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# Add a contact

> Add a household, organization, or foundation with the guided New Contact wizard.

To add someone new, click **New Contact** on the Contacts page. A guided wizard walks you through each step. The steps adjust based on the contact type you pick.

## Step 1 — Choose a contact type

Pick the type that fits. This affects the rest of the wizard and **can't be changed later**.

* **Household** — collects one or more people and their contact methods.
* **Organization** — skips the people step.
* **Foundation** — skips the people step and the district lookup.

## Step 2 — Add people (households only)

For a household, add each person:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter their name">
    First name and last name are required.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add contact methods">
    Add one or more **email** addresses and **phone** numbers. Mark one of each as **Primary**, and use the **Opted in** toggle to record whether they've agreed to receive communications.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add more people">
    Click **Add Individual** to include additional household members. A household needs at least one person.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Step 3 — Name and address

* **Name** — for households, Advocora suggests a name from the people you added (for example, "Tom and Kathy Harms"); you can edit it. For organizations and foundations, type the name yourself.
* **Address** — start typing the street address and choose a suggestion to auto-fill the city, state, and ZIP.
* **County & districts** — for households and organizations, use **Get County & Districts** to look up the county and the congressional, state house, and state senate districts for that address. (Foundations skip this step.)

<Tip>
  Address autocomplete works for U.S. addresses. For an address it doesn't recognize, you can still enter the details manually.
</Tip>

## Step 4 — Tags and notes

Optionally apply one or more **tags** (such as *Major Donor* or *Volunteer*) and add a **note** with any helpful context. Both are optional and can be changed later.

## