Choosing your cause categories

What this step is for

Where Recipient Taxonomy describes who you serve, categories describe what you do. Food relief. Education. Medical care. Discipleship. Church planting. Vocational training. Crisis response.

Why it matters

• Filter combinations. A Giver browses "Widows + Medical care" or "Refugees + Discipleship." Your category tags are the second half of that match.
• Story framing. Categories shape the auto-generated language on your Org card ("[Name] works in [category] for [recipient]").
• F.I.G.S. context. The review team uses your categories alongside your mission and posts to evaluate alignment.

How to complete it

1. Open the Categories picker.
2. Select every category that describes a real part of your work. Three to five is typical.
3. Pick the most-central one as your primary category. This is the one Givers see on the compact Org card before they tap through.

What to expect after

Categories surface as filter chips on Discover and as tags on your public Org page.

Common mistakes

• Picking aspirational categories. If you''re hoping to launch a vocational training program next year, don''t tag it until you''re actually doing it. Givers come for what you do, not what you plan to do.
• Picking only one when several apply. A church doing food relief, discipleship, and church planting should tag all three — Givers searching any of those should find you.