Cash & Check – Chances are, a good chunk of your donations still come in via cash and check from passing the plate at church. With Tithe.ly church giving, you can easily record all offline giving along side the other forms of giving so you have a complete view in one system! ACH bank transfer (aka eCheck) – Bank transfer donations are supported by Tithe.ly church giving. Donors can set it up and manage their connected accounts themselves, or you can help them get it configured on the admin side of giving. Credit & Debit Card – Donors can give using they VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or AMEX. Donors can set it up and manage their connected accounts themselves, or you can help them get it configured on the admin side of giving.
Yes! Tithe.ly supports churches in the the United States (US), Canada, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom (UK), and New Zealand. And we’ve got more coming your way soon!
Tithe.ly allows you to export a CSV file that should be importable by your general ledger. We also provide bank deposit reporting that includes the full deposit amount as well as the break out by fund. We’d advise against keeping every individual donation in your general ledger. Instead, we’d recommend using a journaled entry strategy where individual gift details are stored in Tithe.ly and only the deposits totals and fund details are entered into your general ledger.
Tithe.ly has been built by pastors, church leaders, and kingdom minded people to meet the needs of Church. You get 5 ways to give in one solution – a native mobile app for iOS and Android phones, true in text-to-give, online giving, kiosk giving, and administrative giving. No contracts required, no up front / setup fees, no monthly fees, or any other hidden fees. Find more info here to consider when looking at easyTithe for your church.
Tithe.ly has been built by ministry minded individuals and pastors to meet the specific needs of the Church. Tithe.ly gives you 5 ways to give in one solution – a native mobile app, true in text giving, web giving, kiosk giving, and administrative giving. You won’t be required to sign a long term contract, incur any up front fees, get stuck with large monthly fees, or find any hidden or surprising fees in your processing statements. Here are a few more things to consider when looking at Pushpay for your church.
Yes! It’s easy to generate elegant donor statements for any date range. You can save some money and deliver them by email or print them for mailing.
Yes! Tithe.ly integrates nicely into your church’s existing mobile app (eg. Bulletin Plus Church App, The Church App by Subsplash, PocketPew, ApolloApp, Custom Church Apps, etc).
Yes. Every dollar taken in through Tithe.ly (whether it’s online, or via a physical batch of checks and cash) is allocated to a fund so that you can easily do fund accounting. We even produce bank deposit reports that include fund level detail and aggregate information for easy reconciliation.
PayPal is fantastic, but not built to meet the specific needs of the Church. With Tithe.ly you get a mobile app, text giving, web giving, kiosk giving, and administrative tools. Plus, all the data syncs directly with your church management platform. All things that you don’t get with PayPal. Plus, Tithe.ly provides a much better giver experience! Here are a few more things to consider when looking at PayPal for your church.
So you’ve just started using Tithe.ly at your church and need help educating your congregation about the new ways to give? First, we’re here to help! You will receive a full launch resource kit packed with slides, videos, and more. You’ll also have one-on-one time with our custom happiness team. For quick ideas on the best ways to roll out Tithe.ly read this launch plan. Some other ideas include: – Send and email. – Put a note in your weekly bulletin. – Create a page on your website. – Send a personal letter to your biggest givers. The better your members are educated to use Tithe.ly the more opportunity you have to increase giving. Churches that fully implement and effectively roll out Tithe.ly typically see a 10% – 20% increase in giving, but we’ve seen over 50% as well.
Tithe.ly currently integrates with Elvanto Church Management Software, Planning Center Giving, Ministry Platform, Shelby v5, Shelby Arena, Church Community Builder (CCB), Breeze, Rock RMS, F1 and Faith Teams. We are continually adding and improving integrations. Additionally, we offer a very simple way to export your data in a format that easily imports into most ChMS platforms that we don’t have a have direct integration with.
Nope! Tithe.ly provides an end-to-end solution. All gifts are tracked through the Tithe.ly dashboard and deposits go directly into your bank account.
