Why don't development's numbers match ours?
Two systems count the same gifts differently: timing, refunds, pledges, fees. The gap is small enough to ignore and big enough that someone spends days explaining it. Every month.
For Finance Leaders
Development says one number.Your ledger says another.
StratusLIVE Ignite gives nonprofit finance leaders a thread from gift to general ledger: designations captured at the gift, journal entries and trial balance in the platform, and export templates for QuickBooks Online and Business Central, plus CSV and XLSX for other GLs. Fundraising and finance read the same numbers.
- Journal entries and trial balance in the platform
- AI teammates in every subscription
- Zero custom code implementations
Constituent SupportAnswers from live recordsSources shown
Which number is right? Answered.
Three questions that eat your close.
Nonprofit finance leaders inherit a CRM they didn't choose and defend numbers they didn't make. When development and accounting live in different systems, every month ends in a reconciliation.
Can I budget on development's forecast?
The forecast arrives as hope in a spreadsheet. You budget on it anyway, and the variance is yours to explain at the next finance committee.
What does this stack actually cost?
Five systems means five invoices, five renewals, and staff hours lost to moving data between them. The subscription lines are visible. The re-keying isn't.
The month closes on one record.
Gifts, designations, and journal entries live on one record from the start. AI teammates answer questions and surface what needs review, while staff controls posting and outbound communication.
A close without Ignite
- Export the CRM, export the GL, reconcile in a spreadsheet
- Chase donor intent through memo fields
- Re-key journal entries into the accounting system
- Answer audit questions from an archive box
The same close on Ignite
- Read one set of numbers both teams share
- See the designation captured at the gift
- Hand accounting a formatted export file
- Trace any gift from batch to posting
Follow the numbers from gift to ledger.
Gift-to-GL processing keeps development and finance on the same numbers from posting through the close.
Why don't development's numbers match ours?
Gifts post once and carry through: journal entries and trial balance live inside the platform, so what you hand accounting is already reconciled. There's no export-and-reconcile exercise, because there's only one thread.
Can I budget on development's forecast?
The major-gift pipeline runs on live constituent data, stage by stage, with AI probability scoring on every opportunity. The forecast you budget on reads from records, not from a spreadsheet someone assembled.
What does this stack actually cost?
One platform replaces the stack: one record per constituent, fewer invoices, fewer renewals, and no staff hours spent re-keying between systems. AI is included in every subscription, not sold as another line item.
Finance Leaders
See one thread from gift to general ledger.
See one live workflow in 30 minutes, with real data and no slide deck.
Answer in a sentence, not an afternoon.
Gift, posting, and trial-balance details stay in one traceable thread.
"Here is the gift, the designation, and the posting. Same record, same thread."
"Development's number and ours match, because they're the same number."
"Month end closed without the reconciliation marathon."
- Two decades with nonprofits
- 20M+ constituent profiles
- $1B+ in gifts processed
- AI included in every subscription
Donor acknowledgement turnaround
Months to 1 day
Customer story
"Now we don't have to spend as much time maintaining contact lists and transferring data between systems. We can focus on bettering communications and analysis and what's really important to our mission."
Kate KennedyChief Operating Officer, ArtsWave
Proven foundation
Built from the ground up on a modern, AI-first architecture.
Ignite is a new platform, built by the team nonprofits have trusted with their constituent and financial data for over 15 years.
4.5/5
Average on G2.
20M+
Constituent profiles managed across the StratusLIVE platform family.
$1B+
In annual giving processed across the StratusLIVE platform family.
“Removes the need for manual import and export of data.”
Charmaine V.
Small-business nonprofit
Verified review · G2
“One source of the truth about our contacts, donors, and partners that is easily kept up to date.”
Robert W.
Director of Fundraising Operations & Digital Solutions
Verified review · G2
Evaluating Ignite together?
Finance rarely starts the conversation, but nothing moves without you. Here's what the rest of the table is reading.
Your development leader
The pipeline, the retention queue, and the AI teammates that draft the work.
For Development LeadersYour CEO
The whole organization in one view, and a board packet that reads from live records.
For Executive Directors & CEOsYour IT lead
One platform to run instead of five, with every agent's permission level stated.
For IT & OperationsDirect answers.
Book a working sessionDoes Ignite replace our accounting system?
No. Ignite handles gift processing through journal entries and trial balance, then hands your accounting system a formatted file it can import. Export templates cover QuickBooks Online and Business Central, plus CSV and XLSX for any other general ledger. The export is a one-way file, not a live sync.
How does Ignite handle restricted funds?
Designations are captured when the gift is made, classification is carried on the fund record, and restricted money posts where it belongs. When someone asks where a restricted dollar went, the answer reads from the record instead of a memo field.
What does an audit look like on Ignite?
Every gift carries its history: the designation, the batch, and the posting. The GL extract has a tracked lifecycle of its own, and re-opening one is permission-gated and logged. The trail your auditor asks for is the record itself.
Is the AI safe around financial data?
AI teammates draft outreach and answer questions. Posting gifts and journal entries stays human: a permission-gated workflow. Every agent draft waits for human approval before anything sends.
See the close on Ignite.
30 minutes. Live demo. Bring last month's reconciliation.