems member portal handles this for the church. Once it’s set up, the church’s website can have information for the church members to log in. We have put together a sample for you to use in the link below and included the links needed for church members to download the church mobile apps.
Find out more about the member portal.
Easy Login Set up
Let us show you how to set up a page on your church’s website to simplify logging in for your church members. Check out how to set up an easy login button for your church members to log in to their family’s profile right from the church’s website.
Fund Accounting For Churches
Nonprofit Accounting
Learn all about fund accounting. Fund accounting is more difficult to learn than for-profit accounting. However, it gives nonprofit organizations the flexibility to grow their mission work, know which resources are allocated to those missions, budget appropriately, and respond to changes quickly — rather than at the end of the year.
- what and why churches must use fund accounting.
- the types of funds in an organization’s accounting system.
- debits and credits in accounting.
- the chart of accounts for an organization.
- double-entry accounting and why it must be used.
- the required financial reports.
- what to ask yourself before purchasing accounting software.
Search and Find in our Resources
Icon Systems has helped thousands of churches understand the nuances of membership, donations, accounting, and payroll from the very beginning. We felt it was our duty to ensure churches weren’t caught in a hard spot when the IRS or other auditors came knocking. We have brought our expertise together in one place — our resources.
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Helpful Checklists
Our goal is simple: to provide helpful resources that make ministry easier and more effective. We’ve put together a collection of checklists to help your team stay organized, improve processes, and support the important work you do every day. Whether you’re reviewing procedures, onboarding volunteers, planning events, or strengthening church operations, we hope these materials serve as a valuable reference for your team.
Getting Help Using Icon Systems
The Icon Systems application includes resources that help users with all their questions. Our crown jewel for Icon Systems is our live, friendly technical support staff. While we love getting questions via email, we love users who call in. Unlike many software companies that don’t offer live phone support, we can’t get enough of it.
The best way to try out our technical support is to call us at 218-236-1899 when any questions come up using the software, or the trial version!
30 days. No credit card required.
As a user of Icon Systems, you have other options in the Icon Systems application to get help when needed. Users can access the Icon Systems support forum to search for answers or submit a new question to our support staff. Each screen on Icon Systems has a help area that lets users read the screen instructions if they need a little more help. And of course, the system includes how-to videos for users who prefer to watch certain tasks being completed.
Last but not least, we offer free training webinars. We offer group webinars on specific topics from time to time. Or the church can request a one-on-one webinar if they like to go over specific areas of the church management system.