Yes. With Tithe.ly you can easily track giving for multiple campuses within a single account. Tithe.ly will also support multi-campus setup in popular ChMS platforms like Church Community Builder, Breeze, Elvanto, and other church software.
These fees help us cover the cost of processing each electronic transaction, maintaining a secure and safe environment for your transactions, and improving the platform so your church continues to benefit from the giving innovation we deliver.
Yes, with a simple click of a button from your admin panel.
If a phone is lost, even if someone is logged into Tithe.ly, no transactions can be made without the user's secret passcode. This is an extra layer of security that ensures that no one but the owner can access their Tithe.ly account for malicious reasons.
Absolutely! As soon as someone gives via Tithe.ly they instantly receive an email with the details of their transaction. All giving history for each member is also tracked and available within the mobile app, giving your members instant access to check their records. Note: Confirmation emails sent by Tithe.ly, should only be used for tax purposes if the email meets the tax requirements of the country your church resides in.
All financial information is encrypted and stored by our banking partner to PCI DSS Level 1 compliant standards. PCI DSS Level 1 compliance is a set of rules stated by credit card companies and audited by an independent third party. It is the highest possible rating one can get in the electronic payment processing industry. Additionally, Tithe.ly forces HTTPS for all transaction services using TLS.
Yes. With Tithe.ly you can create as many funds / designations as you need (e.g. missions, building fund, weekly contribution, etc.). These appear to your members when they use our platform, making it very simple for them to be sure their generosity goes to the place they are most passionate about.
Five to ten minutes max! It’s a very simple process to set up your account and begin receiving your first gifts!
The short / simple answer is that we deposit funds directly into your bank account every day with a two day lag. Meaning, funds raised on Sunday hit your bank account on Tuesday. To learn more, check out our knowledge-base article on deposits.
Tithe.ly Custom Church Apps cost only $59 per month, but do not come with lengthy contracts or long term commitments. You can cancel any time without penalty.
Managing and updating your app is simple! Once your app is published, you will have access to your Tithe.ly Church App Dashboard which is accessible 24/7 via a web browser and Internet connection. The Tithe.ly Church App Dashboard is where you control all of your content and have full access to your app settings.
Tithe.ly’s Church App allows you to create a church app packed with amazing features such as: sermon audio and video, blogs, daily devotional, events, Sunday bulletins, newsletters, online giving, and more! You can share, connect, and socialize through the church app, as well as provide a map and driving directions. Don't forget we also allow for push notifications, too!
We made it easy! You complete a church app design questionnaire, we build a draft app based on your input, and then we review with you and your team. You'll be able to see what your app looks like using the Tithe.ly App Preview which allows you to put the app on your phone before it's live in the app store. Once we've dialed it all in and get your approval, we'll publish to the Apple and Google app stores! Your app will be live about 7-10 business days from that point.
The Tithely app newsfeed is a native in-app screen that aggregates much of your church content such as events, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts, blog posts, sermons and media, and push notifications. All this content is brought into a "newsfeed" that is similar to Facebook so that it's simple for your audience to discover and interact with all the activities your church has going on.
Yes, your audience can download sermons and other media directly to their smartphone or tablet and play them without needing an internet connection or cell service. Meaning, people can listen to your sermons, bible studies, or podcasts while on their morning jog, camping in the woods or while they enjoy a cup of coffee at the local coffee house.
The general answer is 30-60 days, but there are a number of things that can make this go faster or slower. It's our goal to get your new church app live ASAP!
Our apps for churches have no contracts or long term commitments. You pay $149 to setup your custom church app and then only $59 per month.
No! With Tithe.ly’s text giving church tools there’s no need to download an additional app to be able to text give to your church. People can simply use the default text message application on their phone.
Yes! People can text “refund” in right after their gift to refund it in case they made a mistake or you can issue refunds from the admin panel with the click of a button.
