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How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
September 17, 2013, 04:37:00 pm
Hello,
I need to setup In Kind Contributions for products and services.

I found this http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,2242.msg9557.html#msg9557 from 2008 but I don't know how to do some things. ???
It says:
* Create additional Contribution Types (e.g. "In-kind", "Volunteer Hours", etc.)
* Create Custom Data Group(s) which are "used for" Contributions >> In-kind  and/or Contributions >> Volunteer Hours

How do I create additional Contrubution Types ( I don't see Contribution Types anywhere) and how do I create Custom Data Groups. I just don't see these options anywhere within CiviCrm.

Your help is greatly appreciated. :)

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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
September 17, 2013, 04:55:45 pm
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How do I create additional Contrubution Types
In the black menu at the top of CiviCRM go to Administer -> CiviContribute -> Financial Types
(Contribution types was recently renamed)
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and how do I create Custom Data Groups
Administer -> Customize Data & Screens -> Custom Fields
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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
September 18, 2013, 08:18:35 am
Thank you so much.
I was headed in the right direction but was unsure.
You cleared it up quite a bit for me. I wish there was a step by step turotial.

Thanks again! :)

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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
September 18, 2013, 08:52:15 am

have u seen the free, libre and open source book at http://book.civicrm.org/

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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
September 18, 2013, 03:59:52 pm
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have u seen the free, libre and open source book at http://book.civicrm.org/

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Yes I have the e-pub and pdf. Not a word about In Kind Contributions....

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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
September 18, 2013, 08:31:01 pm

Cool. just wanted to ensure you knew about the book :)

yeah in-kind contributions does not come up too often in the community. Hence not a lot of focus or direct support for it in the code

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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
October 04, 2013, 11:02:47 am
Did you figure out how to allow in kind contributions?
I added a financial type but adding the contribution then demands
a total amount. Of course, this can't be completed. Any way
round this?
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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
November 26, 2014, 04:18:25 am
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but this discussion seemed closest to what I'm after. I want to record non-financial donations. I can create custom fields, payment instruments etc. but recording a new donation still requires me to enter a "Total Amount". Any suggestions on how I can remove this for recording non-monetary donations?

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Re: How to make In Kind Contributions, Help please.
January 31, 2015, 03:09:22 pm
Do you need to record a value of the contributions or just descriptively? I'm in a bit of a similar situation where there is not an equivalent financial amount (unlike say contributions to an auction or something like that).  I was thinking that it might be possible to call accepting a in kind contribution an activity.
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