Books that balance themselves

The shul ledger that reconciles
itself — quietly.

Pekudei is accounting software built for synagogues. The AI matches every pledge to the donation that pays it — Kol Nidre appeals, membership dues, building funds — so your books stay balanced and fund-accurate with zero maintenance.

No spreadsheets. No month-end matching. No volunteer treasurer burnout.
kol-nidre-5786.ledger reconciling
Pledged
Goldberg, A.$1,800
Cohen family$540
Rosen, M.$1,000
Friedman, D.$360
 
Received
ACH · ****4471$1,800
Check #2098$540
Card · Visa$1,000
Cash · office$360
● 4 of 4 matched · balanced touched by no one
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The gabbai's burden

Pledges and donations live in two different worlds.

Someone pledges $1,800 from the bimah. Three weeks later $1,800 lands by ACH — or in two checks, or as a card payment under a spouse's name. Tying the two together is hours of manual matching every month, and it's where the books quietly drift out of balance.

The spreadsheet way

  • A volunteer treasurer hand-matches pledges to payments every month
  • Partial payments, split checks and name mismatches get missed
  • Restricted funds and general funds blur together
  • Year-end giving statements are a frantic reconstruction
  • When the treasurer steps down, the institutional memory leaves too

The Pekudei way

  • AI matches each pledge to its payment the moment money arrives
  • Partial, split and renamed payments are linked automatically
  • Every dollar lands in the right fund, restricted or general
  • Giving statements generate themselves, donor-ready
  • The books are the memory — nothing leaves with a volunteer
What makes Pekudei different

The AI does the reconciliation — you do nothing.

This is the one job every other shul system leaves to a human. Pekudei reads pledges and incoming donations side by side and links them — across payment methods, partial amounts, and family members — flagging only the rare case that genuinely needs a person.

auto-reconciliation · building fund 5786 312 pledges309 matched3 to review
Pledge
Goldberg, Aaron & Sara
Kol Nidre appeal · pledged on Yom Kippur
$1,800.00
Donation received
A. Goldberg · ACH ****4471
cleared 14 days later · general fund
$1,800.00
Pledge
Cohen Family Foundation
Building fund · $540 over 2 payments
$540.00
Donations received
Check #2098 + Check #2114
$300 + $240 · linked as one pledge
$540.00
Pledge
Rosenberg, M.
Yahrzeit donation · pledged $1,000
$1,000.00
Donation received
M. Rose · Visa
name & amount near-match — confirm?
$1,000.00
Pekudei AI · reconciling continuously You only ever see the handful it isn't sure about. Everything else just balances.
Built for a shul, not a startup

Everything a synagogue's books actually need.

Pekudei speaks the language of the shul office — pledges, appeals, dues, funds and yahrzeits — not generic invoices and customers.

01

Self-reconciling pledges

Every Kol Nidre, building-fund and yahrzeit pledge is matched to its payment automatically — partial and split included.

02

True fund accounting

Restricted and general funds are kept properly separate, so a building-fund dollar never quietly pays an electric bill.

03

Members & dues

Membership, dues billing and household records in one place — families, seats and statuses tracked the way a shul thinks.

04

Donor-ready statements

Year-end and per-gift tax receipts generate themselves, accurate to the dollar, ready to send the moment they're asked for.

05

Yahrzeit & appeals

Hebrew-calendar yahrzeit tracking and appeal campaigns flow straight into the ledger — pledge to receipt, nothing re-keyed.

06

Board-ready & audit-clean

Treasurer reports and audit trails are always current — hand the board a clean balance sheet without a week of prep.

How it works

Connected once, then it runs on its own.

1

Connect the accounts

Link your bank, payment processor and existing pledge list. Pekudei imports your funds and history — no clean data required.

2

The AI reconciles

As donations arrive, Pekudei matches them to open pledges in the right fund and posts the entries. Confidence on every match.

3

You just review the edge cases

Open the dashboard when you like — confirm the handful it flagged. The books were already balanced before you logged in.

“These are the accountings of the Mishkan — every contribution, reckoned and accounted for.” Pekudei brings that same exactness to your shul, without a single hour of your time.
Shemot 38:21 · the original reconciliation
Who it's for

For the people who keep the shul's books.

A modern alternative to CloudShul and Kesef — with the reconciliation no longer left to a human.

Synagogue treasurers & gabbais
Shul office administrators
Volunteer-run congregations
Day schools & yeshivas
Chabad houses
Jewish nonprofits & foundations
Building-campaign committees
Chevra kadisha & mutual aid
Early access

Hand the reconciliation to Pekudei.

We're onboarding a first group of shuls and Jewish nonprofits. Leave your email and we'll set up a walkthrough with your own pledges.

For shul offices and treasurers — no spam, just an invite when a spot opens.