Interface representing cookbook for facilitating charitable giving to charity

A machine-readable medium comprising machine-executable instructions for performing a method, execution of which by a machine facilitates charitable giving to a charity, the method including:

• providing a donor database;
• receiving a first data file including data indicative of charitable payments received on behalf of the charity, the amounts thereof, and identifications of the payors thereof, respectively;
• automatically updating the donor database according to the first data file;
• and
• automatically generating, based upon the updated donor database, a second data file representing at least a list regarding donors to whom a gift acknowledgement should be communicated.

A method of providing an interface representing a cookbook for facilitating charitable giving to a charity, the method including:

• providing at least one of first, second and third recipes for accomplishing (1) a first mission of making at least one of a postal-based, an email-based and a telephone-based appeal for donations, respectively, (2) a second mission of dealing with donations received, and (3) a third mission of acknowledging receipt of donations, respectively,
• each recipe including names of tasks, performance of which cumulatively accomplishes the corresponding mission, and
• a given recipe being provided without also providing application software by which to carry out the respective tasks;
• and
• automatically generating an interface by which an agent of the charity can at least view the respective recipes.

A method for facilitating charitable giving to a charity, the method comprising:

• providing a donor database;
• receiving a first data file including data indicative of charitable payments received on behalf of the charity, the amounts thereof, and identifications of the payors thereof, respectively;
• automatically updating the donor database according to the first data file;
• and
• automatically generating, based upon the updated donor database, a second data file representing a list donors to whom a gift acknowledgement should be communicated.

An apparatus to provide an interface representing a cookbook for facilitating charitable giving to a charity, the apparatus comprising:

• task means for providing at least one of first, second and third recipes for accomplishing (1) a first mission of making at least one of a postal-based, an email-based and a telephone-based appeal for donations, respectively, (2) a second mission of dealing with donations received, and (3) a third mission of acknowledging receipt of donations, respectively,
• each recipe including names of tasks, performance of which cumulatively accomplishes the corresponding mission, and
• a given recipe being provided without also providing application software by which to carry out the respective tasks;
• and
• interface means, operatively coupled to the task means, for automatically generating an interface by which an agent of the charity can at least view the respective recipes.

An apparatus for facilitating charitable giving to a charity, the method comprising:

• a donor database;
• receiving means for receiving a first data file including data indicative of charitable payments received on behalf of the charity, the amounts thereof, and identifications of the payors thereof, respectively;
• update means for automatically updating the donor database according to the first data file;
• and
• generator means, responsive to the update means, for automatically generating, based upon the updated donor database, a second data file representing a list donors to whom a gift acknowledgement should be communicated.