Tithely
“Can a giving-first platform become the all-in-one operating system for the 50,000+ small-to-mid church market?”
Founded2014
HQNashville, Tennessee, United States
FoundersDean Sweetman, Barnabas Sweetman, Frank Barry, Steve Klein
Total raised$20M
Latest roundSecondary - Private
IndustryVertical SaaS / Churches & Nonprofits
The story
Founded in 2014 as a simple mobile-first digital giving tool for churches, Tithely has expanded via M&A into a full church operating system — bundling giving, church management (Breeze, Elvanto), custom apps, websites, and messaging under one platform. Serves 53,000+ churches globally with a subscription + payments-processing revenue model. The embedded finance footprint is narrow: donation processing via Stripe Connect is the sole financial rail.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2012
Dean Sweetman conceives idea for mobile church giving after using Starbucks mobile ordering· founding
2014
Tithely officially launched with Frank Barry and Steve Klein joining Dean Sweetman· founding
2019
Expanded product suite (Church Management, Apps, Sites)· product
2021
Acquired Elvanto (Australian ChMS) and Breeze (US ChMS)· acquisition
2023
Acquired Ascend Collective (Canada)· acquisition
Acquisitions
The stack
4 layers disclosed in Tithely’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Money movement
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Open banking
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Accounting
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Accounting gap: minor
4 more providers across 3 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.