1 — Import Giving History
Export a gift/contribution detail report for the last 12 months from your church management system — Breeze, Planning Center, PowerChurch, Servant Keeper, ACS Realm, Pushpay, or any system that produces a CSV. We only need three columns (we auto-detect the headers):
| Column | Accepted Headers | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Donor | Donor, Name, Member, Family, Envelope # | Jim Carter |
| Date | Date, Gift Date, Contribution Date | 2026-03-08 |
| Amount | Amount, Gift, Total, Contribution | $20.00 |
One row per gift • last 12 months
2 — Analysis Rules
How the perceived weekly gift is assigned, in order:
| Envelope Regular | Gave at least the threshold number of gifts → their typical (modal) gift is the perceived weekly gift — $20 in every envelope is a $20/week giver even if they only turned in 30 envelopes. Never total ÷ 50. |
| Monthly Giver | Roughly monthly cadence (10–19 gifts) → typical gift × 12 ÷ 52. |
| Large Infrequent | Fewer gifts than the threshold but annual total at or above the large-donor threshold (e.g., $2,000 in one or two checks) → annual total ÷ 52. |
| Base Value | Few gifts and a small annual total → assigned the base weekly value. |
Why not total ÷ 50?
If Jim gives $20 every week he attends but only turned in 30 envelopes, total-÷-50 calls him a $12/week giver. His suggested increase would land below what he already gives. The analyzer bases Jim's ask on the $20 he actually puts in the envelope.
Feeds Straight Into Your Campaign
The perceived weekly gift becomes {{LastGiftAmount}} and the suggested increase becomes {{AskAmount}} in your campaign letters — no spreadsheet gymnastics.
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