Our Story
When Cyndi Meuchel and Donna Gawron originally met in 2003, they were small business owners, nonprofit board members, and active volunteers for different groups. They instantly discovered they had one thing in common: the headache caused by financial management and reporting within their respective groups. That, and their dislike of the bad buffet food at the restaurant where their networking group met.
At that time, the treasurer’s role was a combination of spreadsheets, databases, accounting software, different operating systems and continual board turnover. This made for the perfect storm of tedium and unaccountability. Things were an outright mess. That’s when they set out to change the way volunteers run their organizations. Their goal was to create a simple accounting tool for volunteers that had exactly what they needed and nothing more. It had to be easy to learn and simple to transition to new users.
The outcome was MoneyMinder.
Cyndi and Donna’s original mission has grown to touch the lives of tens of thousands of volunteers and organizations over the years. Cyndi and Donna credit MoneyMinder’s success to the first-hand volunteer management experience they and their employees have. Because of their experience, they are able to help customers through problems small and large.
In 2024, MoneyMinder joined BryteBridge, a nonprofit solutions provider with a shared passion for supporting nonprofits. This partnership ensures that MoneyMinder will continue to innovate and serve nonprofit volunteers, backed by the expanded resources and expertise of BryteBridge.
Volunteers may come and go, but MoneyMinder will always be there for those on the front lines of managing these organizations. Customer support remains a key pillar of our business, alongside our commitment to maintaining a platform built on trust and security—without advertising.
You’ve got an important mission to fulfill. Let MoneyMinder help make the bookkeeping easy.
Decades of Helping Volunteer Treasurers
Since 2003, MoneyMinder has been devoted to helping volunteer treasurers by making bookkeeping accurate, easy and fun. We celebrated 20 years in 2023 with a fun timeline and video honoring where we came from, our amazing staff, some of our longtime customers and the volunteers who make our world go round.
Thank you for an incredible two decades.
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About MoneyMinder
MoneyMinder was founded in 2003 under the name Nonprofit Central by Cyndi Meuchel and Donna Gawron after realizing the current software options for volunteer treasurers were severely lacking. Their goal was to create a simple accounting tool tailored to the unique needs of nonprofits—just the features they needed, nothing more and nothing less.
In late 2024, MoneyMinder joined forces with BryteBridge, a leading nonprofit solutions provider, to bring even greater value to nonprofit organizations. This partnership combines MoneyMinder's trusted nonprofit bookkeeping expertise with BryteBridge's comprehensive suite of nonprofit services, creating a more robust platform to help nonprofits thrive.
Together, MoneyMinder and BryteBridge are committed to simplifying nonprofit financial management and empowering organizations to make an even bigger impact. As we build on MoneyMinder's 20+ year legacy of serving nonprofits, we're excited to continue supporting the incredible work you do.
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