TntConnect Beta Testers

New and Improved: TntConnect for Mac

Troy Wolbrink — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:20:45 GMT

For a few years, with some breaking changes introduced by Apple in 2020, we've been unable to publish an official "TntConnect for Mac", and had to require our users to install CrossOver or use a more complicated (but free) approach using Wineskin.

Thankfully we've been able to figure out a way forward with TntConnect for Mac once again. If you're on a Mac, I'd love for you to test this out and let me know what you find.

Note: You must be on macOS Monterey (from 2021) or newer.

You just download TntConnect for Mac and install it (drag it into your Applications folder), and then run it.

Then, you just need to choose the version you want.

Download TntConnect for Mac

Thanks,
Troy

TntConnect 4.1 BETA - New Gifts View!

Troy Wolbrink — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:13:23 GMT

TntConnect 4.1.0 BETA was just released. TntConnect finally includes a major view for gifts, similar to how it has a major view for tasks and history.

The Gifts view is conceptually quite similar to the History view. You can filter on gift type, campaign, currency and designation. It includes a chart to the right that displays the gifts over time, summarized by month. You can sort by any column, export to Excel and perform lookups based on the contacts shown. You can even pull up the Google Maps view to visualize your gifts geographically.

The gift types you might see are:

Synced (synced with your organization)
Pending (entered manually, but you send the gift to your organization, and now you wait for it to be synced)
Offline (entered manually, and you marked it as "not available on web").
Personal (entered manually, and you marked it as "Personal", like a Christmas or birthday/anniversary bonus).

If you have Promise tracking enabled, you'll also see:

Promise Made
Promise Kept

Thankfully, much of this work on the Gifts view spilled over to gifts section of the TNT tab on the Contacts view.

Another aspect that was given attention was task/history purpose. If you email someone to thank them, you might log the history as an Email task type, and mark the Purpose as Thank on the details tab of the history item. Now you can pull up all task or history with the purpose of Thanks, regardless of task type.

Your possible call to actions are to:

test it out
provide bug reports
provide feedback
help out with keeping the translation up-to-date (at the translation center).

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Here are some screenshots to show off some of the new features:

Here's the release log for TntConnect 4.1.0:

FEATURE - Gifts View!
FEATURE - Task and History view, added Task Purpose filter.
FEATURE - Contacts View, TNT Tab, the Gifts list is significantly improved and modernized.
FEATURE - Contacts View, TNT tab, added ability to view all gifts for the current group.
FEATURE - Contacts View, TNT tab, added button to create a new gift.
FEATURE - Contacts View, TNT tab, double-click on "Current Group" button to view gifts for current group on Gifts list.
FEATURE - Contacts View, TNT tab, Gifts list width can be resized by the user with a UI splitter.
FEATURE - Right-click on task/history/gift list to 'Send To' > 'Excel (all rows)' or 'Excel (selected rows)'.
FEATURE - Right-click on task/history/gift list to 'Lookup' > 'within the current group' or 'add to the current group'.
FEATURE - Contacts View, Contact menu, added menu items to create new gift and new promise.
FEATURE - History view, added "This year" date range filter button.
FEATURE - [Group Actions | Create Mass E-mail], Hold down Shift key to change bottom left button to "Export to CSV...".
FIXED - Google Maps issue where it would sometimes turn all green until it was resized.
FIXED - Issue where SizeOfFile() would be incorrect for files more than 4GB in size.
FIXED - When sorting task or history list by date, when a time is not present, it's now sorted correctly.
CHANGE - Contacts View, TNT tab, reworked layout of gifts list and chart area.
CHANGE - Moved Groups button below History button to match tab order on left side bar.
CHANGE - History View, changed "Last 2 Year" filter to "Last 24 Months".
CHANGE - History View, date filters "Last 12 Months" and "Last 24 Months" now start at the beginning of the month.
CHANGE - Google Maps pane can be resized with faster responsiveness.
CHANGE - ExportDataSetToCsvFile() modified so that when FieldsToExport is given, the order of that list it followed.
CHANGE - Slightly improved icon at top left of History view.
CHANGE - Task/History List, the "Schedule" menu item appears, but is grayed out when the database is in read-only mode.
CHANGE - Task/History List, the "Schedule" menu item now saves the current contact record before proceeding.
CHANGE - Improved consistency of displaying designations to filter on.

