Pay your church's fair share.
Two things every church should be able to answer about its apportionment: what will it cost, and where does it go. FairShare does both — it catches a misclassified expense before it quietly raises your bill for years, and it traces every dollar you send all the way down to the agencies it funds.
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Most overpayment comes from miscoding capital improvements, loan principal, and designated pass-through gifts as operating expenses.
Three views of the same question: what does this cost us, really?
Your finance committee is weighing a part-time youth director. Type the salary, pick the category, see the apportionment impact in real time. Change the category and watch it move. This is the classification logic made visible.
Track every proposed and approved line item. A dashboard shows how your approved budget will affect next year's apportionment, and what adding the proposed items would do on top. Built for the monthly finance committee meeting.
When January comes and Table II is due, download the Year-End Review spreadsheet. It applies the same rules engine to your completed expenses and shows whether you're about to overpay — line by line, with citations your treasurer can defend.
The other half of stewardship: showing where the money goes.
Predicting the bill is one job. The harder conversation is the one in the pew — “what does our apportionment even pay for?” FairShare answers it. Enter your apportioned amount and watch one dollar split three layers deep: what stays in your conference, what flows to the worldwide connection, and the named agencies it funds — from missionaries to bishops to the historically Black colleges.
Every figure is sourced to the published conference budget and the GCFA handbook. Print a one-page insert for the bulletin or charge conference — turning a line item people resent into a story they can see.
See where every dollar goesYour apportionment is not a flat tax. It's a ratio.
Conferences split their budget across churches based on each church's expenditures minus exclusions. Miscoding means you're not just overpaying — you're subsidizing every other church in your conference.
FairShare is built to help your church pay its correct share. We don't suggest reclassifications. We don't help you minimize obligations you legitimately owe. We show you what the rules say and let you make honest decisions with clear information.
- Senior pastorswho want to see financial decisions clearly before the finance committee votes
- Church treasurerswho file Table II and need defensible classifications with citations
- Finance committeeswho want a running view of budget decisions and their downstream effects
- Business administratorsat mid-to-large churches who manage the complexity of year-round planning
Two conferences with the full package — more on the way.
Predict your apportionment and trace every dollar — 2026 and 2027 budgets — down to the agency that receives it.
The full breakdown for 2025–2027. HealthFlex, indebtedness, and capital are excluded from the prediction base.
Net expenditures × budget percentage × church-specific economic index.
Excludes benefits, interest, capital, and — uniquely — property and liability insurance.
Not expense-based. Apportionment is a percentage of income after defined exclusions — a dedicated tithe calculator handles this case.
We add conferences by request. Email us the 2025 journal PDF and we'll prioritize it.
Don't see your conference? Request it in one minute — tell us the conference name and (if you have it) a link to the 2025 journal, and we'll prioritize it.
Annual, because churches budget annually.
No monthly plan. One finance-committee line item, once a year. Includes the Year-End Review spreadsheet — same rules engine baked into a file you can hand to your treasurer.
One pastor, one treasurer, one login.
- Full Scenario tool — any expense, any conference
- Full Budget Planner — running list with delta dashboard
- “Where It Goes” — every dollar traced to the agency
- Printable bulletin / charge-conference insert
- Year-End Review spreadsheet included
- All supported conferences; rules updated as journals change
Pastor, treasurer, finance chair — everyone with their own login.
- Everything in Pastor
- Unlimited users per church
- Each member signs in with their own email
- CSV import from QuickBooks / ACS / Shelby
- Priority email support
Applies the same rules engine to your completed Table II and produces a pastor summary with the dollar delta. Download once a year and hand it to your treasurer; we'll re-issue it whenever your conference's rules change.
Get the spreadsheetQuestions pastors ask
Are you helping churches avoid paying their apportionments?+
No. FairShare helps your church pay the correct amount — which often means less than what a misclassified Table II would produce. Paying less than you actually owe is not the goal and not what the tool produces. Paying your fair share is.
Can I show my congregation where the apportionment actually goes?+
Yes — that's the “Where It Goes” tool. Enter your apportioned amount and it breaks the dollar down three layers, from your conference's own ministries to the General Church funds to the named agencies each one supports. Every figure is sourced to the published conference budget and the GCFA budget handbook, and you can print a one-page insert for the bulletin or charge conference.
Will this get my church in trouble with our conference?+
The opposite — conferences want accurate reporting. Every rule in our engine is traced to published conference documentation or GCFA guidance. If anything, your conference treasurer will appreciate a pastor who understands the formula.
Why is there a 2-year lag in the scenario tool?+
Because conferences use your prior-year Table II filing to calculate next year's apportionment. Spending decisions made in 2026 affect your 2028 apportionment bill. Most finance committees don't think that far ahead — FairShare surfaces the delayed consequence.
What happens when conference rules change?+
All three screens read from a single rules engine. When we update the engine — say, after a conference journal is published with new exclusions — every screen picks up the change automatically.
Is my data stored?+
Not in this version. The prototype runs entirely in your browser. When we add accounts and multi-user support, data will be encrypted at rest and never shared with your conference without your explicit consent.
Why is there no monthly plan?+
Churches budget annually, not monthly. One finance-committee line item, once a year, is less friction than a recurring $5/mo charge to track. It also keeps the support model sane — we're a small shop, not a sales team.