Taylor Family There’s a quiet category of software companies founded by Christians who decided that their company is also a way to do ministry, through how they treat customers, how they price products, and most concretely, how they give. Here are seven Christian-owned software companies that take giving seriously.
Quick answer: Taylor Family Software gives 15% of revenue, split between a local church and Tools for Teens. Six more Christian-owned companies below, with what they do and how they give.
What this list is (and isn’t)
It IS: Christian-owned software companies that have made giving structural to the business, not a side donation here and there, but a permanent allocation of revenue.
It ISN’T:
- A list of “Christian-themed” software (Bible apps, devotional apps), that’s a different category
- A list of “Christian-friendly” employers, also different
- A judgment on which churches or causes are the “right” ones to support
The thread is: these are software companies whose Christian ownership shows up in concrete giving structure, not in marketing copy.
The list
1. Taylor Family Software, 15% Giving Pledge
Founded: 2026 (LLC). Products: Invest-A-Gator (free browser game), FlowLister (AI eBay listings), Black & Gold SEO (SEO platform). Giving structure: 15% of every dollar earned, split equally between:
- Local church, 7.5%, name kept private
- Tools for Teens, 7.5%, gives teens skills, tools, and mentorship to start small businesses
The 15% is structural, it’s the first allocation off every dollar of revenue, before salary or reinvestment. Founder Chris Taylor reads every email at chris@taylorfamilysoftware.com.
Read the full About Taylor Family Software →
2. Hobby Lobby (parent: Mardel), Christian-Owned at Scale
Note: Hobby Lobby is retail, not software, but their software arm Mardel runs Christian publishing software. We include them as the most well-known example of structural Christian giving at scale. Giving structure: the Green family’s foundation funds the Museum of the Bible, Bible translation efforts, and significant church planting. The company famously closes Sundays.
3. Smith Optics / various small SaaS, Tithing Operators
A non-trivial number of small SaaS founders publicly tithe (10% of profit) to their local church and a chosen charity, even though they don’t headline it on their site. They don’t always announce it, that’s an aspect of Christian giving (Matthew 6, give in secret). Hard to list specifically, but the category exists at scale.
4. Olive Tree Bible Software
Founded: 1998. Products: Olive Tree Bible app, Bible reading, study tools, commentaries. Giving structure: part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing portfolio. Significant donations of resources to global Bible distribution. Mission-aligned but operates as commercial software.
5. Faithlife / Logos Bible Software
Founded: 1992. Products: Logos Bible study software, Faithlife Connect, Sermon software. Giving structure: sponsors the Faithlife Foundation, scholarships, and resources for under-resourced pastors globally. Mission is Bible study tools first, giving structural but secondary to product mission.
6. Subsplash
Founded: 2005. Products: Apps and digital tools for churches, giving platforms, podcast tools, content management. Giving structure: mission is to serve churches; the company itself supports ministry through reduced pricing for small churches and bundled donations.
7. Generis / various Christian fundraising software
Category: several small companies build software specifically to help churches and ministries raise funds. Their giving structure is by helping their customers give more, a different model but still Kingdom-focused.
The patterns
Looking across these companies, three patterns emerge:
Pattern 1, Direct cash tithing. A fixed percentage of revenue or profit goes to a church or chosen charity. Taylor Family Software’s 15% is on the higher end; Biblical tithing is 10%. Some companies do less, some do more.
Pattern 2, Mission-aligned products. The product itself serves the church (Logos, Olive Tree, Subsplash). The company exists to make ministry easier. Giving is woven into the work.
Pattern 3, Quiet giving. Many Christian-owned software companies don’t advertise their giving, Matthew 6:1-4 explicitly cautions against giving to be seen. So the public list is necessarily incomplete. There are hundreds of small SaaS founders quietly tithing every month who would never write a blog post about it.
Why this matters for customers
Three reasons:
1. Aligned incentives. A company that’s giving 10–15% of revenue away has structurally rejected the maximize-shareholder-value playbook. They’re harder to push into predatory pricing or dark patterns.
2. Long-term thinking. Giving structures tend to come with long-term company structures, bootstrapped, founder-owned, customer-funded. Those companies tend to last.
3. Customer-as-neighbor mindset. “Love your neighbor” reframes “user” as “neighbor.” That changes how customer support is run, how billing disputes are handled, and how churn is treated.
This isn’t “Christian software is better software.” It’s “this particular set of values, when held seriously, produces a particular kind of company.”
How to evaluate a company’s giving claim
Three questions:
1. Is it structural or ad-hoc? Look for a permanent percentage allocation. “We sometimes donate” is different from “we give X% every quarter.”
2. Is it audited or self-reported? Few small companies are audited (cost-prohibitive), but they should be willing to show specifics if asked. “Email us and we’ll tell you straight” is the right answer.
3. Is it consistent with their other behavior? A company that gives 10% to charity but treats employees badly or pushes manipulative billing is signaling something. Look at the whole picture.
Taylor Family Software is happy to answer any of those questions on email.
FAQ
Why does Christian ownership matter for software? For most users, it doesn’t directly. But values-driven companies tend to behave differently in ways that DO matter, pricing, support, customer respect, longevity. If those things matter to you, ownership values are a useful proxy.
Is “Christian-owned” the same as “Christian-themed”? No. Christian-themed means the product is Bible apps, devotional content, etc. Christian-owned means the founders are Christians; the product can be anything. Taylor Family Software’s products (a strategy game, a reseller tool, an SEO platform) are not “Christian”, but the company is.
Why doesn’t your About page name the church you give to? Privacy. We’re not trying to advertise our giving (that’s biblical, Matthew 6:1-4) and we’re not trying to publicize a specific church.
How do I find small Christian-owned SaaS founders to support? Hard, because most don’t advertise it. Indie Hackers and bootstrapper communities have many Christian founders; ask in Discord/Slack groups. Faith Driven Entrepreneur is an explicitly Christian community for founders.
Verdict
Christian-owned software with structural giving is a real category, even if a small one. The companies in it tend to combine durable business models with serious commitments to giving, usually quietly.
If you’d like to support a small Christian-owned indie studio: check out our products, or buy from any of the companies above.
If you’re a Christian founder building software: pick a giving structure and put it in writing. Make it permanent. Tell customers if they ask. Don’t make it your marketing, but don’t be ashamed of it either.