With our help, your mission will always have the financial clarity it deserves.
We work with nonprofits — missionary organizations, advocacy groups, and faith-based nonprofits — to bring order, accuracy, and meaning to their finances. Your team is focused on impact. We make sure the numbers behind it are solid.
Our Services for Nonprofits
See which service fits your organization best!
Month-End Accounting
Your mission is what matters — we'll handle the numbers behind it. At the end of each month, we step in to organize your finances and translate them into clear, meaningful reports your leadership and board can actually use.
Recording bank & credit card activity
Monthly account reconciliations
Monthly financial reporting
Fund accounting support
Starting at $500/month for organizations without employees
Starting at $650/month for organizations with employees
Best for: Nonprofits that need clean, board-ready financials each month without the overhead of an in-house bookkeeper
Day-to-Day Accounting
We become your behind-the-scenes financial partner — managing the details so you can focus on the people and programs you serve. With weekly or bi-weekly support, you'll always know where your organization stands financially.
Accounts payable management & bill pay
Accounts receivable oversight & recording donations and grants
Recording bank & credit card activity
Monthly account reconciliations
Monthly financial reporting
Starting at $1,500/month
Best for: Nonprofits managing multiple funding streams, grant reporting requirements, or regular vendor relationships
One-Time Projects
Whether your books need a refresh or you're setting up financial systems for the first time, we're here for it. We love stepping into a messy situation and leaving it clean, organized, and built for the future.
Catchup or cleanup accounting to get your books current
Setup of accounting policies and procedures for your organization
Implementation of a new accounting system (QuickBooks, Xero, and more)
Custom Pricing
Best for: Businesses that don’t know where to start but are ready for a clean slate
Banking That Works With Your Mission
We recommend Relay — a modern business banking platform that makes managing nonprofit finances simpler and more organized.
Why we love Relay for nonprofits:
No account fees, overdraft charges, or minimum balances
Multiple checking accounts to easily separate programs, funds, and operating expenses
Seamless integrations with QuickBooks and Xero
User permissions that make it easy to collaborate with your bookkeeper (that's us!)
We work with various types of non-profits and here's what we tackled together
Cleaned up reconciliation issues left behind by a former CPA
Rebuilt the chart of accounts with clearer naming and better structure
Created clearing accounts for merchant service processing to ensure accurate transaction flow
Streamlined the check and donation scanning process so records are available digitally to the entire remote team
Transitioned corporate card management to Ramp, removing the expense reporting burden from the Director of Administration
Currently transitioning payroll from QuickBooks Desktop Payroll to Gusto to automate state income taxes, unemployment filings, and multi-state labor law compliance
What nonprofits like you are saying
"Arise is very proactive in the way they hunt down an issue with our accounting and seek to reconcile it. They have been incredibly helpful and has freed up our schedule immensely!"
— Michael S.
"You have streamlined our processes and freed up more time in my day to accomplish more."
— Marilyn C.
"After working in this area for the past 24 years, it is amazing to find a confident, qualified, passionate person and team to do the job and do it well!"
— Angie W.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes! We work with nonprofits regularly — including missionary support organizations managing remote staff across multiple states. We understand the unique financial needs that come with the territory: fund accounting, donor restrictions, grant tracking, multi-state payroll compliance, and board reporting. We're not just plugging you into a generic small business system.
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Absolutely. Our monthly financial reporting is designed to give your leadership team clear, easy-to-understand reports that are ready to present. No jargon, no confusion — just the numbers your board needs to make good decisions.
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Yes. We're experienced with tracking restricted and unrestricted funds, and we'll make sure your accounting reflects where every dollar came from and where it's designated to go.
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That's what the discovery call is for. We'll take a look at where things stand, ask the right questions, and recommend the service that makes the most sense for your organization — no pressure, no overwhelm.
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We work with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and several other platforms. If you're already set up somewhere, we'll meet you there. If you need a new system, we can help you choose and implement the right one.
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We've been there. We've stepped into reconciliation messes left behind by former CPAs and cleaned them up — properly. Our One-Time Projects service is built for exactly this. We'll get things caught up and make sure it doesn't happen again.
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Yes. We've helped nonprofits transition to modern payroll platforms like Gusto that handle multi-state income tax, unemployment filings, and labor law compliance automatically — so nothing falls through the cracks.
Not sure where your organization stands financially? That's okay — that's exactly what we're here for.
Schedule a call and we'll figure out which service will give your nonprofit the financial foundation it needs to keep doing good work.