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Donations & FinanceOverview

Overview

The finance team works in Finance (/admin-church/finance). Donor profiles and giving history are in Donors (/admin-church/donors). What each person sees depends on their role and, depending on your plan, which modules are enabled.

Sidebar — Finance group

In the admin panel sidebar you will find the Finance group with entries such as:

  • Accounting and Budgets
  • Income and Outflows
  • Donors
  • Quick Entry

Finance page

In the Finance header you can:

  • Turn Online donations on or off.
  • Use Quick Entry to capture gifts in the most recent open batch (or a new draft batch).
  • Open Share Giving Link for the QR code and Copy URL of the public page — only when online donations are on.
  • Use Record Donation to record a gift from the panel.

Summary cards show:

  • Monthly Donations
  • Year to Date
  • Donors
  • Average Donation

Below you will find tabs such as:

  • Transactions
  • Expenses
  • Accounting (includes Connect to QuickBooks)
  • Batches (Donation Batches, with New Batch)
  • Funds (Create Fund, New Goal, and New Rule)
  • Accounts (bank accounts)
  • Budgets
  • Reports (Annual Donation Statements, generated in the background by fiscal year)
  • Sync Health

Accounts, Budgets, and Sync Health appear only for roles with finance administration (by default, Pastor, Associate Pastor, and Finance Leader).

Donors page

In Donors (/admin-church/donors) you will find:

  • Directory and Analytics tabs
  • Add Donor and Share Giving Link (QR code and Copy URL for the public page)
  • Filters All / Individuals / Businesses

On the donor profile you will see the Donation Certificate card (year, campus, Download PDF, Send by Email, CSV) and Transaction History. From Analytics you can use Generate & Send Certificates.

Fees

Your donors can cover the fees so your church receives 100% of every gift.

Ministrium charges a 1% platform fee to process donations and maintain the platform; Stripe charges its processing fee separately.

Illustrative example: when the donor selects the option to cover the fees, a $50 gift may total $52.32 (with Stripe at 2.9% + $0.30) or $51.95 (with Stripe at 2.2% + $0.30). Those totals already include Stripe’s processing fee plus Ministrium’s 1%. The nonprofit rate applies only if Stripe has approved it for the church and depending on the type of connected Stripe account. Stripe fees may vary by country, card type and nonprofit status.

If the donor does not select the option to cover the fees, Stripe’s fee and the 1% are deducted from what the church receives.

Every digital gift goes directly to the church’s Stripe account. The donor sees the breakdown (Donation / Fee / Total) before paying — including that The church receives 100% of your donation when they cover the fees. There are no hidden monthly costs for giving.

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