Gift import field meanings

For GiveCampus constituent data and imports.

In the Gifts import configuration, Gift Transaction ID is the identifier the school uses for a constituent's gift and is required. It participates in default uniqueness beneath the constituent record; do not assume an ID alone deduplicates every constituent's records school-wide. Gift Type is required in the configuration, with examples such as Gift and Pledge. Gift Source is optional and describes how the gift was captured, with examples such as Check and Credit Card. Those examples are not a closed list of allowed values. Amount and Payment Date are required; select the format matching the imported date. Optional Fiscal Year uses a numeric year such as 2026, not an FY-prefixed label.

Gift Source is distinct from the system's creation-source metadata. These field definitions do not by themselves determine Smart Ask eligibility, hard/soft credit treatment or which gift types contribute to a particular calculation. Confirm those rules separately before designing a calculation input file.