Gift Designations are a way of allowing donors to specify how they would like their money allocated or used by the organization. Here are instructions in setting up "Items" or "Gift Designations" for each organization.

Setting Up

We recommend that you first set up a "General" donation and that all donations that are not specifically designated to something specific, are assigned to the "General" designation.

To set up the designations, click on "Settings" and then "Gift Designations".

Click "Add Gift Designation" to set up a new item.

Tip: 

You have the option of assigning a specific gift designation as “Tax Deductible” or setting it as the “Default Gift Designation” by simply ticking off the corresponding box as seen below.

Naming Gift Designations

The name you use for your designations should be thought through completely.  Make sure that your items correspond with your accounting system's general ledger (in some way).  

If you are multi-site, make sure that your donors know which site they have the option to give to.  

For example, if you have a building fund for one campus and a capital campaign for another, make sure that your designations specify which campus.  This is pretty important, so here’s is an example:

Another thing to note:  Each designation will have a separate "Campaign" page.  This page is really for future use, but for now, if you use our online giving option, this link will simply pre-populate the designation for the donor.  We have BIG things brewing for Campaigns, so be on the lookout for that.

Gift designations are extremely important and have so much to do with your accounting, should you have any technical questions about this, please don't hesitate to contact our accountants.  We have some of the best church and non-profit accountants on the planet and they'd be happy to help. Feel free to contact us here (or email hello@dime.is )with any questions.