Guide

Giving

How is generosity trending, and how does it compare with last year?

Year over year
Grouped bars. The x-axis is the period within the year (day, week, month or quarter) and the bars are this year against last year, so like periods sit side by side.
Trend
One continuous line on real calendar dates — best for spotting drift, one-off spikes and the effect of a campaign.
Small multiples
Turn on a breakout by campus or membership and you get one small chart per segment on a shared scale, instead of a tangle of lines.

Nothing on this page shows an individual donor. Every figure is an aggregate.

Example: reading a dip

March is down 12% year over year. Switch to Week grain — the loss is one week, not the month. Break out by campus and it sits entirely at one campus. That points to a missed service or a batch entered late, not a generosity trend.

Where to click: Analytics → Giving