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Giving User Guide

16 articles
Active Sessions
Monitor real-time giving activity on your church’s donation website with Active Sessions — see who’s giving, from where, and when activity peaks.
Asset Donations
Embrace cryptocurrency and non-cash giving with OnlineGiving.org. View, manage, and process crypto donations, stocks, real estate, and other asset gifts through one unified control panel.
Campaigns
Learn how to create, manage, and track pledge campaigns in the OnlineGiving.org control panel to drive church fundraising goals with progress bars, fund assignment, and donor-facing campaign pages.
Check Scanning
Streamline church giving with OnlineGiving.org Check Scanning. Scan checks for instant transactions with a printable deposit slip, or use optional remote deposit for electronic bank deposits. Full ChM
Dashboard
Get a bird’s-eye view of your church’s giving health with the Giving Dashboard — interactive charts, fund breakdowns, donation trends, and payment summaries all in one place.
Financial Batches
Learn how to view, filter, export, and reconcile financial batches in the OnlineGiving.org control panel for church accounting and deposit tracking.
Giving Widgets
Embed a compact giving form directly on your church website with customizable quick amounts, funds, progress bars, and labels. Perfect for campaign pages, sidebars, and mobile-friendly giving.
Payment Gateway
Connect and manage your church’s payment gateway with OnlineGiving.org — configure your processor, view payouts, create payment links, and manage your gateway settings.
Pledges
Learn how to create, track, and manage pledges in the OnlineGiving.org control panel for building campaigns, missions, and capital fund drives.
Quick Entry
Speed up your Sunday offering workflow with Quick Entry — OnlineGiving.org’s bulk data entry tool for quickly recording cash and check donations in batches.
Reports
Learn how to use the OnlineGiving.org Reports hub to track generosity health, fund performance, and pastoral care for your congregation.
Statements
Learn how to create, customize, and print year-end giving statements for your donors—including cover letters, transaction details, envelope labels, and donor self-download.
Stewardship Care
Identify, prioritize, and follow up with members who may be drifting from their giving patterns using the Stewardship Pastoral Care Report.
Transaction Batches
Learn how to create and manage manual donation entry batches for cash, check, and non-cash asset gifts in the OnlineGiving.org control panel.
Virtual Terminal
Process donations by phone, mail, or in person using the OnlineGiving.org Virtual Terminal — a simple, secure tool for manual credit card and bank account transactions.
Donations
Master your church’s donation management — search, filter, export, and analyze every gift with OnlineGiving.org’s powerful Donations feature, supporting 20+ ChMS export formats and real-ti
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