Giving organised by kshetra, so money given for one purpose cannot quietly fund another.

The seven kshetra

Jain giving is directed at seven fields — Jin Pratima, Jin Chaitya, Gyan, Sadhu, Sadhvi, Shravak and Shravika. In namohub these are separate ledger heads, not tags on a donation. A gift recorded against Gyan is Gyan money for the rest of its life, and every report that touches it says so.

Which heads exist is derived from your tradition

A centre that does not practise idol worship has no khata over Jin Pratima or Jin Chaitya, because there is no idol and no temple. Nobody has to remember to switch those off — they are never created. The numbering does not shift either, so a report from one sangh means the same thing as a report from another. Adding a tradition later only makes new heads available. It never changes or removes a head that already holds money.

A donation can be split

A family giving one amount can direct part of it to one head and the rest to another. The split is recorded at the moment of the gift and travels with it — onto the receipt, into the reconciliation queue, and into the year-end statement. A treasurer receiving a cheque sees what it was meant for.

What namohub will not do

It will not let you redefine what a head covers once money has been given to it. Changing the meaning of a head retroactively changes what a donor's gift meant, which is the one thing a ledger like this exists to prevent. These are bookkeeping tools, not accounting or tax advice. Figures namohub produces for a return should be reviewed by whoever prepares it.