Record an in-kind gift

An in-kind gift is goods or services rather than money: donated equipment, professional time, auction items. It is still a donation and still belongs to the donor's history.

1. Set the type to In-kind

The donation form with Type set to In-kind, a Total Value of 450 dollars, and a description of the donated goods

Switching Type (A) to In-kind changes what you are recording:

Total Value (B) replaces Total Amount. In-kind gifts carry an assessed value, not a cash amount.
Description (C) matters far more than usual. It is the record of what was given, and it is the part a receipt has to describe.

2. Attribute and save

Attribute it exactly as you would a cash gift, then save.

The Donations list filtered to the in-kind gift, showing its description

How it is treated afterwards

In-kind gifts use their own receipt template, because a receipt for goods says something different from one for cash. The dashboard also totals them separately, in the In-Kind Donations card, so they do not inflate your cash figures.

What value to place on an in-kind gift, and what your receipt may say about it, is a question for your accountant. Mich records and prints what you tell it.