The end of the year is one of the most stressful times for many people, especially for those working in ministry.
Between all of the activities and events celebrating the birth of our Savior and all of the procedures and tasks that need to be accomplished to wrap up one year and prepare for the next, you have your hands full.
With so many things on your plate, you need a tool that can help ease the burden of year-end processes, allowing you to enjoy the holiday season.
Realm has everything you need to finish this year on a high note and set your ministry up for success as the calendar changes. Here are three ways Realm can help you master the end of the year, saving you precious time and effort along the way.
#1: Realm Simplifies Year-End Giving
Many choose the end of the year to give additional gifts or special love offerings. Processing these last-minute gifts, along with the regular tithes and offerings, can be time-consuming as you work against the clock to finish everything before the year comes to a close.
Realm simplifies year-end giving by allowing you to quickly and seamlessly add each contribution to your ledger. You can track each gift, ensure your numbers all match, and easily prepare year-end statements for your members.
Providing statements can be time-consuming without the right tool. Realm allows you to easily export year-end statements that can be mailed or emailed to your members.
Rather than spending countless hours checking that every number is accurate and matching statements, Realm does all of the hard work for you, simplifying year-end giving so you have more time for everything else.
#2: Realm Streamlines End-of-Year Reporting
End-of-year reporting is essential for many things as you prepare for January 1st. You’ll need accurate reporting for taxes, planning your goals and events for next year, evaluating your successes and shortcomings this year, and crafting your year-end review.
Using Realm’s reporting features, you can easily see the year’s numbers for giving, attendance, engagement, and more.
Preparing your annual report and year-end review requires having a clear picture of your ministry for the entire year. With all of your data in a single, accessible location, you can get an accurate view of everything you need to see with just a few clicks.
Instead of tracking down paper attendance sheets, looking through dozens of spreadsheets, and searching written giving records, all of your information can be in one spot, simplifying your year-end reporting.
Do you need a specific piece of data for your tax records? Find it easily in Realm. Need to explain certain expenses to your finance team? Quickly locate the relevant records without bogging them down with unnecessary information.
When you have dozens of other things on your plate, you need something that will streamline the year-end reporting process. Realm can help you do that.
#3: Realm Makes Budgeting Easy
Budgeting is one of the most important tasks your ministry undertakes at the end of each year, in preparation for the start of the next.
Having a clear idea of how money needs to be allocated and where each dollar should be spent will help you effectively plan for every other area of your ministry.
You can’t plan to repave your parking lot or add a community fall festival to the calendar unless you’ve set aside the funds to cover those costs. You’ll likely struggle making ends meet by the end of next year if you haven’t adequately budgeted.
While there will always be unexpected things that come up (such as roofs leaking, a family needing help, or a ministry requiring additional support), being a good steward of your church’s finances starts with budgeting.
However, budgeting can be extremely time-consuming if you don’t have the right tools.
Your budget can live entirely in Realm, or you can import and export it as needed.
With the rest of your financial data already living in Realm, creating your budget becomes easy when everything is already in one place. Rather than flipping through multiple documents and spending time unnecessarily to find the right information, creating your budget in Realm is easy.
The end of the year can easily be overwhelmed with all the holiday activities combined with the extra tasks of finishing out the last weeks of December.
Instead of spending all of your time and energy managing year-end giving, finalizing reports, and managing your budget, focus on the reason for the season when you use Realm.
Your to-do list is already overflowing with tasks, both personal and professional, by the end of the year. Make your list manageable by simplifying and streamlining your year-end processes with a tool designed specifically to help you.
Say goodbye to wasted time and overwhelming task lists, and let us make the end of the year something to look forward to.
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