---
title: "Export Donation History"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/software/give/export-donations/"
description: "The Export Donation History feature allows you to download all of the information associated with your donations into a CSV file. This file can then be uploaded…"
vertical: "Software"
area: "Give"
date: "2018-11-30"
last_modified: "2026-07-02"
---

# Export Donation History

The **Export Donation History** feature allows you to download all of the information associated with your donations into a CSV file. This file can then be uploaded into your favorite spreadsheet or data presentation program.

![Filtering options for the export donation history to CSV file](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Expert-Donation-History-filtering-scaled-1.png)**Filter by Donation Form:** Here you can sort by specific form or leave **All Forms** selected to generate a CSV for all forms. If you wish to see custom fields a specific form will need to be selected.

**Filter by Date:** Select a date range for the export.

**Filter by Status:** Filter the donations by payment status. Options include: Pending, Complete, Refunded, Failed, Cancelled, Abandoned, Pre-approved, Processing, Revoked, and Renewal.

**Subscriptions related payments only:** Select **Enabled** if you only want to export donations from subscriptions.

**Standard Columns:** Here is where you can fine-tune the output of your CSV. Make the selections that best fit your needs.

**Donation Payment Fields:** This information pertains specifically to the donation that was made, as opposed to details about the donor or campaign/form.

- **Donation ID** – Used to identify the donation, made up of a combination of the donation number, prefix and suffix.
- **Donation Number** – This is the number used to generate the donation ID.
- **Donation Total** – The total amount of the donation.
- **Currency Code** – Indicates which currency was used to make this donation. (USD, GBP, EUR, etc.)
- **Currency Symbol** – The symbol used to indicate the currency used ($, £, €, etc.)
- **Donation Status** – Indicates the status of the donation at the time of the export. (Complete, Pending, Abandoned, Cancelled, etc.)
- **Donation Date** – The date on which the donation was made.
- **Donation Time** – The time at which the donation was made.
- **Payment Gateway** – The gateway that was used to make the donation. (PayPal, Stripe, Manual, Offline, etc.)
- **Payment Mode** – Indicates whether it was a live donation or test mode donation.
- **Donation Note (private) –** Deselected by default. Includes a record of the donation’s process.
- **Donation Note (to donor)** – Deselected by default. Any notes that the site administrator included on this donation record.
- **Payment Type (only when Recurring Donations add-on is active) – Indicates the kind of recurring or non-recurring payment the donation was. A subscription is the first donation in a recurring series, a renewal is any donation in a subscription after the first donation, and one-time indicates that it was not a recurring donation at all.**
- **Subscription Billing Period (only when Recurring Donations add-on is active)** – The time period by which the subscription renewals have been set up. (Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly.)
- **Subscription Billing Times (only when Recurring Donations add-on is active)** – The number of times the renewals have been set to take place. (A monthly subscription for 1 year will display as “12”.)
- **Subscription Billing Frequency (only when Recurring Donations add-on is active)** **–** The number of times a payment – first-time or renewal – has been made within this subscription.

**Donation Form Fields:** This information pertains specifically to the campaign/form, as opposed to details about the donation payment or donor.

- **Donation Form ID** – The numerical ID applied to each unique form.
- **Donation Form Title** – The name given to each unique form or campaign.
- **Donation Form Level ID** – If the form utilizes the multi-level donation option, this ID indicates which option was chosen. 0 is the default option. If a custom amount, it will display “custom”
- **Donation Form Level Title** – Indicates the name or label of the multi-level donation option chosen. If a custom amount, it will display “custom”

**Donor Fields:** This information pertains specifically to the donor giving the donation, as opposed to details about the donation payment or form/campaign

- **Donor’s Title Prefix** – The prefix the donor chose to use (Mrs., Ms., Mr., etc.)
- **Donor’s First Name** – The first name of the person submitting the donation.
- **Donor’s Last Name** – The last name of the person submitting the donation.
- **Donor’s Email** – The email address of the person submitting the donation.
- **Company Name** – The company name that the donor submitted with the donation.
- **Donor’s Billing Address** – The address the donor provided for billing purposes.
- **Donor’s Phone Numbe**r – The phone number the donor provided.
- **Donor’s Comment** – The comment the donor chose to leave with their donation.
- **User ID** – The numerical value given to registered user. If a donor leaves a guest donation without registering or logging in, they won’t receive a user ID.
- **Donor ID** – The numerical value given to every single donor who makes a donation through your site. If the same email is used twice, this donor will be grouped under the same Donor ID.
- **Donor IP Address** – The IP address of the computer or device that the donor used to leave this donation.

## Including **Custom Fields** 

If you have custom fields for a particular form you will see them at the bottom when that form is selected. There will be three different sections regarding Custom Fields.

- **Form Field Manager Fields** — for fields added by our Form Field Manager Add-on.
- **Custom Field Columns** — for fields added via code, or another plugin
- **Hidden Custom Field Columns** — For any hidden fields that are used on your forms.

Once you’ve chosen all your options, click **Generate CSV** and you’ll see the progress bar run and your CSV file will download automatically.

[Here is a sample PDF Export file](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/give-export-payments-11-30-2018.csv)

## Additional Add-on Fields

**Fee Recovery Fields:**

- Donation Fee

**Tribute Fields:**

- Honoree First Name
- Honoree Last Name
- Notification First Name
- Notification Last Name
- Notification Method
- Tribute Type
- Tribute Personalized Message
- Tribute Email/Address
- Date/Time eCard Sent

**Fund Columns:**

- Fund ID
- Fund Title
- Fund Description

**P2P Data**:

**Campaign Fields:** This information pertains specifically to the **Peer-to-Peer** campaign, as opposed to details about the team or fundraiser.

- Campaign ID
- Campaign Title

**Team Fields**: This information pertains specifically to the **Peer-to-Peer** teams

- Team ID
- Team Name

**Fundraiser Fields**: This information pertains specifically to the **Peer-to-Peer** fundraisers

- Fundraiser ID
- Fundraiser User ID
- Fundraiser Name

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