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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 are then able to create Batches and Deposits from within the Platform to complete donation processing.

Note that 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 will also be sending all user's info like name, email address, etc. into the Donation notes section.

Cost

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

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

Donor Matching

If no match is found, the donation will be matched to "***Default, Contact". The transaction details contain all of the donation information, including the name and email to assist the admin in assigning the donation to the proper donor. The donors can then be assigned/created by going to Tools > Assign Donor.

Support

Support is provided by GiveCentral.

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Step 1: In MinistryPlatform

  • An account with GiveCentral must be established before the integration can be configured.
  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 using a password generator to have your Client Secret be very unique and secure.
  5. Select the Client User you created for this integration.
    Note: The Client User you choose/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 to be assigned Implementation Manager.
  3. Work with Implementation Manager one on one to familiarize.
  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 the Save Donor button.
    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.
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Last updated: May 9, 2024