Membership Records

From the membership record, you can view details of a constituent's level of engagement with your organization.

Profile information

At the top of the record, you can view details about the constituent, including their name, membership status, membership expiration date, and a membership summary of anything else your organization finds valuable.

Membership details

Membership details displays the dues the member pays, their membership program, category, and subcategory; the date they first became a member, and any upcoming renewal dates. For more information about programs and categories, see Category, program, and subcategory.

Membership history

Membership history displays a historic listing of all transactions for a specific membership record, including important dates, membership changes, and linked gifts.

For each transaction, you can view:

  • Membership program information, including the program name, category, and if applicable, subcategory

  • Joined, renewed or upgrade date

  • Gifts associated with the membership

Credited to

Credited to displays fundraisers involved in your organization’s membership drives and transactions. Fundraisers are constituents who, on behalf of your organization, urge a new member to join. For more information about fundraisers, see Fundraisers.

Benefits

Benefits displays gifts your organization gives to constituents depending on their level of membership or the dues they pay. You can determine the membership benefits associated with each membership category in advance or you can enter this information from the membership record. For more information, see Membership Benefits.

Members and card information

Members and card information displays the additional members and cards issued under the primary membership. This may be helpful if your organization offers family memberships or allows memberships to be extended to guests of the primary member.

Custom fields

Custom fields are categories of information you can use to store characteristics specific to a record. They are helpful because they allow you to customize your membership records and track miscellaneous information not stored anywhere else. For more information, see Custom Fields.

Gift of membership

Gift of membership displays who gifted the membership to the primary member. A constituent can pay dues for their own membership or any other membership. For example, a friend pays for your membership and gifts it to you as a birthday present. This is considered a gift of membership.

Linked to gifts

Linked to gifts displays existing gift records to the membership record. Once you create a membership record for the constituent, you can link the gift record to the membership record, you can link the gift record to the membership record. You can link more than one gift record to a membership transaction. This is helpful if the member decides to pay for his membership over multiple installments.