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Nonprofits have unique needs

Purpose-built for nonprofit accounting

Our nonprofit accounting software makes it simple for you to do accounting the right way. No more workarounds and excel dumps. No more cut and paste board reports!

Superior Advanced Accounting options with Aplos

Upgrade for more granular reporting so you can harness the ability to see the exact data you need across your funds, departments, projects, and locations. Create robust reports your board will love!

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Budget by fund

Create reports that compare budget to actual for each fund or tag.

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Project, campaign, or department reporting

Simply and effectively build custom financial reports by project, campaign, or department.

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Plus

Form 990 reports, fixed asset tracking, income and expense allocations, and ACH file export.

Nonprofits have unique needs

Nonprofit financial reports

Slice and dice your financial reporting to see the exact data you need across your organization.

Faster donation tracking

No more extra spreadsheets. Track your donations once and have it magically appear in both your accounting and donation statements.

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Quick donation batches

More than just accounting, you get a complete donation system in Aplos. Your batch of donations is tracked both by purpose for giving statements, and automatically in your accounting.

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Automatic donation tracking

All donations given online are tracked by donor and purpose with zero work required.

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Create giving statements

Tax-deductible gifts are tracked by donor so you can quickly prepare monthly, quarterly, or annual giving statements with a single click.

Learn more about our Donation Tools and
Donor Management.

Try Aplos for free

Aplos includes everything you need in one place to manage your bookkeeping, prepare your financial reports, accept donations, track your people, and achieve your mission. Try it for free for 15 days. No credit card is required.

Included in every Aplos package

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Free Email & Phone Support
Free Email & Phone Support

Aplos Software is intuitive and easy to use, but it's normal to have questions. Support from our award-winning team is included with every package, and we encourage you to reach out when you need help.

  • Contact support by email, phone, or chat
  • Always talk to a live person instead of a bot
  • Know your needs are understood since many of our team members come from a nonprofit or church world
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Live & On-Demand Training
Live & On-Demand Training

Our experts provide live, ongoing training for all customers so you have real people who will provide knowledgeable advice and tips for best practices.

  • Join weekly live webinars to learn from our experts
  • Find resources in the Support Center to get more in-depth understanding of the software
  • Watch tutorials in the Training Center to learn features and concepts at your own pace
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True Fund Accounting
True Fund Accounting

Track designated funds, such as your missions fund, building fund, or grants. Keep your finances accurate and transparent to show your members, supporters, and board that you are stewarding your gifts well.

  • Create a flexible chart of accounts that fits your organization's structure
  • Easily identify your tax-deductible income by purpose
  • Keep track of gifts with donor restrictions to make sure they are used for the correct purposes
  • Ensure you are using donations with time restrictions during the designated time periods
  • Import transactions from your bank to your books
  • Create journal entries for fund transfers and payroll imports
  • Print checks
  • Complete bank reconciliations
  • Track 1099s
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Donation Tracking & Giving Statements
Donation Tracking & Giving Statements

All donations given online are tracked by donor and purpose with zero work required. Tax-deductible gifts are tracked by individuals or households so you can quickly prepare monthly, quarterly, or annual giving statements with a single click.

  • Generate donation reports and customizable giving statements
  • Track in-kind and special gifts
  • Keep track of online and offline donations
  • Quickly import donation batches
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Multi-Factor Authentication
Multi-Factor Authentication

MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) protects against emerging security threats, empowering your nonprofit to stay ahead of potential risks and safeguard valuable data and your organization's reputation.

  • Generate donation reports and customizable giving statements
  • Track in-kind and special gifts
  • Keep track of online and offline donations
  • Quickly import donation batches
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Event Registration & Tickets
Online Event Registration Forms

Easily manage events with unlimited custom registration forms and automatic attendance tracking for registrants. You can sell individual and group tickets for retreats or fundraisers, and people can also RSVP for free events, like potlucks.

  • Automatically track registrants in the contact database
  • Use the check-in feature to track attendance and follow up with people
  • Automatically track payments in your accounting
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Integrated Online Giving Tools
Integrated Online Giving Tools

Create unlimited custom, mobile-friendly giving forms, or add a widget to your website so people can give securely without ever having to leave your site. No coding required.

