ParishSOFT Offering is a software solution in the ParishSOFT Family Suite of applications that helps churches record and manage charitable contributions given to their organization by members and benefactors. The module enables you to manage regular offerings, contributions, and pledges made to specific funds and to capital campaigns.
Licensing
Your organization must be licensed for ParishSOFT Offering to use this module.
Key Features
ParishSOFT Offerings key features include the following:
- Ability to record donor contributions made through regular offerings and gifts to specific funds.
- Ability to generate reports on all types of charitable contributions.
- Ability to restrict financial information to individuals on a need-to-know basis by enabling organizations to set access permissions on funds.
- Internal control systems to help deter fraud.
Family and Member Information
Family and member information is the foundation of your ParishSOFT database. Families and members must exist in your database before you can record their contributions and pledges in the Offering module. If you haven't set up your organization's family and member records, you'll need to do so before using this module. The family and member data that you set up in ParishSOFT's Family Directory module carries over into Offering and into other modules in ParishSOFT Family Suite.
Because family and member information impacts all other modules in ParishSOFT Family Suite, your family and member data must be accurate and up-to-date. Could you ask your staff to contact members if the registration information is not complete? Complete records can save you time in the long run.
Establish a style for your family and member records. Be sure to document this style with your staff so that they adhere to it when adding information to records. A consistent style helps make your data and the reports generated from your data look more professional. For example, decide whether to use the ampersand (&) or the word "and" in mailing names and whether to use courtesy titles, such as "Mr." and "Mrs." before members' names.
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