Online donations became an approved churchwide method by First Presidency action (announced through the church's newsroom), and the current system centralizes what envelopes did locally: category selection across tithing, fast offerings, and other church funds; immediate email receipts; and self-serve history and statements. The church states that sensitive banking data is stored with a banking partner rather than by the church itself. Everything in this paragraph comes from the church's own published pages, read 2026-08-01 — and those pages, not this one, are the authority as details evolve.
Practical notes members actually search for
The address: donations.churchofjesuschrist.org, or the account menu at ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Older "lds.org donations" bookmarks trace to the same modern system.
One login for everything: the same Church Account handles donations, history, and statements — no separate finance login.
Statements for tax season: printable from the system; US deductibility basics live on our tax page.
Declaration season: real-time history makes the annual review straightforward; the meeting itself is between you and your leaders.
When online is not available to you: the church documents other donation methods; your bishop or branch president bridges any gap.
The fraud line, said clearly
Giving systems attract impersonators. The church's system will not solicit you through DMs, will not ask for gift cards, and does not need your login "verified" by email. Type the address; when in doubt, ask your clerk. That single habit removes nearly all the realistic risk in online giving — here and at every church.
LDS donation questions
How do I pay LDS tithing online?
Through the church's own system: donations.churchofjesuschrist.org (also reachable from the account menu on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, and through the church's app tools). You sign in with your Church Account, choose the donation categories (tithing, fast offering, and other funds), and submit; receipts arrive by email immediately, per the church's published help pages. If you do not yet have a Church Account, that is the one prerequisite — your ward clerk can help if signup stalls.
Can I see my LDS donation history and print statements?
Yes — the church's own documentation states that online donors can access donation history in real time and print their own donation statements from the same system. Practically, that makes the online route the record-keeping upgrade over checks and envelopes: annual statements for tax filing and tithing declaration are self-serve rather than clerk-dependent.
Is donating to the church online safe?
The church's published position (per its donation help pages, read 2026-08-01) is that it does not store sensitive banking data itself — that data is held by a banking partner — and that current encryption technologies are employed. The practical donor-side rules are the same as any financial site: reach the system by typing the official address or navigating from ChurchofJesusChrist.org rather than clicking emailed links, and treat any "church donation" request arriving by text, social media, or gift card as the fraud pattern it is.
What about donating from outside the United States?
The church maintains separate international online-donation instructions (methods and availability vary by country) and other-donation-method documentation for situations the online system does not cover. Rather than paraphrase per-country details that change, the honest pointer: the international donations help section of ChurchofJesusChrist.org, or your local unit leaders, carry the current answer for your country.