How are you using Gift Codes?

Similar for me - generally as a "deeper dive" for payment method, especially helpful for EFT direct to bank transfers which come from multiple sources so that we can easily reconcile. BBMS, Stripe, CanadaHelps, etc. This does mean a small amount of overlap, with things like Cash, Cheque which are in payment type, but if you start using the field, it's best to use consistently and not have blank entries, in my opinion. :)

Realizing I mis-read the question. This is what I do for Gift Subtype, not Code, sorry for confusion! I've more often used Gift Code for adding the identifier from third party processors, which helps with reconciliation. Gift code is really a catch-all field, it's ideal for "there's no where else for this thing that it's important for finance to know, but I don't want it part of the posted gift."

I used gift sub-type at previous org. Have not seen it used here. I don't necessarily agree with methods used by finance but they were determined long before I came and it's not my responsibility.

They all go into same debit GL. A gift validation report is run for each gift code for them to work from for reconciling - gift code is also a gift attribute. There's not a filter on those reports for gift sub-type.

We have a relatively new CEO and are wrapping up capital campaign. My understanding is some changes will be coming on accounting side. I hope to have a voice. :)

We use the Gift Code field to track the "source" of where a gift came from. We have gifts that flow to us through a lot of different sources, such as third-party processing companies, pass-thru agreements with other organizations, trusts & estates, etc. It's really helpful for us. We can tell if this was a gift from an estate (so not a living person we can solicit again), from our text-to-give vendor, from one of our online portals and which one (we have more than one for various reasons). It's great for our internal purposes and reporting!