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- Getting started: find your way around YahivA plain map of Yahiv: what is on the top bar, where the Record button is, how to find a person, and where Settings live. Read this first if Yahiv is new to you.
- Record a gift (card, check, cash, OJC, Matbia, Zelle, other)The one form for every gift: charge a card, or log cash, a check, a charity card, a voucher, Zelle or anything else. Pick the person, the amount and how they paid.
- Take a pledge (commitment) or מתנה בלי נדרRecord money someone promised to give — a pledge, or a מתנה בלי נדר from an aliyah. It stays open with a balance until it's paid, and you can send reminders with a pay link.
- Start a recurring gift (monthly, weekly, installments)Charge a donor's card automatically every week, month, quarter or year — ongoing, for a set number of payments, or until a pledge is paid.
- Import your data from Donary, DonorFuse or ExcelBring your people, families, pledges, every past gift and recurring gifts into Yahiv by dropping in the files your old system exports. You check everything before it's imported, and can undo it after.
- Add a new person (or edit someone's details)Add a donor, member or anyone else to People with their English and Hebrew names, phones, email, address, tags and how they want receipts. Editing uses the same form.
- Receipts: automatic, resent, printed and mailedHow receipts reach donors: automatically by email or text, resent from a gift, or printed and mailed for people who want paper. Year-end statements are separate.
- Deposits: checks and cash to the bank, cleared or bouncedGiving → Deposits lists every check, cash gift and voucher not yet deposited, and the ones waiting to clear. Print it as your deposit slip and mark them as you go.
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- Getting started14 guides
Set up your organization and learn your way around
- People & families17 guides
Donors, households, Hebrew names, tags, duplicates
- Gifts & payments21 guides
Record any kind of gift, fix it, refund it, deposit it
- Pledges & recurring19 guides
Commitments, payment plans and monthly giving
- Collecting what's owed16 guides
Reminders, declined cards, calling, today's work
- Processors, Zelle & charity cards20 guides
Connect how money comes in
- Phone, text & WhatsApp16 guides
Giving line, text-to-give, messaging
- Collecting in person21 guides
Collect on the phone, kiosk, check scanning, hand-ins
- Online giving & donor portal20 guides
Giving pages, campaigns, the donor app
- Campaigns, events & raffles24 guides
Matching campaigns, dinners, auctions, sponsorships
- Shul programs26 guides
Seats, honors, dues, yahrzeits, the shul screen
- Community programs18 guides
Gemach, chesed, tuition, volunteers, grants
- Messages & automations20 guides
Bulk texts and emails, designed emails, automations
- Reports & insights18 guides
Dashboards, reports, exports, health report
- Accounting & tax27 guides
QuickBooks, bank feed, closing, receipts and tax forms
- Moving in & data10 guides
Import, duplicates, backups, the recycle bin
- Team, security & billing20 guides
Logins, permissions, 2-step sign-in, your plan
- Fixing problems33 guides
When something doesn't work the way you expect