Hello,
My organization is trying to figure out the best way to record in kind donations. We are considering creating another campaign specifically for in kind donations so that they will be tracked separately from other donations. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thank you,
Mike Conway
Prior to this year, we had separate funds for in-kind (one for corporate, one for individuals) and added those funds to other campaigns. For this year, we created a separate in-kind campaign which has made it much easier to track over the course of the year.
I recommend a separate campaign. Things have been much easier to report on this year.
From: Michael Conway <bounce-michaelconway2607@tessituranetwork.com>Sent: 12/1/2009 11:28:32 AM
Thank you.
Michael Conway
Development Associate
The Granada Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (805) 899-3000 ext. 131 phone (805) 564-8682 fax
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From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Jeri Henderson Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:46 AM To: Michael Conway Subject: RE: [Tessitura Development Forum] In Kind Donations
We have a gift-in-kind payment method which can be used for any campaign and is available only to our Development department. This works very well for us.
From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Levi Sauerbrei Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:41 PM To: Jeri Henderson Subject: Re: [Tessitura Development Forum] In Kind Donations
From: Michael Conway <bounce-michaelconway2607@tessituranetwork.com> Sent: 12/1/2009 11:28:32 AM
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Thank you. That’s sounds wonderful.
From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Levi Sauerbrei Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:41 AM To: Michael Conway Subject: Re: [Tessitura Development Forum] In Kind Donations
I agree with Levi. I used to have separate in-kind funds linked to campaigns that included cash funds as well. Now I create separate in-kind campaigns to match the in-kind funds. There are so many reports that run on campaign (not fund) so it makes reporting on cash versus in-kind gifts much easier.
We have a separate In Kind campaign with several funds that track which department (development, music, production, administration, etc.) gets credited with the donation so that we know who needs to write the acknowledgement. We can therefore easily include or exclude the value of in kind gifts when looking at annual giving.
Lucie
From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Odele Peter Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 4:21 PM To: Lucie Spieler Subject: Re: [Tessitura Development Forum] In Kind Donations
Thank you, Lucie. That is what I just created. Sounds good.
From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Lucie Spieler Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:31 PM To: Michael Conway Subject: RE: [Tessitura Development Forum] In Kind Donations