Features for Churches

There are a number of options in DONATION that are particularly useful for churches and other places of worship.

Quick Multiple Donation Entry

The most significant feature for churches is the ability to quickly enter many donations made on the same date, for instance from a Sunday collection in a church, using the File à One Date Donation Entry menu option. For details, see One Date Donation Entry.

Envelope Numbers

Many churches use envelopes for their collections, and thus you will probably want to enter your envelope numbers into the Donor's Member/Env. # field. You can type these in directly, but you can also enter them as sequential numbers by right-clicking in that field, and picking New Member/Env. # from the popup menu. That assigns the next highest number, after the last one that has been assigned to any donor.

You can also auto-assign (or re-assign) all or some envelope numbers - see Reassigning Envelope Numbers.

You can find donors on the Donor List quickly by envelope number, just by typing the number, which causes DONATION to immediately scroll to the donor with that envelope number.

Limited Users of DONATION

Some churches have people assigned to be Tellers or Counters who are allowed to use DONATION to enter the collection, but should only see the envelope numbers and not the donors’ names. There is a special feature for that, called the Limited User Password. Users who sign in with the Limited User Password have  very restricted features available to them. You can control what those features are with options in the Maintenance à Main Window Options window.