--Troy

MPDX Importer (TntConnect 4.0 r57)

Troy Wolbrink — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:17:10 GMT

TntConnect 4.0 r57 (BETA) includes a new feature for migrating in ALL of your data in MPDX to a new database.

Here's how you can export your data in MPDX to an XML file:

Once you receive the email from MPDX and download your XML file, in TntConnect 4.0.57, under the "File" menu, click on "Utilities" then click "New Database from XML..." and select that file.

Please test this out and let me know if you run into any issue!

--Troy

A way to run TntConnect on your Mac for free (TntConnect 4.0.43 BETA)!

Troy Wolbrink — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:11:58 GMT

Good news: The open source community has caught up with all of the major changes that Apple has introduced to macOS these past few years.

TntConnect can now run on Mac using a free tool called Wineskin.

Much work has been invested into TntConnect 4.0.43 (just released to beta) to help it run smoothly and install easily on your Mac via Wineskin.

Unless Apple throws more major changes our way once again, this should be a good solution for many years.

If you're a Mac user, would you test this out and provide feedback here?

Here are the steps to install TntConnect on your Mac using Wineskin:
How can I run TntConnect on my Mac for free via Wineskin?

Thanks,
Troy

TntConnect 4.0.2 BETA

Troy Wolbrink — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 05:56:32 GMT

This might only be a beta for less than 24 hours, but it's getting late, and I don't have time to prepare the general announcement. Maybe tomorrow. :)

Other than a few bug fixes, there are two things worth mentioning:

We extended the cutoff date for non-DonorHub gift imports to May 31, 2020.
For new installations on CrossOver, we simplified it by providing a CrossTie file.

A "CrossTie" file is a "recipe" that tells CrossOver all it needs to properly install an application. The CrossTie file is provided in the main download page:

It's also referred to in the FAQ: How can I run TntConnect on my Mac? which now has half as many steps!

I'd appreciate any quick testing and feedback!

Thanks,
Troy

TntConnect 4.0.1 BETA

Troy Wolbrink — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:22:15 GMT

TntConnect 4.0.1 was just released. It includes:

Improved general performance
Several bug fixes
Support for Linux and Chrome OS via Crossover!

You can download it here:
https://www.tntware.com/tntconnect/downloads/p/65963.aspx

Please give me your feedback. I'd like to make a general release, maybe next Monday. I'd like to make sure no obvious bugs are still pending!

Thanks,
Troy

TntConnect 4.0 BETA

Troy Wolbrink — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:24:21 GMT

TntConnect 4.0 was just released to BETA last night, and it introduces several new features and improvements.

Note: After March 31, 2020, TntConnect 4.0 will require DonorHub for ongoing electronic inflow of donation information.

Here's a quick run down of what's new:

macos Catalina is now supported via CrossOver Mac.
Dropbox Sync has been significantly improved to help teams and couples work better over the Internet with TntConnect. TntConnect now tracks deletes within the database, and TntSync takes advantage of this information when auto-synchronizing with a Dropbox conflict file. This way deletes are handled correctly ... thus avoiding situations where a completed task gets added back to your task list! The option to prevent more than one user in the database at a time has been turned off. You can still turn it back on if you want, but we think you'll want to leave it off! (In other words, it's now much safer for multiple users to be in TntConnect at the same time.)
You can now lookup "Potentially Lost Partners". Hopefully this will help you find partners to reach out to as you're developing financial support.
The Contribution Report now includes the ability to to include a Designation column (for TntConnect Pro users only). Hint: This is available in the Designation dropdown:
When migrating from another system to TntConnect, you can now:
- Import Historical Gifts
- Import History
- Import Tasks
When opening a damaged database file, TntConnect will attempt to automatically repair it.
When your organization changes backend donation systems, TntConnect 4.0 is better and making a seamless transition automatically when syncing with DonorHub.

