DonorSnap Glossary, October 2019
FirstName/LastName: Often combined spouses “John and Mary Smith”
FirstName2/LastName2: To separate spouses or spouses with a different last name, second contact at a
Business or Organization
Acknowledgement: Formal Mailing. Auto-generates from First/Last 1 & 2
Click the “Name Resolution Override” box to customize per contact
Salutation: Nick Names, the “Dear” line of a letter. Auto-generates from First 1 & 2
Click the “Name Resolution Override” box to customize per contact
Employer: If the contact is an Individual, this is where they work
Job Title: At work job title, such as VP of Operations, Sales Manager, etc.
MailCodes: Mailing preferences (Do not mail, Do not contact, No email, Bad address)
Customize under Maintenance > Site Setup > Field & Screen Customization > DonorSnap Site Lookups
Address Fields: Enter one address here, is duplicated on the Address Tab.
If a contact has multiple addresses, enter those on the Address Tab.
Organization Contact: The board members or key staff members assigned to a contact, aka, the Solicitor
Customize under Community > Organization Contact
Origination Date: the date the contact was added to DonorSnap (will auto-fill today’s date when adding a
new contact). Is often the date of import, if DonorSnap imported your database
Default Acknowledged: Contact does not want Thank you letters. By checking this box you are indicating
that ALL donations will be, by default, marked as “Acknowledged” which means they will not generate in the
queue for Thank you letters to print
Active: As defined by your organization, typically Active donors.
Make “Inactive” (uncheck the box) when a contact becomes deceased, asks to be removed from a mailing
list, moves out of the country, etc.
Additional Contact fields (some of these might not be visible on your Contact screen. Customize under Community > Site-Setup
> Field & Screen Customization > Screen Layouts)
Address Type: Home, Business, Secondary, etc.
Customize under Maintenance > Site Setup > Field & Screen Customization > DonorSnap Site Lookups
Attributes (2): the same Attributes (Board, Volunteer, etc.) but for the 2
nd
person in your Contact record
Birth Date & Birth Date (2): Contact’s birthdate in 5/15/1960 format
Birthday & Birthday (2): Contact’s birthday in 5/14 format (no year)
Contact Last Updated: a DonorSnap system field for when the contact was last updated. Can be pulled in to
the Grid, the Page layout, and DMP reports. Cannot be modified by the user.
Contact Last Updated By: a DonorSnap system field tracked which user last updated the Contact. Can be
pulled in to the Grid, the Page layout, and DMP reports. Cannot be modified by the user.
Deceased: Check this box to indicate that the Contact is deceased (also Un-check the Active box)