Audit Preparation That Starts on Day One
The best time to prepare for an audit is every day you keep your books. Grain Ledger maintains the journal entries, fund balances, and GAAP-style reports your auditor will ask for.
Challenges we hear from churches like yours
Grain Ledger is built to replace spreadsheet risk with fund accounting that scales.
Scrambling for documents in February
When every transaction is a journal entry with an audit trail, you do not scramble to reconstruct records for your CPA.
Inconsistent records across years
A structured chart of accounts and consistent fund accounting mean this year's records look like last year's, not a different system entirely.
Auditors ask hard questions
Drill-down reports let you show the journal entries behind any number so auditor questions are answered with data, not explanations.
How Grain helps
Explore product areas that map to what you need, then book a demo for a tailored walkthrough.
Common questions
- Does Grain help prepare for church audits?
- Yes. Grain maintains a complete audit trail, GAAP-style financial statements, and journal entry detail that auditors and CPAs expect.
- Can auditors access Grain directly?
- You can grant read-only access to external accountants or export the reports and supporting detail they need.
- What reports do auditors typically need?
- Balance sheet, statement of activities, statement of cash flows, fund balance reports, and supporting journal entry detail. Grain produces all of these.
Free Church Accounting
Free to Start. Scales as You Grow.
No credit card required. Most features free for churches under $20k in monthly spend.
Starter
For churches under $20k in monthly spend
Accounting
- 1 Bank Connection
- Unlimited Funds
- Accrual & Cash Basis
- 3 Users
- Standard Roles
- One-Click QuickBooks Migration
Giving Intelligence
- Donor Insights
- Donor Development
- DAF Analytics
- Giving Statements
- ChMS Integrations
Spend Management
- ≤ $20k Monthly Expenses
- AI Invoice Scanning
Budgets
- 1 Active Budget
Reporting
- Standard GAAP Reports
- Custom Dashboards
- Dimension Tags Reporting
Support
Growth
Popular
For growing congregations
Accounting
- 3 Bank Connections
- Unlimited Funds
- Accrual & Cash Basis
- 3 Users
- Standard Roles
- One-Click QuickBooks Migration
Giving Intelligence
- Donor Insights
- Donor Development
- DAF Analytics
- Giving Statements
- ChMS Integrations
Spend Management
- Unlimited Monthly Expenses
- AI Invoice Scanning
- Email Invoice Automation
Budgets
- Unlimited Active Budgets
Reporting
- Standard GAAP Reports
- Custom Dashboards
- Dimension Tags Reporting
Support
- Priority Email
Enterprise
For larger churches with complex needs
Accounting
- Accrual & Cash Basis
- Unlimited Bank Connections
- Unlimited Funds
- Unlimited Users
- Custom Roles
- One-Click QuickBooks Migration
Giving Intelligence
- Donor Insights
- Donor Development
- DAF Analytics
- Giving Statements
- ChMS Integrations
Spend Management
- Unlimited Monthly Expenses
- AI Invoice Scanning
- Email Invoice Automation
Budgets
- Unlimited Active Budgets
- Multi-Scenario Planning
Reporting
- Custom Reports
- Custom Dashboards
- Dimension Tags Reporting
Support
- Phone
Church Payroll
A standalone product, built into Grain
Pay your church staff, file payroll taxes, and keep every paycheck tied to the right fund. Priced and packaged on its own — no plan upgrade required.
Run church payroll without the bookkeeping cleanup
Modern payroll, time tracking, and tax filings — with every pay run posting straight to the right fund. No exporting, no re-keying, no month-end mess.
No plan upgrade required - works with Starter, Growth, or Enterprise
Simple, transparent pricing
Everything included
Stop scrambling before audits. Start being ready every day.
See how Grain Ledger makes church audit preparation a byproduct of keeping good books, not a special project.