Church accounting

Accounting Software Built for Baptist Churches

Track tithes, manage designated funds, and produce GAAP-compliant reports your deacons and finance committee can trust. Grain Ledger is cloud fund accounting built for how churches actually work.

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Fund accounting dashboard for a Baptist church in Grain Ledger

Challenges we hear from churches like yours

Grain Ledger is built to replace spreadsheet risk with fund accounting that scales.

  • Deacon and finance committee reporting

    Your deacons should not have to wait until month-end for a clear picture. Generate statements of activities and fund balances that show restricted and unrestricted giving in one place.

  • Designated gifts and building funds

    Missions, building, and benevolence dollars stay separated with a real chart of accounts and audit trail, not side tabs in a spreadsheet that break when someone sorts wrong.

  • Volunteer-friendly workflows

    Route bills for approval, sync the bank, and give treasurers a single place to categorize and reconcile without QuickBooks workarounds.

How Grain helps

Explore the product areas that match your needs, then start free or watch a short demo.

Common questions

Does Grain Ledger work for Baptist churches?
Yes. Grain Ledger is fund-based nonprofit accounting designed for churches of any denomination. You get restricted and unrestricted fund tracking, bank sync, giving integrations, and GAAP-style reports suitable for boards and CPAs.
Can we track designated and building funds separately?
Yes. You can structure funds and dimensions to match how your church receives and spends money, with a full general ledger and audit trail behind every entry.
Is Grain a replacement for QuickBooks for our church?
Grain is built specifically for church fund accounting, donor and giving workflows, and ministry reporting. Many churches use it as a modern alternative to QuickBooks when they outgrow spreadsheets or need clearer fund and board reporting.

Helpful resources for your evaluation

Compare software, review pricing, and move from research into the product pages that match your church.

Church accounting software

Product overview for fund accounting, giving integrations, bank reconciliation, and board-ready reporting.

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Small church accounting software

See how Grain fits volunteer treasurers who need bookkeeping software without QuickBooks-style workarounds.

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Church accounting software comparison

Full 2026 comparison of church accounting software. Use this if you are choosing among Grain, Aplos, ChurchTrac, and QuickBooks.

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Church accounting pricing

Review the free Starter tier, Growth pricing, and when churches usually move up to paid plans.

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Scales as You Grow.

No credit card required. Most features are free for churches with up to $20k in monthly expenses.

Billing period

Starter

For churches with up to $20k in monthly expenses

Free

  • 1 Bank Connection
  • 3 Users
  • Unlimited Funds
  • Donor Insights
  • 1 Active Budget
  • Standard GAAP Reports
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Scale

Scale-based pricing for larger churches

$100/month

$0 – $1.5M
  • Unlimited Bank Connections
  • Unlimited Users
  • Custom Roles
  • Custom Reports
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GrainPayroll

Pay your church staff and file payroll taxes, with every pay run posted to the right fund.

  • Auto fund allocation
  • Mobile time clock & approvals
  • Direct deposit
  • Federal & state tax filings

$50/month base

+ $10 per employee / month

Works with every accounting plan. No upgrade required.

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Your deacons deserve better than a spreadsheet

See how Grain Ledger handles fund tracking, giving, and board reporting for Baptist churches.

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