Services: Gift Processing & Fund Administration

One thing donors often say is important to them in choosing which organizations to support is trust. They tend to support nonprofits they trust to use their donation responsibly, and for its intended purpose to make a positive impact. Sloppy gift entry and poor fund administration can have serious implications for your donor retention and even negatively impact internal stakeholders’ perception of your advancement department. Our team can help you establish structure and SOPs to ensure these processes run smoothly.

– Creating new donor records

– Daily gift log

– Developing a gift acceptance policy

– Donation form creation

– Donor acknowledgments: automation & documentation

– Donor advised funds

– Endowed funds: setup and reporting

– Establishing checks and balances

– Financial reports and reconciliation

– Fund clean-up and standardization

– Gift back-up and reconciliation

– Gift entry training and SOPs

– Gift modifications, fund transfers & audit reports

– Hard credit vs. soft credit

– Merging, deactivating and repurposing funds

– Partnering with finance and fund administrators

– Reviewing “unsolicited” gifts

– Setting up new funds

– Understanding GL distributions