Restricted gifts, designated funds, and a treasurer report your board actually understands — whether you learn it from our kit, get set up and trained one-on-one, or keep the books yourself and have us check your work each month. Our practice keeps the books for an active church in Montana, so your questions are our normal Tuesday, not a specialty we look up.
We teach the how-to openly and keep the books in your hands. Three ways to work with us, in whatever order your church needs — every one built on true fund accounting and a one-page treasurer report your board actually reads.
The workbook our guide teaches: funds setup, transaction log, automatic fund summary, and a treasurer report that checks itself against the bank — plus the 7-page setup & monthly rhythm guide. Prefer a second set of eyes? Kit + Books Walkthrough ($179) adds a 45-minute call walking through your church's actual fund setup.
Get the kit →The full reset: your books cleaned up and reconciled, your funds set up correctly, your treasurer trained one-on-one, and a written SOP manual so the books stay clean after we leave — with 30 days of email support. Books already clean? Training-only starts around $750.
Learn more →You do the monthly work; we check it. Reconciliation verified, fund balances tied to the bank, and your treasurer report read before it goes to the board — so no volunteer carries the "did I get it right?" fear alone.
Learn more →A free 20-minute fit call — bring your treasurer. We'll look at where your books stand and tell you honestly which of the three makes sense (sometimes the answer is just the $59 kit). Flat prices, no hourly meter, no obligation.
Full details on the church & nonprofit service: fund accounting in plain English →
Prefer it fully handled? We keep a small number of done-for-you engagements — limited availability.
Restricted, designated, and general money tracked to the dollar — so "can we use this for that?" always has a clean answer.
A one-page treasurer report your board reads in five minutes: where every fund started, what moved and why, and what's truly available.
Housing allowances, dual tax status, year-end giving statements — the church-specific details done right the first time.
A free 4-page PDF: the five mistakes we fix most often, and the one-page treasurer report format that makes board meetings shorter. Written for treasurers, not accountants.
I'm Elena. Sunset Bookkeeping is a Montana practice that keeps the books for an active church in Montana — designated funds, deacon reports, clergy payroll, and all the questions that come with money given in trust.
That's the difference we offer: not accounting theory, but the same monthly rhythm we already run for congregations like yours — explained plainly, delivered on time, and built so your board can trust its numbers.
Not ready to book a call? Send a note — where your books stand, what your treasurer is carrying, what you're trying to figure out — and I'll get back to you personally.
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