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description: Specify how donors want their donation to be spent. You can identify a gift designation that's used for all unrestricted gifts and set it as the org-wide default before you begin entering gifts in Fundraising.
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# Create Gift Designations in Nonprofit

Specify how donors want their donation to be spent. You can identify a gift designation that's used for all unrestricted gifts and set it as the org-wide default before you begin entering gifts in Fundraising.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="REQUIRED EDITIONS" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d9117e36 ">Available in: Lightning Experience</td>

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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and
              <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Nonprofit Cloud
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d9117e82 ">To create gift designations:</td>

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1. From the App Launcher (![App Launcher](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sfdo-nonprofit_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/b335b49f-b06d-4153-a454-da90077289d9/resources-product/images/fundraising/icon_applauncher.png)), find and select **Gift Designations**.
2. Click **New**.
3. For Name, enter a name for the designation. For example, enter Earthquake Relief Fund.
4. To allocate the gift designation when a gift entry is processed, select **Active**.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sfdo-nonprofit_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/b335b49f-b06d-4153-a454-da90077289d9/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note New gift designations are saved as active, even if you don't select **Active**.
5. To use the designation for all unrestricted gifts, select **Default**.
    
    Keep in mind that processing a high number of records on a designation can cause data skew. To avoid data skew, review the parent-child data skew to determine how often to use a new default designation based on the volume of records you process on the designation.
6. Save your changes, and create other gift designations as needed.

SEE ALSO

[Parent-Child Data Skew](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.draes.meta/draes/draes_object_relationships_parent_child_data_skew.htm)