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St. Columba’s Episcopal Church - UNITED STATES

St. Columba’s Episcopal Church places its faith in Sage Intacct

Parish drives increase in donations using Sage software, as the newfound financial transparency garners donor trust
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Lack of financial transparency

St. Columba’s accounting technology – a combination of Adagio server-based software and complex spreadsheets – made it difficult for the finance team to report on how funds were used, let alone properly steward the Church’s finances. After falling behind on annual audits, the Church recognized it was time to make a change.

With Sage Intacct, our donors can see that we use the money how we say we’re going to.

Ledlie Laughlin
Rector

Reporting in half the time

The accounting team now handles St. Columba’s financial close and produces a full monthly reporting packet out of Sage Intacct in half the time. Meanwhile, the Church’s part-time staff can easily enter all day-to-day transactions using the intuitive system. Sage Intacct has also been integrated with other key systems such as Realm for donor management.

As a result of our cost savings, we were able to make more mission-driven investments.

Ledlie Laughlin
Rector

Greater transparency

St. Columba’s replaced its previous spreadsheet-based financials with robust, automated reporting in Sage Intacct. The accounting team uses Sage Intacct to produce the Church’s Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities each month, including helpful charts and variance explanations, giving members an at-a-glance view of the Church’s finances.

Previously, budgets were more of a black box, but Sage Intacct enables us to collaborate and gives us greater transparency into general, designated and restricted funds.

Ledlie Laughlin
Rector

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