Here are some key features of "DONATION":

· DONATION records names, addresses and phone numbers of donors.
· It allows for the use of member or envelope numbers, if desired.
· DONATION allows for the specification of various categories of donor and donation.
· It allows for the recording of 3 user-specifiable fields about donors, plus a comments field of virtually unlimited length.
· DONATION can record an annual pledge amount for each donor.
· It records dates, amounts, donation categories and cheque numbers (or how the donation was paid) for individual donations.
· DONATION is very quick and simple to use - donors can always be picked from a scrolling list, or searched for with two different Find features.
· There is a special data entry form to speed entry of weekly donations, collections or offerings for churches.
· There is an optional limited-entry password for volunteers to do entry without seeing full details on donors or donation history.
· It prints over 30 different reports on donors, donations, receipts and categories.
· It has two different ways to create custom reports.
· DONATION allows you to export reports to various file formats, such as Excel or CSV (comma-separated value).
· It has a powerful built-in mail merge facility to send letters to one, all or some donors.
· It prints numbered charitable receipts in a simple standardized format, plus mailing labels for those receipts (Note: In Canada, you have to have a charitable registration number to issue charitable tax receipts. While other organizations do send receipts, they cannot be used as a tax deduction, and the receipts printed by this program may not be suitable for that use.)
· It can print a receipt for just one donor, or for all donors with unreceipted donations, or for a selected subgroup of all donors with unreceipted donations.
· The receipts include a section to send with your tax form that just gives the total, an optional 2nd section with the details of each individual donation during the year, and a 3rd section with the totals by category of the donations.
· The receipts can be printed on tear-off forms and can be mailed out with window envelopes.
· It has different receipt formats for users in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, and other countries.
· Canadian receipts properly handle what the Canada Revenue Agency calls "split receipting" - the handling of donations where the donor receives an "advantage", by the use of an optional Eligible Amount field.
· It can optionally print bilingual (French/English) or French-only receipts, for users in Quebec.
· DONATION can print duplicate receipts (e.g. if someone loses one).
· It can print corrected receipts (if something in the receipt was incorrect).
· DONATION can reprint receipts in a format of your choosing, using the mail merge features.
· It uses a powerful open source SQL-based Firebird database, and thus the data can be accessed for other purposes (with appropriate tools).
· DONATION can be used to store donations for multiple organizations on the same computer.
· It has a simple option to backup all of your data to floppies, your hard drive, or elsewhere (e.g. a writeable CD or USB memory key). It also has an option to restore such backups.
· DONATION reminds you to do backups of your database weekly, or at a frequency of your choosing.
· It can import files of donors from assorted file formats.
· It can import regular (e.g. monthly) donations.

Requirements:

· 800 x 600 or higher screen resolution, with Normal size Fonts selected in your Display settings, or 1024 x 768 or higher, if you are using Large size Fonts.