Free Tools for Tracking Mosque Donations & Pirivu in India

If your mosque or mahall is still tracking donations on paper, you already know the pain: lost receipts, donor disputes, inconsistent records, and an annual scramble to compile reports. The good news is there are several free tools that can replace your notebook entirely.

What "tracking donations" actually requires

• Recording donor name, amount, date, and donation type (Zakat, Sadaqah, General, etc.)
• Generating a receipt the donor can keep (and forward to their accountant if needed)
• Categorising donations for monthly and annual reports
• Reconciling against the bank/cash position at any time

Free options that work in India

Spreadsheets (Google Sheets / Excel)

Free, familiar, and infinitely customisable. The downsides: no audit trail, easy to corrupt, hard to share without breaking permissions, and impossible to keep in sync across multiple collectors.

WhatsApp + Notebook

Half the Kerala mahalls we've spoken to use this combo. It works at small scale (under 50 families) and breaks immediately above that.

Mahall (free, India-built)

Designed exactly for this — every donation is recorded with a receipt number, donor link, payment method, and timestamp. Generate annual reports in one click. Free for every mosque.

Want to skip the spreadsheets?Set up Mahall free →

Pirivu (monthly fee) tracking is the same problem

The same logic applies to monthly pirivu — collect it digitally if you can, paper if you must, but record every payment in one place. The treasurer who can answer "has family #47 paid this month?" in 5 seconds builds far more trust than the one who has to flip through three notebooks.