Planning Center Giving QuickBooks Integration
Sync Planning Center Giving donations with QuickBooks using QBIS Sync. Automate church accounting, donor records, and financial reports in real time.

QBIS integrates Planning Center Giving with QuickBooks®, ensuring every donation, tithe, and contribution automatically flows into your accounting system. No more manual data entry—QBIS maps donation categories, tracks funds, and keeps your church’s financial records accurate and audit-ready. With QBIS Sync, your finance team saves hours of manual work each week. Automate reconciliation between Planning Center and QuickBooks®, maintain transparency with donors, and generate accurate financial reports effortlessly—all while staying focused on serving your congregation. QBIS Sync updates QuickBooks® in real-time whenever new donations are processed in Planning Center Giving. Track giving trends, manage donor statements, and ensure your church’s books are always accurate and up-to-date—without lifting a finger.

What Is Planning Center Giving Integration?

Planning Center Giving is widely used by churches and nonprofit organizations to manage donations, donor records, recurring giving, and contribution tracking. While it is excellent for handling donation management, accounting teams still need accurate financial records inside QuickBooks for reporting, budgeting, reconciliation, and tax purposes.

QBIS bridges the gap between these two platforms by automatically syncing financial data from Planning Center Giving into QuickBooks. This eliminates the need to export spreadsheets or manually enter donation records every day.

The integration can transfer:

• Donations and contributions
• Donor information
• Payment records
• Refunds and adjustments
• Fund allocations
• Transaction summaries
• Deposit details

With automation in place, organizations can spend less time on bookkeeping and more time focusing on their mission and community support.

Automated Donation Sync

One of the biggest advantages of using QBIS is automated synchronization. Every time a donation is recorded in Planning Center Giving, the integration can automatically push the data into QuickBooks based on predefined settings.

Instead of manually updating accounting records, organizations receive real-time or scheduled sync updates that keep financial reports current and accurate. This helps accounting teams avoid delays and reduces the possibility of missing or duplicated transactions.

The automated workflow improves efficiency while ensuring donation records are properly categorized inside QuickBooks.

Support for QuickBooks Online and Desktop

QBIS supports both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop, giving organizations flexibility regardless of the accounting version they currently use.

For QuickBooks Online users, the cloud-based connection allows data to sync securely from anywhere. Organizations using QuickBooks Desktop can also benefit through QBIS’s secure desktop connector, which enables reliable communication between systems.

This dual compatibility makes QBIS suitable for small churches, growing nonprofits, and larger organizations with more advanced accounting structures.

Custom Mapping and Flexible Configuration

Every church or nonprofit manages donations differently. Some organizations track funds by ministry, campaign, or event, while others require separate accounting categories for reporting purposes.

QBIS provides flexible customization options that allow users to map donation data exactly the way they need. Administrators can configure:

• Income account mapping
• Donation categories
• Payment methods
• Fund assignments
• Donor information fields
• Deposit accounts
• Tax-related records

This flexibility ensures that the integration adapts to existing accounting workflows rather than forcing organizations to change their processes.