Fund Accounting Without The Hassle
Aplos is specifically built to serve the unique financial needs and dynamics of nonprofit groups and faith-based organizations. You can confidently manage your books, financial health, and bottom line the right way, the first time and every time.
Perfect for both large and small organizations
Advanced accounting tools and beautiful reports for organizations that need them
World-class fund and donor accounting features specific to the needs of nonprofits and churches
Aplos is a robust accounting system that allows you to keep track of your grants, programs, and fundraising so you can give your board clarity on your finances.
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Fund accounting
Donation Tracking
Online Giving Forms
Financial & Giving Reports
Event Registration
Save 50% for 3 months with Code SPRING2025.
No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
Fund accounting
Donation tracking
Online giving forms
Financial & giving reports
Event registration
Budgeting
Accounts payable & receivable
Recurring transactions
Pledge tracking
Partner integrations
Customized solutions start at $189/month. Contact our sales team for a personalized quote.
Fund accounting
Donation tracking
Online giving forms
Financial & giving reports
Event registration
Budgeting
Accounts payable & receivable
Recurring transactions
Pledge tracking
Partner integrations
Budgeting by fund
Project, campaign, or department budgeting & reporting
Fixed asset tracking
Income & expense allocations
and more...
LIFE|CHURCH, a Foursquare church in Chico, California, with about 400 members, has been using Planning Center Online for their database, groups, events, services, worship music, and giving. Although they have been happy with Planning Center Online (PCO), one thing missing from the software is accounting, so LIFE|CHURCH had to find a solution that would work with PCO.
As the Administrator, Jessica Ordaz manages all the details for LIFE|CHURCH, including their finances, events, and facility projects. After taking over the accounting from the previous bookkeeper, who had been using paper and pencil to keep track of their finances, Jessica started using QuickBooks®.
She soon realized QuickBooks® came with significant limitations. In particular, it made fund accounting a headache. “The software was not designed for churches,” she said. It also couldn’t integrate with the reporting system for Foursquare churches, which meant “it was always a challenge to find workarounds to put everything in the right category.” Her Foursquare district administrator recommended switching to Aplos.
Aplos turned out to be a great fund accounting solution for LIFE|CHURCH, and it has worked seamlessly alongside PCO. “It’s easy to see how the two fit together,” Jessica said. She can easily account for Planning Center donations in Aplos. “When the deposit amount integrates into the Aplos check register, I check the corresponding deposit posted in Planning Center to accurately categorize it.”
Using tags in Aplos also helps her keep track of all the granular details and generate the required financial reports for Foursquare. “With the tags, it is very easy to account for the expenses and run the report which aligns with what is needed,” she explained.
I appreciate the personal touch and response from Aplos. Any issues I’ve had are quickly addressed and it seems like Aplos cares about what is best for their customers.
For other churches that need an accounting solution to work with Planning Center, Jessica would recommend Aplos. “I’d recommend switching over at least for the accounting side,” she said. “And if they aren’t too invested in Planning Center, it would be easy to use all of Aplos’ functionality and have it all going to one place.”
Download the LIFE|CHURCH case study (PDF).
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