I look forward to your testing and feedback!

--Troy

A change is coming that may affect your ability to download gifts...

Troy Wolbrink — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:43:28 GMT

I’m writing to let you know about a change coming that may affect your ability to download gifts into TntConnect. Your organization’s use of DonorHub will be required in order to electronically import gifts into TntConnect starting sometime next year.

TntConnect first became available in late 2000, almost 19 years ago! It’s been an exciting journey to see the impact it’s had in helping so many thousands of missionaries to succeed in their efforts to fully fund their ministry. What started out as a hobby has become a full-time enterprise, part of a broader suite of products and services now operating under TntWare, Inc. We remain committed to the long-term success of TntConnect as we serve the church and the missionary community at large.

Since becoming an independent ministry five years ago, our major focus has been on helping more mission organizations to adopt DonorHub, our service that allows their missionaries to simply push the “Gift Input” button in TntConnect to check for new gifts. In the past five years, we’ve grown the number of TntConnect-compatible organizations from 37 to 138! Of those 138 organizations currently compatible with TntConnect, 90% of these organizations are doing so through DonorHub. Clearly, DonorHub has become a de facto standard for compatibility.

In the past few years, we’ve noticed a trend in our tech support forums where a growing and disproportionate amount of tech support has been associated with missionaries from organizations that do not use DonorHub. These missionaries are either downloading ‘DataSync’ files from their organization’s website or from an email attachment, or maybe their organization has a home grown system for making the “Gift Input” button work. But we’ve seen a growing pattern of poor user experiences with these custom solutions. We’ve seen many situations where gifts were inadvertently deleted, or it was just a frustrating and confusing experience overall. This coincides with years of surveys where we’ve seen the least customer satisfaction with TntConnect associated with those ministries that do not have a rock-solid solution for flowing gifts into the tool.

In an effort to maximize TntWare’s effectiveness at helping our users, we’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to make DonorHub a requirement for TntConnect to be able to download gifts from an organization. TntConnect will continue to be a free tool. And you can always enter your gifts in by hand, but if you want an electronic way to import your gifts from your organization, your organization will need to be signed up with DonorHub. Thankfully, most of you reading this email are already with an organization that uses DonorHub. If you’re ministry has a Staff Portal website residing at *.mytntware.com, your ministry uses DonorHub. We’ll list the ministries currently using DonorHub at the very end of this message so you can easily check to see if you need to take action or not.

What this means is that the “Update Donor/Gift Info from File” screen will eventually be removed, and the “Gift Input” function for downloading donations will only work with DonorHub. The Gift Input function will eventually not work with custom solutions, nor will it work with DonorHub Lite. Your organization will need to sign up for DonorHub to continue importing gifts.

We’re pre-announcing all of this to give you time to prepare. The actual cutoff date will be some time next year (sometime in early 2020, to be determined). But for now, think of this as your roughly 9 to 15 month warning. Once we have a solid date, we’ll release a version of TntConnect that will enforce this future cutoff date. We’ll be sure to give you a big head’s up when this release is ready.

DonorHub has a small charge, but it’s very reasonable considering the value it delivers. Check out some recent reviews of DonorHub at G2 and Capterra. We believe the end result will be best for TntConnect users and for helping TntWare thrive long-term at providing powerful solutions to help missionaries in their efforts to fully fund their ministry. Please reach out to us at info@tntware.com with any questions.

Serving Him with You,

P.S. If you’re not sure if your organization uses DonorHub, below is the list of ministries currently using DonorHub (as of this writing). If you’re organization is NOT in the list below, let your organization’s operations team know about this change coming. Encourage them to join the family of other satisfied customers who have signed up for DonorHub so that your donations can continue (or start) to flow smoothly and effortlessly into TntConnect.

