Read the Intro before proceeding. Concentrating on the basics throughout the entire selection process removes the mistake of choosing an overly complicated system. A typical weakness, of a feature rich system, is it’s complicated and difficult to use. This is what I call “fluff”. Typically, the complicated systems should only be in one place –… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Selecting a Church Donation Software Mistakes Intro
There are a lot of systems that accomplish donation tracking in some fashion. There are some that do the fundamentals and others that add fluff to their product offering. Each product will have its strengths and weaknesses, and most would probably accomplish what you need. So if majority of them will accomplish your task –… ⪼ Continue Reading…
How to add photos for a picture directory
Adding photos to your IconCMO database to produce a picture directory is fairly easy. However, there are some details worth keeping in mind. The “Picture Directory” report is found under People : Households : Reports. This directory report uses household images that were loaded under People : Households : Pictures for inclusion in the directory.… ⪼ Continue Reading…
6 Donation Mistakes to Avoid For Your Donors
Churches (or any nonprofit) input their donations in a donation software to ensure donors are provided a statement at the end of the year — not only for tax purposes but to communicate to the donors how their donations were used. Typically the statements are ran for the entire year (calendar year) irregardless what the church… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Linking Donations to Accounting Part 3
This is the third of a four part series. See part 1, part 2, or part 4. In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we looked at how our link between donations and the fund accounting system could be used to handle some regular donations. For this post and part 4, we’ll build… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Quarterly Donation Statements for Church Members
It’s Spring! And a person’s thoughts turn to…. quarterly donation statements? OK, maybe that’s not how you would finish the sentence, but it is a timely topic for several reasons, and reaching the end of a financial quarter is just one of them. Why send out quarterly statements? While you are not required by the… ⪼ Continue Reading…