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GiveCentral

GiveCentral is a multi-platform online donation tool that helps small to mid-size nonprofits with their fundraising and donor management efforts. This integration pushes donations made through GiveCentral into the Platform as they process. Admins can then create Batches and Deposits from the Platform to complete processing donations.

Note: GiveCentral does not offer an auto-batching feature.

Field Mapping

Image displaying the field mapping chart. GiveCentral fields are in the left column and MinistryPlatform fields are in the right column.

Note: GiveCentral also sends all user information like name, email address, and so on into the Donation notes section.

Cost

There is no charge from ACS Technologies for configuring the integration.

Fees from GiveCentral are assessed as per each church's individual contract agreement.

Donor Matching

If there is no match, the donation matches to ***Default, Contact. The transaction details contain all of the donation information, including the name and email to help the admin assign the donation to the proper donor. You can then go Tools > Assign Donor to assign and create donors.

Support

Support is provided by GiveCentral.

See Also

Step 1: In MinistryPlatform

  • You must have an account with GiveCentral before you can configure the integration.
  1. Go to Administration > API Clients.
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter GiveCentral for Display Name and Client ID.
  4. Enter a Client Secret. This is the "password" used by GiveCentral to access your MinistryPlatform database. We highly recommend you use a password generator to create a unique and secure Client Secret.
  5. Select the Client User you created for this integration.
    Note: The Client User you choose or create must have a Security Role with Administrator rights.
  6. For Authentication Flow, select Authorization Code, Implicit, Hybrid, Client Credentials, or Resource Owner. All other settings can remain the same.
  7. Click Save.

Step 2: Set up Integration in GiveCentral

  1. Organize all funds, fund IDs, donors, and donor IDs.
  2. Contact GiveCentral receive an Implementation Manager.
  3. Work with your Implementation Manager one-on-one to familiarize yourself.
  4. Contact GiveCentral Support (support@givecentral.org) for any questions or issues at any time.

Map GiveCentral Events to MinistryPlatform Programs

  1. Log in to GiveCentral Admin Account.
  2. Go to Events.
  3. Click View All.
  4. Click an Event.
  5. Scroll down to Program ID.
  6. Enter the Program ID of the corresponding MinistryPlatform Program.
  7. Click Finish Editing.
    Image displaying the Events tab. The Program ID field is outlined in red.

Map MinistryPlatform Donor ID to GiveCentral Donors

  1. Log in to GiveCentral Admin Account.
  2. Go to Donors.
  3. Search the Donor.
  4. Click a Donor.
  5. Click Edit Primary Information.
  6. Add the Donor ID.
  7. Click Save Donor.
    Image displaying the donor's profile. The blue Edit Primary Information button is outlined in red. Image displaying the Edit Donor screen. The Donor ID field is outlined in red.