306 Foundation
ABWE
ACT Canada
Admirals Basketball Academy
Adventist Frontier Missions
Africa Inland Mission
All Nations
Ambassadors for Christ
Artists for Community Transformation Intl
Artists in Christian Testimony Intl
B2THEWORLD
Back2Back Ministries
Be One Together
Bethany International
Beyond
Cadence International
Camp Bighorn
Campus Fellowship
Campus Outreach Birmingham/Global
Care of Creation
CCO Canada
Center for Mission Mobilization
Chi Alpha at the University of Idaho
Children's Relief International
China Outreach Ministries
Citylight Lincoln Church
Converge Worldwide
CoPassion
Cornerstone International
Cross Trail Outfitters of Illinois
Cross Trail Outfitters of North Carolina
Cross Trail Outfitters of Texas
Generation LINK
Deep Water Soul Care
Deutsche Indianer Pionier Mission
Dynamic Church Planting International
e3 PARTNERS
East-West Ministries International
Elim Fellowship
Empower International
Encompass World Partners
Equipping Leaders International
Evangelical Free Church of America
Eurasia Partners Network
Every Nation Ministries - USA
Ezekiel Ministries
Family Missions Company
Family of Faith Global Missions
FCD / Campus Ventures
Fellowship International Mission
Field Life
FOCUS
For the Nations Refugee Outreach
Forest Springs
Friends International
Global Fokus
Global Gates - USA
Global Outreach
Global Recordings Network (US)
Global Service Associates
Global Service Network
Global Student Initiatives, Inc.
Global Training Network
Great Commission Alliance
Growing Entrepreneurs International
His House Christian Fellowship
Hope of Glory
Immanuel Baptist Church
In His Image
International House of Prayer
Journey Canada
Kingdom Mobilization
Kingdom Rice
Life Action Ministries
Life Impact Ministries
Living Hope Ministries
Living Truth
Lutheran Bible Translators
Master Plan Ministries
Ministry Developers Network
Mission Aviation Fellowship
Mission Aviation Training Academy
Mission Coalition
Mission Together
Mission Training International
Missionary Ventures
Missions Door
Mountain Gateway
MoveIn Vision Team
NW Collegiate Ministries
Open Air Campaigners
Probe Ministries
Proclaim Intl.
Radius International
Ratio Christi
Reach Beyond
Reach Beyond Canada
Reign Ministries
Resource Exchange International
Rio Grande Bible Ministries
SHIFT Ministries
SonSet Solutions
Storyline
Texas BSM
The Biblical Studies Center
The Global Mission
The Impact Movement
The Labouré Society
The Navigators - Nigeria
The Navigators - Singapore
Timber Bay
TIME Ministries
Time To Revive
Tun Tavern Fellowship
United World Mission
University Christian Outreach
Vagabond Missions
Western Indian Ministries
World in Need International
Wycliffe Associates
Wycliffe Bijbelvertalers Nederland
YWAM Madison

TntConnect 3.5 r24 (release candidate)

Troy Wolbrink — Fri, 24 May 2019 20:03:02 GMT

I just released TntConnect 3.5.24 to BETA, and I'd like to make this release generally available later next week. It contains a handful of bug fixes, mostly related to the recent MailChimp API changes.

If you could install 3.5.24 and test it out, I'd really appreciate that!

Here's where you can download it:

--Troy

TntConnect 3.5 r16 BETA ... MailChimp API 3.0 compatible

Troy Wolbrink — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:24:59 GMT

TntConnect 3.5 r16 (BETA) is available, and it's compatible with the MailChimp API 3.0. MailChimp is shutting down older versions of their API as of April 2, 2019. So starting then, you'll need this newer version of TntConnect if you'd like to keep syncing with MailChimp. Please test it out and report anything you find.

