Data Queries

Quick Answer: Data Queries

Ask plain-English questions about donors, revenue, accounting, events, and files; Minty returns answers from your live data with links into the right Alignmint reports.

Ask Questions in the Minty Chat

Open Minty from the sidebar or header dropdown and type your question. Minty matches your words to query templates and database handlers—no special syntax required. Query templates are searchable only inside Minty, not from the header Global Search modal (Cmd/Ctrl+K).

Example Questions

• "Who are my top 10 donors this year?"
• "How much did we raise last month?"
• "What's our recurring giving total?"
• "Show me donations over $1,000"
• "How many new donors did we get this quarter?"
• "What's our cash balance?"
• "Show unreconciled transactions"
• "Pull my most recent Form 990 from My Files"

Query Template Categories

Minty includes pre-built templates organized by topic. Browse them in the Minty chat UI or paraphrase the same idea in your own words:

• Donor insights: Top donors, lapsed donors, retention, average gift

• Financial: Revenue summaries, fund balances, income statement, balance sheet, AR/AP

• Events: Upcoming events, ticket sales, event revenue

• Marketing: Campaign performance, email and text stats

• Documents: Form 990, W-9, audit files, contracts in My Files

• Goals: Donation goal progress and year-over-year comparisons

Smart Links in Answers

When Minty answers from your data, it often includes navigation links to the full report, donor profile, or tool. Click through for exports, edits, or audit detail Minty does not replace.

Read-Only Queries vs Actions

Most Minty prompts return read-only answers from your database. Minty can also perform a smaller set of write actions—schedule a meeting, log mileage, create a task—with a confirmation step first. See Minty AI Actions for what Minty can change versus what still requires you to work in the module.

Related: Minty AI overview, Global Search (people and navigation only—not Minty templates).