Sacristo

A church's money is not a small business's money with hymns. The pastor is an employee for income tax and self-employed for Social Security at the same time, the housing allowance has to be designated in advance and never appears on a W-2 the way salary does, and the whole budget rests on giving that arrives in cash, envelopes and an online platform that reconciles to none of it. Sacristo is the record for that: payroll with the clergy pieces right, the budget against what was actually given, and the tithe and offering by household so January's statements come out of the record instead of being rebuilt.

Sacristo is a small piece of software for the person who runs the money at a church. The administrator, the business manager, the treasurer, the volunteer who has done the books for eleven years, or the pastor doing it on a Sunday evening. It is built for the church that has people on payroll, at least one of them clergy, a budget the board approves, and giving that arrives in three different ways and reconciles to none of them.

Who it is for: The church administrator, business manager, treasurer or bookkeeping volunteer at a small or mid-size US church with people on payroll, at least one of them clergy, and a budget the board approves and then asks about all year.

Sacristo Pro is $72 a month for the whole church, billed monthly.