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# Prerequisites for Recording Gifts in Nonprofit

Before recording each gift type, Salesforce admins and Fundraising users have specific tasks to complete.

### Required Editions

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d33082e39">REQUIRED EDITIONS</th>
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          <td data-label="REQUIRED EDITIONS" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e39 ">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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## Salesforce Admin Prerequisites

Review the required Salesforce admin tasks for each gift type.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d33082e93">Gift Type</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d33082e96">Admin Tasks</th>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">Single Payment Gift (Untracked Solicitation)</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_map_custom_fields_to_use_during_gift_entry.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Track and report on gift data by adding custom fields to the Gift Entry page. Capture additional information about gifts, such as a donor’s preferred communication method and the purpose of the gift.">Set up Gift Entry</a>.</li>

                <li>Create naming conventions for campaigns and gift transactions.</li>

                <li>Create Payment Method picklist values.</li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_outreach_source_code_campaigns.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use outreach source codes to identify the outreach methods used with your campaigns to help determine which approaches are successful.">Set up outreach source codes</a>.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">Multiple Payment Gift</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Set up <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Gift Default Designations</a>.</li>

                <li>For gift commitments to be available when creating a gift entry, set the
                  Installment Extension Day Count, Lapsed Unpaid Transaction Count, and Failing
                  Transaction Count in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_enable_fundraising.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To use Fundraising in your org, turn on Fundraising.">General Fundraising Settings</a>.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">Recurring Gift</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Set up <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Gift Default Designations</a>.</li>

                <li>For gift commitments to be available when creating a gift entry, set the
                  Installment Extension Day Count, Lapsed Unpaid Transaction Count, and Failing
                  Transaction Count in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_enable_fundraising.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To use Fundraising in your org, turn on Fundraising.">General Fundraising Settings</a>.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">Matching Gift</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Set up <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Gift Default Designations</a>.</li>

                <li>Optionally, create a custom field at the Business Account level to capture
                  matching policies for the matching gift donor.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">Inbound Grant</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Set up <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Gift Default Designations</a>.</li>

                <li>For gift commitments to be available when creating a gift entry, set the
                  Installment Extension Day Count, Lapsed Unpaid Transaction Count, and Failing
                  Transaction Count in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_enable_fundraising.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To use Fundraising in your org, turn on Fundraising.">General Fundraising Settings</a>.</li>

                <li>Set up grant solicitation processes on the Opportunity object (record type,
                  stage values, Sales Process).</li>

                <li>Create custom fields on the Opportunity object for grant-specific
                  information.</li>

                <li>Set up a grant-specific page layout for the Opportunity object.</li>

                <li>Create and assign a permission set for anyone who needs access to
                  grant-related functionality.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">In-Kind Gift</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Set up <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Gift Default Designations</a>.</li>

                <li>For gift commitments to be available when creating a gift entry, set the
                  Installment Extension Day Count, Lapsed Unpaid Transaction Count, and Failing
                  Transaction Count in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_enable_fundraising.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To use Fundraising in your org, turn on Fundraising.">General Fundraising Settings</a>.</li>

                <li>Review and modify Gift Vehicle picklist values on the Gift Commitment object
                  as needed.</li>

                <li>Optionally, add a custom field for tracking description and quantity. Also add
                  this custom field to the Gift Entry Flow, if necessary.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e93 ">Gift from Donor-Advised Fund</td>

            <td data-label="Admin Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e96 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Set up <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Gift Default Designations</a>.</li>

                <li>For gift commitments to be available when creating a gift entry, set the
                  Installment Extension Day Count, Lapsed Unpaid Transaction Count, and Failing
                  Transaction Count in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_enable_fundraising.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To use Fundraising in your org, turn on Fundraising.">General Fundraising Settings</a>.</li>

                <li>Confirm that Gift Soft Credits are available on the Gift Entry template and
                  Gift Transaction related list.</li>

                <li>Optionally, add Pledge record type to the Gift Commitment object.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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## Fundraising User Prerequisites

Review the required Fundraising user tasks for each gift type.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d33082e371">Gift Type</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d33082e374">Fundraising User Tasks</th>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e371 ">
              <p>Single Payment Gift (Untracked Solicitation)</p>
              <p>Multiple Payment
                Gift</p>
              <p>Recurring Gift</p>
              <p>Matching Gift</p>
              <p>Inbound Grants</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">In-Kind
                Gift</p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Fundraising User Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e374 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Create a Person Account for the donor.</li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_create_outreach_source_code_campaign.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Enhance your campaign management by using outreach source codes to track each appeal of a campaign with details about audience and outreach methods. Salesforce streamlines the creation of source codes, significantly reducing manual entry errors, and improving consistency across campaigns. Marketers can now dedicate more time to strategic campaign planning, ensuring better reporting accuracy and overall campaign effectiveness.">Create an outreach source code for a campaign</a>.</li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Create a gift designation</a>.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Gift Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e371 ">Gift from Donor-Advised Fund</td>

            <td data-label="Fundraising User Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d33082e374 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Create a Person Account for the donor.</li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_create_outreach_source_code_campaign.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Enhance your campaign management by using outreach source codes to track each appeal of a campaign with details about audience and outreach methods. Salesforce streamlines the creation of source codes, significantly reducing manual entry errors, and improving consistency across campaigns. Marketers can now dedicate more time to strategic campaign planning, ensuring better reporting accuracy and overall campaign effectiveness.">Create an outreach source code for a campaign</a>.</li>

                <li><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.fundraising_manage_designations.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="A gift designation is a fund that represents a specific purpose for a gift, such as an earthquake relocation fund and a fund for after-school care in an underserved community. Quickly allocate incoming donations to specific funds with gift designations.">Create a gift designation</a>.</li>

                <li>Make Sure that a Business Account exists for the donor-advised fund
                  provider.<p>For example, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.</p>
                </li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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      </table>