Four Ways to Boost Year-End Giving
Tap into your congregation’s generosity now so you can finish strong.
Charitable Contributions
Raising Money from Millennials at Church
Sending the right message to a generation that wants to give.
What Millennials Ask About Giving
Pastoral answers to three great questions.
IRS Inches Closer to Church Inquiry Criteria
Agency also issues guidance on disregarded SMLLCs.
Ensuring Donors Get Their Due
Churches must include key, timely language to keep donations deductible.
Q&A: Can We Be Penalized for an Inflated Property Value?
What donors should know about penalties for overvaluations.
Cultivating an Unselfish Church
Ten principles to grow givers.
Does Your Church Owe Taxes on Alternative Revenue?
Answers about the often misunderstood world of unrelated business income.
Q&A: Can This Estate Gift Be Challenged by “Undue Influence”?
Church leaders should never try to receive such a gift through "force, coercion, or over-persuasion."
6 Reasons Churches Should Offer Electronic Giving Options
Why an offering plate and giving box can't cut it alone anymore.
Avoiding Tax Pitfalls of Short-Term Mission Trips
Handling fundraising, expenditures for maximum tax benefits.
Q&A: Medicaid and the Return of Donor Dollars
What are the financial implications for churches with Medicaid's five year look-back period?
Q&A: Receiving Credit Card Donations
When are contributions made using a credit card receiptable?
Q&A: Receipts for Fundraising Events
Can our church provide receipts for food and monetary donations at fundraising events?
Q&A: Losing Church Records
Our church lost this year's contributions records—what should we do?
Giving to Foreign Charities
Recent case highlights limits on overseas giving.
5 Ways to Inspire Generosity
What you can do today to boost offerings at church.
Q&A: Recording Check Numbers for Tithes and Offerings
Does the check number need to be recorded on our weekly count sheets for offerings?
An Itemized Look at Taxpayers
Round-up of IRS statistical summaries.
Q&A: Distributing Church Assets
Can we give a sizable love gift to our pastor and distribute our assets to another ministry?