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title: Change the Payment Method of a Recurring Gift Commitment in Education
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description: You can specify different payment methods for specific periods within a commitment schedule.
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# Change the Payment Method of a Recurring Gift Commitment in Education

You can specify different payment methods for specific periods within a commitment schedule.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="REQUIRED EDITIONS" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d139753e36 ">Available in: Lightning Experience</td>

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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>,
              and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Education Cloud</p>
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d139753e85 ">To change the payment of a recurring gift commitment:</td>

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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_fundraising_editions_and_permissions.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Review the supported products and editions for Fundraising. Then check out how your product handles permissions and how to assign them.">Modified Education Cloud Full Access permission set</a></p>
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1. From the App Launcher (![App Launcher](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sfdo-education_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/89403874-2a89-4126-b574-9db175c14f28/resources-product/images/fundraising/icon_applauncher.png)), find and select **Gift Commitments**.
2. Select the gift commitment that you want to change.
3. Click ![Show More](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sfdo-education_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/89403874-2a89-4126-b574-9db175c14f28/resources-product/images/actions_menu.png) and then select **Update Payment Method**.
4. Select the schedule that you want to change.
5. Select a payment method and enter any associated payment instrument information, such as Last 4 and expiration dates.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sfdo-education_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/89403874-2a89-4126-b574-9db175c14f28/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note A payment method of ACH or credit card, and at least the Last 4 field populated, adds a payment instrument lookup to the schedule. This lookup creates a payment instrument record if none previously existed.
6. Select the effective start date.
7. If needed, select the effective end date, an update reason, and the campaign that the commitment applies to.
    
    If the new payment method applies to the entire schedule, in the effective start and end date fields, select the schedule start and end dates.
    
    Unpaid gift transactions with due dates that fall within the new effective dates are removed after the commitment is processed.
8. Save your changes.