Churches

Manage your church expenses and receipts with Expensify

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Seamlessly track your church expenses and operating costs with Expensify

Managing a church is no easy feat; between the small staff size and the reliance on volunteers, it can get overwhelming quickly without the right money management tools in place.

Luckily, churches can take advantage of Expensify, an expense management app that lets pastors, staff, and volunteers easily scan receipts, keep track of expenses, and get reimbursed for purchases.

Get the bird’s eye view of how your organization is spending its funds – from church expenses to supplier bills and vendor invoices to volunteer spend – and use Expensify to maximize your operating budget. See why churches love Expensify, and why church accounting firms prefer Expensify for their clients.

“Expensify automates everything from scanning receipts to reimbursing volunteers, saving churches up to 4 hours/week. The app is easy to use and easy to set up, and not only do we recommend it to all our church partners, but we use it internally as well.”

-- Dan Pourbaix, Business Development at Parable

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Manage your church operating expenses with Expensify

Expensify includes a number of receipt tracking, spend management, and expense management features that can quickly save you, your staff, and your volunteers time and money when it comes to church bookkeeping.

Highlights include:

Streamlined expense tracking

Automate the entire expense tracking process to efficiently manage spend across various projects and missions. Reduce errors and ease the burden on your staff, allowing them to focus more on their greater purpose.

Mileage tracking

Encourage more volunteers to help your mission by reimbursing their mileage. Set a rate for mileage reimbursement for pastors and volunteers, and easily track distance driven with Expensify’s mobile app.

Credit card management

Eliminate risk and set budgets, all while earning up to 2% unlimited cash back with the Expensify Card. Create virtual cards designated for specific recurring transactions like utilities, mission supplies, and more. And if you already have corporate cards, you can import them into Expensify just as easily.

Next-day reimbursement

Churches rely heavily on volunteers, so thank them by ensuring they get paid back as soon as possible with Expensify’s 24-hour, next-day reimbursement feature. Ensuring timely and accurate reimbursements not only boosts morale, but also maintains accurate church bookkeeping for your records.

Save hours of time in your accounting process

Automatically sync Expensify with your accounting software using one of our accounting integrations, including QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct,, and NetSuite. Your bookkeeper will thank you!

Custom reports and insights

Quickly get a bird’s eye view of your church operating expenses. Filter by category, tag, and more to get a detailed breakdown of spend and see where there’s room to grow or a chance to cut back.

FAQ

  • Yes, you can use Expensify to deduct mileage for volunteering at church if you’re using your personal vehicle. The reimbursement amount is set at $0.14 per mile driven for 2022 and 2023. If in doubt, check your specific church mileage reimbursement policy for more information.

  • Church volunteers can use Expensify to track receipts easily by downloading the Expensify receipt scanning app. Once installed, just sign up for an Expensify account and start taking photos of your receipts right away. Expensify will automatically transcribe the merchant name, date, amount, and currency of the expense for you, so all you have to do is take a photo of the receipt as soon as you get it. Once you’ve got a list of all your receipts, you can email your receipts to your church coordinator, add a deposit account, and wait for approval before getting reimbursed.

Manage your church expenses with Expensify 

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