Anonymous Giving
Some donors may choose to give anonymously — such as through a private foundation or upon request — for many reasons, including:
To keep their wealth profile modest and avoid solicitations from other organizations.
To support deeply-held religious or controversial causes without public scrutiny.
To focus the limelight on your organization's
For accurate tax records, we recommend you track a constituent's anonymous gifts as you do their public giving. However, for positive relationships with constituents, you should mark any anonymous donors or gifts to help ensure their anonymity.
Mark a Gift as Anonymous
If a donor gives specific gifts to your organization anonymously, you can select Mark gift as anonymous when you add the gift in the web view. After adding a gift, you can only edit the amount given, split gift information, soft credits, and fundraising credits.
To help respect a donor's wishes, you can identify in the web view when a gift was given anonymously.
On the gift's record, Anonymous appears at the top.
In a gift list, 'Anonymous' appears under the donor's name in the Constituent column.
In an exported gift list, the Is anonymous column indicates whether a gift is given anonymously.
Mark a Constituent as an Anonymous Donor
If a donor requests to always give to your organization anonymously, select Mark as, Gives anonymously on their record. When you mark a constituent as an anonymous donor:
Gives anonymously appears at the top of their record in the web view.
Gift is anonymous or Mark gift as anonymous is automatically selected when you add their gifts in the database or web view.
Remove a Constituent's Anonymous Donor Status
To remove the Gives anonymously status from a constituent, such as if you marked them in error, select Mark as, Does not give anonymously on their constituent record.
Tip: Don't know the identity of some of your donors? Consider a constituent record with a last name of Anonymous to associate with gifts from unknown donors. If you know the source of gifts, such as a donation jar or offering plate, soft credit the store or church where you collected them to help when you analyze giving.