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Your exclusive Aplos + Gusto bundle

1

Sign up for Advanced Accounting

Get 20% off your Aplos migration. Our team moves your chart of accounts, funds, and historical data.

2

Unlock 3 months free of Gusto

Once you're set up in Aplos, activate an exclusive Gusto offer available only to new Aplos customers.

3

Run payroll into the right fund

Every wage, tax, and benefit posts to Aplos automatically, mapped to the right fund, program, or ministry.

Payroll is stewardship, not just an expense

For nonprofits and churches, payroll can be the largest stewardship line on your books. Every dollar paid to staff is a dollar donors, members, and grantors trusted you to direct to a specific mission, program, or ministry.

When payroll doesn't sync with fund accounting, your team pays the price

  • Guessing how to split paychecks across restricted grants, general funds, and ministries

  • Re-coding labor costs after the fact and hoping the splits match donor intent

  • Answering "where did the money go?" with a spreadsheet instead of a report

Cleaner books. Clearer reports. Calmer month-ends.

Get board-ready reporting, consistent allocations, tighter access controls, and smoother month-end closes, built for fund-based complexity.

Close the books faster

Payroll posts to Aplos after every run, so month-end doesn't start with reconciling labor costs. Fewer journal entries, fewer "why doesn't this match?" moments, a faster path from pay day to financials.

Allocate labor costs accurately

Map staff to funds, programs, or ministries once. Wages, payroll taxes, and benefits land in the right place every pay period without re-splitting or re-coding.

Report with confidence

Board reports, grant reports, and audit prep all pull from the same numbers. No last-minute adjustments to make payroll line up with the general ledger.

Fund accounting that holds up to donors, boards, and auditors

Get fund-based tracking, donor and grant visibility, restricted vs. unrestricted clarity, and board- and audit-ready reporting, built specifically for nonprofits and churches.

True fund accounting

Track every dollar by fund, and break it out further by department, ministry, program, or location using tags. Restricted and unrestricted balances stay separated automatically, so your reporting always matches donor and grantor intent.

Transactions, AR & AP, and bank rec

From entry to reconciliation, track every dollar with precision. Get a view of your checking register, manage accounts payable and receivable, and connect your bank for transaction imports.

Budgeting by fund, tag, or dimension

Build organizational budgets by fund, by tag layer (department, ministry, location), or across both with dimensional budgeting. Track actuals in real time and reallocate before the next board cycle, not after.

Board and audit-ready reporting

Generate income and expense reports, contribution statements, fund-based budgets, and more with a powerful reporting and analytics tool designed for nonprofits.

The tools that power your nonprofit payroll

Gusto handles the taxes, filings, onboarding, and direct deposits automatically.

Automatic tax filing

Automatically calculates, pays, and files your federal, state, and local payroll taxes, as well as W-2s and 1099s.

Self-onboarding

New employees self-onboard entirely online, reducing errors and paperwork.

Unlimited payrolls

Unlimited payrolls, all 50 states, and direct deposit come standard.

Employee experience

Employees get fun payday emails, lifetime accounts, direct deposit, and more.

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Expert support

Stellar support and expert advice are here when you need it by phone, email, or chat.

Supports churches

Supports church payroll needs with pastor housing allowances and tax exemptions.

“Old-school payroll and HR aren't built for the way you work today. But Gusto is. That's why 9 out of 10 customers say Gusto is easier than other payroll providers. In fact, more than 400,000 organizations nationwide choose Gusto because it's refreshingly easy-to-use, friendly, expert customer service, and is loved by both employers and employees.”

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Stop reconciling payroll. Start trusting your reports.

See how Aplos and Gusto work together to keep your nonprofit's books clean from the first pay period forward.

Aplos + Gusto Bundle