Thanks,
Troy

DataSync - explicit gift sync date range

Troy Wolbrink — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:43:25 GMT

This is a message for organizations that provide DataSync files to their staff. A breaking change will be coming in the next beta version for DataSync files to be imported. Up until now, TntConnect has been guessing at the date range to sync gifts with based on what it finds in the [GIFTS] section. This has caused some issues for some users, and the worst kind of issue (data loss). For a recent example, check out this forum post: Upload Gift info removed.

The next beta version of TntConnect will require two entries added to the new [FILE] section if the [GIFTS] section is also included. These entries will allow TntConnect to no longer guess at the date range used to sync gifts. By putting these entries into the [FILE] section, you're indicating that the [GIFTS] section contains ALL the gifts for this user between those two dates.

Here's that those entries will look like:

[ORGANIZATION]
Name=Sample Organization
Abbreviation=SampleOrg
WebLogo-JPEG-470x120=http://download.tntware.com/ccc/SampleWebLogo.jpg
BannerAdUrl-468x60=http://download.tntware.com/ccc/SampleAdBanner.htm
Code=Sample-Organization-USA
DefaultCurrencyCode=USD

[FILE]
GiftsDateFrom=2018-12-01
GiftsDateTo=2018-12-31

In this example above, the GiftsDateFrom and GiftsDateTo entries indicate that the [GIFTS] section contain all gifts for this user in the month of December 2018.

--Troy

P.S. This change was released as of TntConnect 3.5.15. It will warn about guessing the date range until there are gifts on or after April 15, 2019. If there are gifts on or after April 15, it will instead report an error.

TntConnect 3.5.9 BETA

Troy Wolbrink — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:53:42 GMT

TntConnect 3.5.9 introduces three features to help with more advanced fundraising scenarios.

FEATURE - Shift-Right-Click on organization logo in Organization Info window to "Accept all changes" from organization.
FEATURE - Lookup By Donor IDs filter added.
FEATURE - Lookup By Giving, added "Only" filter for currency, designation and motivation.

Accept all address/phone/email changes from organization

Some ministries setup a TntConnect database linked to all accounts in their backend donation/accounting system, and they'd like TntConnect to keep up with donor address/phone/email changes in the organization's donation/accounting system. After updating Donor Information from DonorHub (Tools | Update Donor Info), you might want to accept all changes. To do this, pull up the organization info window, Shift-Right-Click on the logo and click on "Accept all changes from ___". (This feature is intentionally hidden until it receives more testing and feedback.)

Lookup by Donor IDs

Let's say you manage certain aspects of your fundraising campaign in your organization's donation/accounting system, such as DonorWise, and you want to create a group in TntConnect based on certain donor ids in your donation/accounting system. This latest beta makes it easy to do this. From your organization's donation/accounting system, pull out all the donor ids you are interested in. Put them into Excel, for example, and copy and paste them to the clip board. In TntConnect, click on "Lookup" and "Donor IDs", and then paste them in (one donor id per line):

Click "OK" to lookup these donor ids. Now you can do Group Actions or you can create a new Saved Group based on the current lookup/group.

Lookup By Giving only to a currency, designation and/or motivation

When you do a lookup by giving, and you specify a currency, designation or motivation, TntConnect doesn't exclude a contact if they also have given to other gifts. This lookup is inclusive, not exclusive. But what if you want to lookup ONLY those donors who have given to a certain designation (and never to any other designation)? Now you can click the "Only" box when you want this to happen:

--Troy

TntConnect 3.5.4 (release candidate) - Privacy and Security

Troy Wolbrink — Fri, 18 May 2018 00:22:33 GMT

We're preparing TntConnect for the GDPR coming to Europe on May 25. That's next Friday!

