Church Finance & Budgets
Budgets, offerings, benevolence and reimbursements that finally talk to each other.
Give every ministry a yearly budget, count Sunday offerings with two signatures, care for people in need privately, and approve staff purchases before they happen. Genesis connects it all, so your treasurer sees the real numbers without chasing receipts.
Budgets
Budget this year
$186,500
Across 9 ministries
Spent so far
$112,380
60% of the year’s budget
Offerings this year
$203,940
From signed count sheets
Need attention
2
Close to their limit
Fictional example · Not a live church record
Know where every ministry stands
Yearly ministry budgets update as money is spent, with a warning when a ministry gets close to its limit.
No more shoebox of receipts
Staff photograph receipts, Genesis reads the details, and approvals and payments are tracked in one place.
Accountability built in
Two-counter offering sign-off, second approvals for large gifts, and finance access only for the people you choose.
Ministry budgets that keep themselves up to date.
Set a yearly budget for each ministry. Spending fills in from paid reimbursements, card receipts, benevolence and anything your treasurer logs, like checks, invoices or an imported bank statement.
- A yearly budget for every ministry, with your own fiscal year
- A warning when a ministry nears its limit, at the level you choose
- Log checks and invoices, or import a bank statement and skip duplicates
- Copy last year’s budgets to get started in minutes
Ministry Budgets · 2027
TreasurerChildren's Ministry
89% used$15,940 spent of $18,000
Worship & Production
58% used$14,210 spent of $24,500
Missions & Outreach
55% used$17,600 spent of $32,000
Youth
61% used$7,320 spent of $12,000
Plan next year’s budget together.
Open budget season and ministry leaders request what they need for next year. Compare each request with this year’s budget and spending, plus last year’s offerings, then approve or send it back.
- Ministry leaders submit their own requests
- This year’s budget and spending shown side by side
- Last year’s offering income to plan against
- Approved requests become next year’s budgets in one step
Budget Planning · 2028
Requests openSunday count sheets with two signatures.
Count each service’s tithes and offerings on a phone or tablet. Enter bills, coins and checks, split the total across funds, and have a second counter sign on their own account before the sheet locks.
- Bills, coins, rolled coins and checks add up as you go
- Split by fund — the split has to match before anyone signs
- Changing any number clears the signatures
- Bundle signed counts into a bank deposit and print the slip
Count Sheet · Sunday 9:00 AM
Waiting for 2nd counter$20 bills × 38
$760
$100 bills × 6
$600
Rolled quarters × 4
$40
Checks × 21
$4,385
Split by fund · $5,785 total
Funds match the count
Counter 1
Dana Price
Counter 2
Signs on their own account
Help people in need — privately and fairly.
Track each request for rent, groceries, utilities or other help from the first conversation to payment. Only your benevolence team can see who asked for help.
- See what a household has already received before you approve
- Household limits with a warning before they’re passed
- Larger gifts can require a second approval
- Pay the landlord or utility directly; it counts against your budget without a name
Benevolence Request
PrivateRent assistance
Approved · $650Linked to the Moreno household · 1 earlier gift this year
First approval
Pastor Mike
Second approval
Linda (Deacon)
Reimbursements and purchase requests in one flow.
Staff ask before they buy, then upload the receipt afterward and the approved request becomes a reimbursement. Receipt photos fill in the store, date and amount, and the person always checks them before submitting.
- Purchase requests approved before money is spent
- Receipt photo autofill, plus mileage entries
- Emails to approvers, treasurers and the person asking at each step
- Track approved, paid and completed at a glance
Reimbursements
We read your receipt — please check these details
Store
Party City
Date
Nov 3
Amount
$84.27
Ministry: Children’s Ministry · Category: Supplies
Reports your bookkeeper will thank you for.
See spending by ministry and category, yearly budget reports, offering totals by fund and service, and benevolence summaries with names removed. Download a printable receipt packet whenever an auditor asks.
- Excel, CSV and PDF downloads for every report
- A QuickBooks-ready export for your bookkeeper
- A printable receipt packet for audits
- Benevolence reports leave names out unless you choose otherwise
Reports
Fiscal year 2027Every finance tool feeds the others.
Nothing gets typed in twice. What your team records in one place shows up everywhere it matters.
Reimbursements & card receipts
Paid reimbursements and logged card purchases count as ministry spending.
Benevolence payments
Help you pay out counts against the budget you choose, without anyone’s name.
Signed offering counts
Show up as income beside your budgets and in next year’s planning.
Budgets
Every ministry sees real spending as it happens, with a warning before it runs over.
Reports & Insights
Downloads for your bookkeeper and finance widgets on your Insights page.
Card receipts, matched every month.
Staff snap a photo of each church credit card receipt and Genesis fills in the store, date and amount for them to check. At month end, your treasurer matches receipts to the statement and follows up on anything missing.
Card Receipts · October
3 to matchAmazon · $46.18
Ending 4021 · Sarah M.
Costco · $212.40
Ending 4021 · Pastor Mike
Shell · $38.00
Ending 7790 · Lost receipt note
Deposits the bank agrees with.
Bundle signed count sheets into one bank deposit, print the slip for the bank bag, and confirm what the bank received.
Bank Deposit · Nov 8
Ready for the bankQuestions about Finance
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