When we process an in-kind gift, it reflects as a "gift" on the contributions tab, and looks as though actual money has been posted on our reports. Is there another way to reflect in-kind gifts so they show as what they are?
Diane,
When we receive a gift in-kind, our Campaign and Fund structure is what we use to denote in the record that it was not an actual contribution; however, it still shows up on the Contributions tab.
For example, we have a whole Campaign that is FY17 Inkind and it has Funds like Corp Inkind, Fdn Inkind, Ind Inkind, etc. We even have one fund that is Inkind Donated Tickets to capture all of our tickets that get donated back to the Box Office because a patron couldn't attend any show in that production run.
As far as I'm aware, however, these gifts will always show up on the Contributions tab (and you want them to, since even though they aren't cash/checks/credit cards, they are donations to your organization).
When it comes to reporting, however, you can always specifically choose only certain Campaigns or Funds in a Fund Activity Report to omit those gifts in-kind from your reporting. You could also use similar limiters when building a List to omit any gifts in-kind from how you pulls a List of constituents with a certain level of giving if you don't want their in-kind donations to count.
Thank you,
Brian
Thanks!