Answers.Body: <p>Alternatively - you can try install/use:</p>
  <p><a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/move-contribution" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/extensions/move-contribution</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Run below query in mysql</p>
  <pre><code>UPDATE civicrm_contact
  SET contact_type = 'Organization',
  organization_name = sort_name
  WHERE id = 123;
  </code></pre>
  <p>123 is a contact id</p>
  
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Answers.Text: As Jon said contact editor extension is another option to do so, if its a matter of updating more than one contact.
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Body: <p>I have a contact in CiviCRM that is of contact-type Individual in CiviCRM. In real life, this is an organization.</p>
  <p>I want to convert this contact from an Individual to an Organization. How do I do that?</p>
  <p>(I could just delete the contact, and create a new contact, but I really want to keep the contribution history. So then I would need to move that from one contact to another. Using merge contacts only works within same contact-type. So this solution doesn’t seem to work either)</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Does this answer your question? [how can I change the contact type for one contact (to/from individual/household/organization)?](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/20/how-can-i-change-the-contact-type-for-one-contact-to-from-individual-household)
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Comments.Text: @JonG-MegaphoneTech this was really helpful, I will check that out!
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Comments.Text: i think the Contact Editor extension should be added as a direct answer on this Q. Happy to do so but the credit belongs to JonG
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Tags: <duplicate-contacts><contact-types>
Title: Moving contribution from individual to organization
ThreadText: # Moving contribution from individual to organization
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-02)
  
  I have a contact in CiviCRM that is of contact-type Individual in CiviCRM. In real life, this is an organization.
  
  I want to convert this contact from an Individual to an Organization. How do I do that?
  
  (I could just delete the contact, and create a new contact, but I really want to keep the contribution history. So then I would need to move that from one contact to another. Using merge contacts only works within same contact-type. So this solution doesn’t seem to work either)
  
  **Tags:** duplicate-contacts, contact-types
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [how can I change the contact type for one contact (to/from individual/household/organization)?](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/20/how-can-i-change-the-contact-type-for-one-contact-to-from-individual-household)  
  > **username_0**: @JonG-MegaphoneTech this was really helpful, I will check that out!  
  > **username_2**: i think the Contact Editor extension should be added as a direct answer on this Q. Happy to do so but the credit belongs to JonG  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-09-02. Score: 4
  
  Alternatively - you can try install/use:
  
  <https://civicrm.org/extensions/move-contribution>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2020-09-02. Score: 3
  
  Run below query in mysql
  UPDATE civicrm_contact
  SET contact_type = 'Organization',
  organization_name = sort_name
  WHERE id = 123;
  
  123 is a contact id
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Isn’t there a non-code way of doing this?  
  > **username_4**: As Jon said contact editor extension is another option to do so, if its a matter of updating more than one contact.  
  
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