Absolutely! As soon as someone gives via Tithe.ly they instantly receive an email with the details of their transaction. All giving history for each member is also tracked and available within the mobile app, giving your members instant access to check their records.
Yes. With Tithe.ly you can easily track giving for multiple campuses within a single account by assigning each campus its own unique text-to-give number. Tithe.ly will also support multi-campus setup in popular ChMS platforms like Church Community Builder, Breeze, Elvanto, and other church software.
Yes! Tithe.ly can integrate directly into your church’s existing mobile app (eg. The Church App, PocketPew, ApolloApp, etc) so that your members don’t have to use multiple apps to interact.
Tithe.ly currently integrates with Elvanto Church Management Software, Planning Center Giving, Ministry Platform, Shelby v5, Shelby Arena, Church Community Builder (CCB), Breeze, Rock RMS, F1 and Faith Teams. We are continually adding and improving integrations. Additionally, we offer a very simple way to export your data in a format that easily imports into most ChMS platforms that we don’t have a have direct integration with.
Yes. With Tithe.ly text giving you can create as many funds/designations as you need (eg. missions, building fund, weekly contribution, etc), making Tithely text giving one of the best text to give platforms for nonprofits as well. Folks can then text “50 tithe” or “100 building” to your unique giving number to designate their gift to that specific fund, making it very simple for them to be sure their generosity goes to the place they are most passionate about.
Tithe.ly will assign your church a unique 10-digit telephone phone number that is dedicated to your church. To give through text, your members and visitors follow these 2 simple steps: • Text the word “Give” to your church’s assigned text giving number to create their account. This ONLY happens the first time through. • After they’ve created their account they can text the amount of their gift (e.g. 25, 50, 100, etc) and their donation is complete! You can also text things like “25 tithe weekly” to set up a weekly recurring gift that’s designated to the tithe fund or “500 buildingfund” to make a gift to the building fund.
We’ll send you a few slides, a giving postcard, and a video that all have your church text giving number on them. The best way to launch is to put the slide up during your church service so people can see the text giving number while you talk about the new way of giving. You can also show the short video that we provide people to quickly give them a sense of how easy it is to use. Beyond that: – Send and email. – Put a note in your weekly bulletin. – Create a page on your website. – Send a personal letter to your biggest givers. The better your members are educated to use tithe.ly the more opportunity you have to increase giving. Churches that fully implement tithe.ly typically see up to a 20% increase in giving.
Nope! Tithe.ly provides an end-to-end solution. All gifts are tracked through the Tithe.ly dashboard and deposits go directly into your bank account.
All financial information is encrypted and stored by our banking partner to PCI DSS Level 1 compliant standards. PCI DSS Level 1 compliance is a set of rules stated by credit card companies and audited by an independent third party. It is the highest possible rating one can get in the electronic payment processing industry.
You get your unique text giving number immediately and can start receiving gifts via the number right after you complete the online signup process. So, the faster you sign up, the faster you can launch!
There are no contracts, no upfront fees, no PCI or security fees, and no other hidden fees of any other kind. You simply pay 2.9% + 0.30c per transaction and $19 per month after the free 30-day trial.
Simply click the "Sign Up Free" button in the top menu and complete the form. You’ll have your unique text number and be able to take gifts the second you complete the online signup. Someone from the Tithe.ly team will be in touch shortly thereafter to share a few useful resources for launching your new text to give church tools.
Text giving, or text 2 give, is the fastest and most convenient way for people to give to your church. It allows you to meet your members and guests in the moment they feel called to give and enables them to donate money by text message — something people are very familiar with. You put your 10-digit phone number on screen, people text “Give” to that number to set up their account. Once their account is set up they simply need to text a number (eg. 100) and their gift has been made! True in text giving that takes under five seconds to complete. Givers will immediately receive a text back thanking them for their gift as well as an email confirmation for their records.
