What are items?
Items are the giving categories donors choose from when making a donation — General Fund, Missions, Building Fund, Youth Ministry, and so on. Every donation is assigned to an item, which is how your reporting breaks down giving by category.Viewing your items
Go to Settings > Items. The table shows all your giving items with their name, description, whether it is the default item, whether it is visible on the giving form, and when it was created.Adding an item
Click Add Item and fill in:- Name — what donors see on the giving form (e.g. “Building Fund”)
- Description — optional short description shown to donors
- Default — if toggled on, this item is pre-selected when a donor opens the giving form
- Visible — controls whether this item appears on the public giving form. Hidden items can still receive donations via campaigns or direct API calls
Examples
| Organization type | Example items |
|---|---|
| Church | General Fund, Missions, Building Fund, Youth Ministry, Benevolence |
| Nonprofit | Annual Fund, Program Support, Capital Campaign, Scholarship Fund |
| School | Tuition, Athletics, Field Trips, Scholarship |
Tips
- Keep item names short and clear — donors see them on the giving form
- Only mark one item as Default — this is the pre-selected option when the form loads
- Hide items that are no longer active rather than deleting them — this preserves historical reporting data
- Items used by active campaigns cannot be hidden without first updating those campaigns