  • Allow people to use their preferred payment method and control how often they give
  • Offer the option for donors to pay transaction fees
  • Allow donors to specify the purposes of their gifts
  • Easily track online gifts since they flow seamlessly into your accounting
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Merchant Account For Secure Payments
Merchant Account For Secure Payments

Securely collect donations and other payments using our payment partners. They are fully PCI compliant, use data encryption, and monitor for fraud.

  • Securely accept debit, credit, and ACH bank withdrawals
  • Accept one-time or recurring gifts
  • Directly receive gifts without the need of going through a third party with long delays
  • You must have a U.S. or Canadian bank to accept online payments using Aplos
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People & Donor CRM Database
People & Donor CRM Database

Leverage your dynamic donor database to view the details you need to know about your people, including communication activity, notes, relationships, and giving history all in one place.

  • Use custom fields to track the exact information you need
  • Segment and group people with smart lists to reach the right people
  • View individual profiles as well as households
  • Use the check-in feature to track attendance for kids and adults
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Secure Donor Portal
Secure Donor Portal

Each donor can create a My Aplos account to log in to a secure portal in the online giving platform. From there, donors can:

  • Manage their own giving to your organization
  • View their contribution history
  • Download their giving statements
  • Update their payment information
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Letter & Email Builders
Letter & Email Builders

Customize templates for your letters and emails. Create and save welcome emails, thank you letters, automated giving statements, pledge reminders, and more.

  • Use dynamic fields for personalization
  • Address letters to individuals or households
  • Create and print mailing labels
  • Automatically log communication records on your contacts' profiles
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Website Builder
Website Builder

Share your cause with an easy-to-build website using one of our customizable templates. Get started in just minutes. No coding experience is needed.

  • Engage your supporters with dynamic content, such as photo galleries and recent news
  • Website hosting fees are included in your subscription to Aplos
  • Your website is securely hosted for you and directed to any custom domain you purchase
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Groups & Teams Portal
Groups & Teams Portal

Provide a secure portal for small groups and ministry teams so members can log in and communicate with each other.

  • Manage membership, volunteers, and signups
  • Keep track of attendance, upload and share files, and send emails to schedule volunteers or meetings
  • Empower leaders to take care of their own administrative tasks
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Customizable Reporting
Customizable Reporting & Dashboards

Slice and dice your financial reporting to see the exact data you need across your organization, including giving reports.

  • Customize necessary reports, such as your Balance Sheet by Fund or Income Statement by Fund
  • Gain insights into your financial health with a fundraising dashboard
  • Create multi-level donation reports to share with your board
  • Quickly and accurately prepare and file Form 990-N and Form 990-EZ returns online

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Optional bookkeeping services

Let Aplos manage your bookkeeping tasks, and get back to doing what you do best.

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Better financial statements

Aplos will send you a weekly cash management summary and monthly financial statements to guide your financial health.

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Accurate records

Our experts will make sure all information is present and accounted for and you never miss a deadline. Let us handle the busy work, so you can focus on your mission.

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Always available

Easy to use fund accounting software and donation tracking software included so you can access your reports on any device.

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Simple solutions

If you need to accept online donations, sell event tickets, or track notes about your supporters, no problem. It includes access to the Aplos platform.

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We are so pleased to find such a user-friendly, all encompassing donor, fund and accounting tool!

Tyan H.,

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Development Manager at Love Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Aplos the best accounting software for nonprofit organizations?

Aplos was specifically created to address the unique accounting and management needs of nonprofits. Our software is one of the few true fund accounting solutions on the market that also manages donations and includes online fundraising tools.

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Can I do fund accounting with your software?

Yes. Unlike business accounting software, Aplos is true fund accounting software made for nonprofits and their unique needs.

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Does your nonprofit accounting software come with payroll?

Aplos offers payroll integration through Gusto. Gusto connects to your accounting in Aplos to automatically track payroll and tax payments.

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What financial statements do nonprofits use?

Nonprofits should be able to easily generate an Income Statement by Fund, a Balance Sheet by fund, and more. Budget to Actual reports and grant reporting may also be needed. All of these and more are available in Aplos.

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Is your nonprofit accounting software web-based?

Yes. With our cloud-based software, you can work from anywhere you have internet. You can also access Aplos from multiple devices, unlike desktop software that can only be accessed from a single device.

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Will this simplify our chart of Accounts?

Unlike accounting software made for businesses, Aplos makes it easy for you to customize your chart of accounts to fit your nonprofit's structure, however simple or complicated that structure may be.

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