Church giving statement generator
Fill in a donor's gifts and get a clean, IRS-ready year-end contribution statement — with the exact acknowledgment language the IRS requires. Print it or save it as a PDF. It all runs in your browser; nothing you type is uploaded anywhere.
Your church
The donor
Their gifts
Enter each gift, or one line per fund. The date is optional — a statement can list gifts by fund or as a single yearly total.
Then review it below and print or save as PDF.
What a giving statement must include
For any single gift of $250 or more, the IRS requires the donor to have a written acknowledgment from the church before they file — a bank record alone isn't enough. To be valid under IRS Publication 1771, the statement has to show the church's name, the amount of cash given, a description (not a dollar value) of any non-cash gifts, and a line stating whether the church gave anything back in exchange. This tool fills all of that in for you.
The most-missed piece is that last line. When a donor just gives — the usual tithe or offering — the statement must say "no goods or services were provided in exchange, other than intangible religious benefits." When the church did give something back (a fundraiser dinner, event tickets), only the amount above that item's value is deductible, and the statement has to say so. The full rules, deadlines, and edge cases are in the guide to church contribution statement requirements.
Not every dollar belongs on the deductible total, either — a gift earmarked for a specific individual generally isn't a deductible contribution. And this is general information, not tax advice; confirm your church's situation with a qualified professional.
Do this for every donor in one click
Typing statements one by one works for a handful of donors. Vestrybooks records every gift by giver and fund all year, then generates every household's year-end statement at once — the January Button — with the right IRS language already on it. No spreadsheet, no copy-paste.