Editor and Viewer Permissions

Last updated: September 24, 2026

This article outlines the various user permissions assigned to different roles within the Dashboard. Understanding these permissions is crucial for managing access and ensuring efficient collaboration.

Currently, the Editor and Viewer roles apply across all of your selected permission settings, so NPO Admins get a consistent, predictable level of access.

(A few capabilities are available only to Editors, marked with the 🔺 symbol.)


Analytics

Dashboard Homepage

  • Quickly view the top giving metrics.

  • Customize the data and graphs using custom filters.

Reporting Module

  • Access pre-configured reports, such as Donor Development.

  • Export data from pre-configured reports (e.g., Donor Development Breakdown and Top 50 Givers).


Campaigns

By default, funds are segmented by Campaigns and Subcampaigns.

Funds Module

  • View and export reports for campuses and funds.

  • 🔺 Create new campaigns and subcampaigns, including start/end dates.

  • 🔺 Edit/delete a campaign or subcampaign by clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing.

  • Sort campuses and funds by start date.


Contributions

  • View and export contribution reports.

  • Access details and history for individual contributions.

  • By clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing:

    • 🔺 Attribute a contribution as a partial fulfillment of an existing pledge.

    • 🔺 Change the designated campus or fund for a contribution.

    • 🔺 Cash Gifts: Initiate refunds for cash gifts.

    • 🔺 Noncash Gifts:

      • Send acknowledgment letters to donors via email (and make them accessible in their Donor Profile).

      • View and download acknowledgment letters to send to donors off-platform.

  • Narrow down data using custom filters and view metrics for the filtered data.

  • Save custom reports for frequently used filters for easy access.


Forms

IRS 8282

  • View cryptocurrency donations that may require Form 8282 to be filed with the IRS within 125 days of liquidation.

  • 🔺 Update the filing requirement for Form 8282.

  • Access details for each contribution, including donor information, current status, and document lifecycle.

  • Conveniently download Form 8282 pre-filled with your organization's and the donor's information.


Gift Entry

  • View and export manual deposit reports.

  • 🔺 Create new manual deposits and add individual manual contributions.

  • 🔺 Edit/delete a deposit by clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing.

  • Filter manual deposits by deposit date and reconciled status.


Giving Links

  • View existing giving links.

  • 🔺 Create new giving links, including setting fixed contribution details (e.g., gift amount, campus, fund, and frequencies).

  • By clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing:

    • 🔺 Edit a giving link's fixed contribution details

    • 🔺 Archive a giving link permanently (cannot be undone)

  • Access details and engagement metrics for individual giving links.

  • Easily copy the giving link (perfect for Overflow Tap!) or download the QR code.

  • Sort giving links by name, status, creation date, and total value.


Migration

  • Track the progress of recurring gift migrations to Overflow (e.g., Action Required, Pending, or Completed).

  • View and export details of donors' recurring gift migrations.

  • By clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing:

    • 🔺 Conveniently send recurring gift migration instructions and a new Easy Link to a donor.

    • 🔺 Mark as Redeemed: Update a donor's migration status and to stop sending migration reminder emails.

    • 🔺 Remove recurring gift migration tokens for donors who have opted out of migrating their recurring gifts.


Payouts

Reconciliation Tool

  • View your organization's payouts, including confirmed gifts linked to each payout, payment type, gross amount, and fee amount (if applicable).

  • Filter payouts by type, deposit date, and status.


People

People Module

  • View an overview of donors associated with your organization.

  • Within an individual Donor Profile:

    • Measure donor engagement through historical and recurring contribution summaries.

    • Access personal information (e.g., email, phone number, billing and mailing addresses, and employer).

    • View assigned tags and households (if any).

    • 🔺 Update a donor's mailing address and assign tags.

    • 🔺 View a donor's contribution and pledge history.

  • Narrow down Donor Profiles using custom filters.

  • Sort Donor Profiles by donor name, giving total, status, total gifts, and contact information.

  • View and export donor data and reports.

Households Tool

We're currently rebuilding this tool into Giving Units, expected to launch in 2027. In the meantime, Households is unavailable.

  • 🔺 Create new households in the Dashboard.

  • View existing households associated with your organization and the list of included members.

  • Within an individual household:

    • Measure household engagement through collective historical and recurring contribution summaries.

    • Access the head of household's personal information.

    • 🔺 Edit or delete the household and its members.

    • View the contributions of household members collectively. 

    • 🔺 Click on an specific donation to access the Contributions module.


Pledges

  • View an overview of existing donor pledges and quickly access pledge metrics. 

  • Sort pledges by donor name, pledge value, status, fulfilled value, and details.

  • 🔺 Resend a pledge email to the donor by clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing.


Statements

  • View existing statement batches and the list of included donors.

  • 🔺 Create new statement batches, specifying the contribution date range and whether to include imported contributions.

  • By clicking on the ellipses (⋯) at the end of the listing:

    • 🔺 Send statements to donors via email (and make them accessible in their Donor Profile).

    • 🔺 View and download statements to send to donors off-platform

    • 🔺 Mark as Sent: Update a donor's statement status.


Virtual Terminal

  • View and export virtual terminal reports.

  • 🔺 Process credit/debit card contributions directly through the platform.

  • Filter virtual terminal contributions by amount, charge date, status, and designation.