In 3.5.0, we added the "Privacy and Security" section to the Options dialog box. This way you can quick check your GDPR compliance in one place:

We've added additional security enhancements:

We made Gift Input from your organization more secure. It will require TLS 1.2, the industry standard for secure internet communication. Older versions of the SSL/TLS protocol have become vulnerable to hackers and identity theft. Industry experts have been recommending disabling all versions of SSL and TLS 1.0 for a while now. [read more about this here]
We also made uploading your newsletter list to an integrated newsletter service more secure. (such as prayerletters.com and Chalk Line)

Google Maps updates

Google is changing the terms of service for their Google Maps API this summer, and TntConnect 3.5.4 is fully compatible and ready to go. We anticipate that in a few months, older versions of TntConnect will no longer work with Google Maps.

Cryptocurrencies

TntConnect's multicurrency support has been enhanced with support for: Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum and Litecoin. Automatic exchange rate updates are even available for Bitcoin! So when a ministry partner donates a (fraction of a) Bitcoin, TntConnect is ready to track it.

DonorHub Online is more secure and ready for GDPR

For our ministries using DonorHub Online, we have taken steps to make it even more secure:

TLS 1.2 is supported and will soon be required. We have turned off TLS 1.0 on our server, and TLS 1.1 will be turned off soon. This way you can be sure that when connecting to DonorHub Online, even from a coffee shop or hotel, the communication will be strongly encrypted and your data will remain protected.
An organization can set a policy to require that TntConnect databases be encrypted. With this policy turned on, TntConnect cannot download gifts from DonorHub unless the database is on an encrypted hard drive. Along with training and helping your staff with encrypting their hard drives, setting this policy in DonorHub shows due diligence to data protection authorities that you're taking data protection seriously.

DonorHub is all about making your organization compatible with TntConnect. This way your staff can easily click a button in TntConnect to check for new gifts. Contact us if you'd like to be added to the ever growing list of compatible organizations!

Final Touches

If you're a volunteer translator, we'd be grateful for you to visit the translation center and update your translation of TntConnect. We'd like to release this version soon, so please download it, test it, and let us know what you find.

--Troy

TntConnect 3.5 BETA - Privacy and Security

Troy Wolbrink — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:43:48 GMT

As we prepare for the GDPR coming to Europe on May 25, we thought it would be good to consolidate Privacy and Security options into one place. Now, when you click "Tools" and then "Options", you'll immediately see a Privacy and Security section. This way you can quick check your data protection compliance in one place:

The GDPR doesn't provide technical details on how to protect your data, but it does mentions encryption as "one possible way". If your laptop was always behind locked doors, for example, encryption might not be necessary. But because most laptops are taken with you when you leave your home or office, it's a very good idea to encrypt the hard drives so that all the data (documents, email, etc.) is protected.

TntConnect 3.5 was just released with some enhancements in this area. You can ready about them here:
https://www.tntware.com/tntconnect/faqs/en/privacy-and-security.aspx

For our ministries using DonorHub Online, we have added the option for the organization to set a policy such that TntConnect cannot download gifts from DonorHub unless TntConnect is on an encrypted hard drive. Along with training and helping your staff with encrypting their hard drives, setting this policy in DonorHub shows due diligence to data protection authorities that you're taking data protection seriously.

If you're a volunteer translator, we'd be grateful for you to visit the translation center and update your translation of TntConnect.

Note: Because this is a new major version, once you upgrade your database to the 3.5 format, you can no longer open it with TntConnect 3.4.

Thanks,
Troy

TntConnect 3.4.4 - Load/Save Regions from file

Troy Wolbrink — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:57:33 GMT

TntConnect 3.4.4 introduces a handful of bug fixes and one feature:

FEATURE - Regions definitions can be transferred between databases. Right-click on Regions options to Save/Load from file.

Now, you can save all that work you've done over the years in curating a list of city/state/zip and grouping them into regions, and you can share these with your friends. Under the "Tools" menu, click "Options". And in the Regions area, right-click in the region tree. Now you can "Save to file..." and "Load from file..."

When you load from file, it will safely add region definitions from the file, but it will not delete definitions you have that are not in the file. So it adds/updates only, never deletes.

I hope you find this helpful!