Add a building or missions fund
Givers like to know where their gift goes. A fund lets them pick the building project or missions instead of the general fund, and every gift keeps its fund in your records, reports and statements.
About 2 minutes Part of Aligned ChurchUpdated September 29, 2026
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1/6 · Open Giving from the left rail
Before you start: Your church has registered for Aligned Giving. A General Fund is made for you when you do, and it starts as your default.
Good to know
- Make default on a fund's row changes where a gift goes when the donor doesn't pick a fund. There's always exactly one default.
- Finished with a fund? Switch its Active toggle off. It comes off your giving page and its giving history stays with it. There's no delete, so a fund's history never goes missing, and you can switch it back on any time.
- If you've picked particular funds under Funds on this page in Giving → Page, tick the new fund there too. When none are picked, every active fund shows.
- You can also ask the Giving chat: “Create a Building fund”, “Rename Building to Building Campaign” or “Make Missions the default fund”. It shows you the change first and makes it only when you confirm.
If it’s not working
The Active switch on my General Fund is greyed out
That's your default fund, and the default can't be switched off. Press Make default on another fund first, then switch this one off.
My new fund isn't on the giving page
Your giving page is set to show only certain funds. Open Giving → Page, tick the fund under Funds on this page, and press Save changes.
It says “Give the fund a name first.”
The Name box is empty. Type a name and press Create fund again.
A red line says “Finish your account setup and this happens for real”
Your church hasn't chosen how it gives yet. Press Setup at the top of the screen and make that choice, then create the fund again.
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Next, you might want to
- Customize your giving pageChange the words, the amounts people tap and the funds they can pick, then see the page exactly the way donors do.
- Record Sunday's cash and checksStart a batch for each service, key in the plate gifts and checks, then post the whole count to your giving records at once.
- Run giving reports and exportsGive your treasurer giving by fund, month or donor, and download every donation as a spreadsheet.
- Get your giving into QuickBooks or XeroMatch each fund to an account in your books, then download each month's giving as one journal entry your app imports.