Church Accounting Software Built for Fund Accounting, Not Workarounds
Track designated gifts, reconcile bank activity, and produce board-ready financial reports with church accounting software built for ministries that have outgrown QuickBooks classes, spreadsheets, and disconnected giving exports.
Challenges we hear from churches like yours
Grain Ledger is built to replace spreadsheet risk with fund accounting that scales.
Generic software hides fund balances
Classes and tags in QuickBooks are not true fund accounting. Grain tracks restricted and unrestricted activity in a ledger built for ministry finance.
Giving and banking live in different systems
Import Planning Center, Pushpay, Rock RMS, and Stripe giving into one fund-aware ledger with Plaid bank reconciliation.
Board reports should not require exports
Generate fund balance, statement of activities, and ministry reports without rebuilding spreadsheets every month.
How Grain helps
Explore the product areas that match your needs, then start free or watch a short demo.
Common questions
- What is church accounting software?
- Church accounting software tracks designated gifts, ministry funds, expenses, and financial reports using fund-based accounting instead of profit-focused business bookkeeping.
- Why do churches move off QuickBooks?
- Many churches outgrow QuickBooks when classes and tags stop behaving like true funds. Grain replaces those workarounds with native fund accounting, bank sync, and board-ready church financial reporting.
- How is Grain Ledger different from ChurchTrac or Aplos?
- Grain is finance-first: native fund accounting with giving platform integrations and bank sync. ChurchTrac and Aplos bundle broader church admin or donor tools. See our comparison guide for details.
- Can we migrate from QuickBooks or Aplos?
- Yes. Grain supports migration from QuickBooks, Aplos, spreadsheets, and other church systems with help mapping funds, accounts, and opening balances.
Helpful resources for your evaluation
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Small church accounting software
See how Grain fits volunteer treasurers who need bookkeeping software without QuickBooks-style workarounds.
Open resourceBest accounting software for churches
Compare Grain with Aplos, ChurchTrac, QuickBooks, and other church accounting software options.
Open resourceChurch accounting pricing
Review the free Starter tier, Growth pricing, and when churches usually move up to paid plans.
Open resourceFree Church Accounting
Free to Start. Scales as You Grow.
No credit card required. Most features are free for churches with up to $20k in monthly expenses.
Starter
For churches with up to $20k in monthly expenses
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
- MCP access
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
- MCP access
- REST API access
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
See church accounting software built for your ledger
Start free or watch a short demo of fund accounting, giving imports, and board reporting for your church.