Importing Contributions from a Third-Party
Technology is fast-changing. You’re likely to have multiple streams of contributions each week. Maybe it’s through your website, maybe it’s donations from PayPal, or maybe your secretary was out for a week and the deposit was made via a spreadsheet. Whatever the reason, let’s walk through how to easily update your Empower records as needed.
When importing your contribution records from any third party other than Vanco, you will need to collect that data in a .CSV (Comma Separated Values, typically created in a spreadsheet format using Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or Apple Numbers).
Before we get started, click on the Download File Layout button in the page menu. Your data must be structured like this example for Empower to import the correct information into the correct fields.
Importing from Vanco
For many years now, PowerChurch Software has maintained a relationship with Vanco Payment Processing. Vanco offers credit card processing for churches to utilize Online Giving.
If you have not made a decision on offering Online Giving, we encourage you to look into Vanco.
Importing from Vanco works similar to other third-party, but with fewer steps. Because of the Vanco partnership, Empower can automatically import your contribution file from Vanco.
This process also becomes automated once donors are imported and matched.
For more information on importing Vanco contributions, follow the Vanco Imports button below.