Depending on your setup, you may not see all of the following fields.

Contact Information

Full Name

People profiles include a section for Full Name. Enter the different parts of the name into the respective fields.

Address/Home (in edit mode)

This field contains a button to open a parser. For United States addresses, you can either:

• Enter an address, such as "1200 Griggs Drive, Grosse Point, Michigan 48215" or "456 E. Lyerly Ln., Blackfoot, ID, 83221" into the text box directly. The address is parsed automatically for the database. In other words, the address is broken into parts: country, address, city, etc. You can see the parser works by running this test: Enter the address 123 Commerce St. <Enter> Independence, MO 64050 in the Address text box. Click the button, and notice how the address has been parsed automatically.
• Click the button and parse the entry manually, entering the different parts of the address into different fields. For addresses not in the United States, the parser opens automatically when you click in the address box.

For U.S. military addresses, AA, AE, and AP appear at the bottom of the State drop-down list. Use United States as the country. Here are some examples of generally accepted military addresses:

PFC Dan Jones PSC 1234 Box 12345 APO AE 12345-1234

Dan Jones USS Atkinson (DDG-29) FPO AP 12345-1234

Dan Jones Unit 1234 Box 1234 DPO, AE, 12345-1234

The parser places APO, FPO, or DPO in the city field and AA, AE, or AP in the state field. The presence of commas don't make a difference on this line. However, commas do matter in the second line of the address. If you enter "PSC 1234, Box 12345", the parser will place "PSC 1234" on address line 1 and "Box 12345" on line 2. If you'd rather avoid this, don't include the comma.

Phones

You can enter Home, Mobile, Work, and Other phone numbers. If you enter multiple numbers, you can select the Primary Phone used to contact the individual.

Note:

Non-US Addresses and Auto-Dialing

• If you selected a Country other than the United States, a "+" displays in the phone field by default when you click in it.
• When viewed on a mobile phone or on a computer enabled with a phone feature like Skype®, you can touch or click a phone number to dial it.

Email

If needed, individuals may have separate email addresses for their account login and where they receive email communication. Family members should not share email addresses to ensure contributions fall under the correct profile.

Contact ID

This ID is assigned automatically when contacts are matched between eGiving and MinistryPlatform. You cannot manually edit this field.

If a profile does not have a Contact ID, it may be because their gifts are assigned to the Default Contact in MinistryPlatform. To resolve this, use the Assign Donor Tool to assign the appropriate donor.