Church contribution statements from your giving export
Drop your donations export. Thankfold prints a year-end contribution statement for every donor, with the IRS acknowledgment wording, in your browser.
What a statement must say
From IRS Publication 1771: a donor can't deduct any single contribution of $250 or more without a written acknowledgment from the organization. It must include the organization's name, the amount of cash contributed, a description (but not the value) of noncash contributions, and a statement that no goods or services were provided — or a description and good-faith estimate of the value of goods or services provided, or a statement that they consisted entirely of intangible religious benefits. One year-end statement listing every gift satisfies it, as long as the donor gets it before filing.
Files it reads
A CSV or Excel export with one row per gift: donor (and an ID or envelope number if you have one), date received and amount. Optional: fund, method (use In-kind, Stock or Property for noncash gifts), the value of goods or services the donor received, a description, address and email. Exports from church software, giving platforms, PayPal or a spreadsheet work; download the template from the tool to see the layout.
Worked example
| Date | Fund | Amount | Goods or services (estimate) | Deductible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | General | $50.00 | $50.00 | |
| 2026-04-12 | Building Fund | $300.00 | $300.00 | |
| 2026-10-17 | Harvest Dinner | $150.00 | $60.00 | $90.00 |
| Total | $500.00 | $60.00 | $440.00 | |
Noncash: 2026-05-03 — 10 boxes of canned food (no value stated). Statement sentence: “Other than the goods or services described above, the only benefits provided in exchange for these contributions were intangible religious benefits.”
What you get
- One statement per donor with your organization's name, every cash gift by date, fund and amount, and the total.
- The goods-or-services sentence the IRS requires: “no goods or services”, “intangible religious benefits only”, or your good-faith estimate of what the donor received with the deductible amount.
- Noncash gifts described without a value.
- Checks: gifts of $250+, quid pro quo gifts over $75, goods valued above the payment, noncash gifts without a description, refunds, duplicates, donors without an address, gifts from another year.
- Pro: every statement in print, a mail-merge CSV for Word, Google Docs or your email tool, every gift as CSV and an Excel workbook.
Your donor list stays on your computer
Thankfold reads your file with JavaScript in this browser tab. Donor names, addresses and amounts are never uploaded, and closing the tab clears them.
How it works
- Drop your donations export (CSV or Excel) — or try the sample, or download the template.
- Add your organization's name and choose the goods-or-services wording: none, or intangible religious benefits only.
- Read the checks, then print the statements. With Pro, print every donor's statement and download the mail-merge CSV, every gift and the Excel workbook.
FAQ
What does Thankfold do?
It reads a year of gifts from a donations export and prints one year-end contribution statement per donor, with the content of the IRS written acknowledgment (Publication 1771): your organization's name, the date and amount of each cash gift, a description of noncash gifts without a value, and the goods-or-services statement. It doesn't process donations or file anything.
Is my donor data uploaded?
No. Your file is read by JavaScript in your browser tab and never sent to us or anyone else. The data isn't stored, so closing the tab clears it. Your organization details can be saved in this browser.
Which files can I use?
CSV, tab-separated or Excel with one row per gift: donor (and an ID or envelope number if you have one), date received and amount. Fund, method, goods-or-services value, a description for noncash gifts, address and email are optional. Download the template to see the layout.
Who needs a statement?
A donor can't deduct a single gift of $250 or more without a written acknowledgment received before they file. Separate smaller gifts aren't added together, but most churches send every donor a year-end statement — and from 2026, donors who don't itemize can deduct up to $1,000 ($2,000 joint) of cash gifts, so more of them will ask.
What about dinners, galas and other quid pro quo gifts?
If a donor paid more than $75 and received goods or services, the statement must give a good-faith estimate of their value and say only the excess is deductible. Put the value in a goods-or-services column and Thankfold shows it with the deductible amount.
What's free?
Importing any number of donors, the totals and every check, plus 5 donor statements on screen and in print (with a footer). Pro prints every statement without the footer and exports the mail-merge CSV, every gift and the Excel workbook.
What isn't covered?
Valuing donated property (the donor does that), Form 8283 or 8282, state charity registration, processing donations and emailing statements. It doesn't decide whether a gift is deductible.
Is this tax advice?
No. Thankfold applies IRS Publication 1771 and the 2026 rules in Publication 6196 to the data you provide. Ask your tax adviser what applies to your organization.