Planning Center Giving
New for You in Planning Center September 2024
Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this fall, and find ways to streamline your workflow!
Track nondeductible donations in Giving
You can now track two common types of nondeductible donations in Giving: qualified charitable distributions and donor-advised funds!
New for You in Planning Center June 2024
Get an overview of what's new in Planning Center this spring, and find ways to streamline your workflow!
Receive in-kind donations in Giving
Record, track, and acknowledge non-cash gifts from your donors!
Giving now available in Australia and New Zealand
We're releasing Giving in Australia and New Zealand to help more churches worldwide manage their ministries with an all-in-one system!
Apple Pay: automatically available for Giving in the Church Center app
Donors can easily give to your church right from the Church Center mobile app, and you don’t have to do anything to set it up!
Giving statements & tax receipts: pro tips & new updates
We have a few updates and suggestions to help you get through the upcoming season stress-free, and they’re all here in this blog!
New automations: Follow-up with first-time givers
Use automations in Giving to automatically send a follow-up email to anyone who gives and express your gratitude!
Faster, safer bank account verification with Stripe Financial Connections
See why we moved to Stripe Financial Connections, a faster and safer bank account verification option for our customers.
New notifications for Giving: alerts for recurring donations, first-time donors, and more
See first time donors, changes to recurring donations, and more, with flexible notifications options for administrators in Planning Center Giving.
Multi-Campus Support for Giving
Track donations for multiple campuses in Planning Center Giving! If you're a multi-campus church and already track campus affiliation, then you're all set!
Giving API Improvements
The Planning Center Giving API now supports webhooks—messages sent from our system to yours to let you know about new or changed data in our software.
Improved Bank Verification for Donors
We expanded our support for instant account verification from roughly 4,800 banks and credit unions to over 11,100 banking institutions across the US!
Giving Free for Any Church Stuck Under Contract
Have your subscription fee to Giving waived for the duration of your current contract for up to 12 months.
New Permission Levels in Giving
There is a new way to make sure people have just the right level of access to do their job while maintaining privacy for your donors—permission levels.
Introducing Donor Pledge Campaigns
An annual budget or a plan to build a new building usually starts with a question: what can we accomplish as a community? A pledge campaign can help.
Make Online Giving Easy for Your Church
Helping people transition to online giving is hard. Here is a guide on how to make the world of online giving more approachable to your congregation.
Lower Processing Fees
Starting today, the credit and debit card processing rate for Giving and Registrations will be reduced to 2.15% + $0.30 for US customers.
Combined Payout Reports
Now it's easier for your bookkeeper to balance the books and your staff to understand the cost of processing fees over time.
Deposit Checks Remotely through Paperless Transactions
Paperless Transactions released an integration with Giving that allows you to scan and remotely deposit checks and import those donations into Giving.
Joint Donor Statements
You can now issue joint donor statements! Just identify which donors give together and issue statements as usual—we will take care of the rest.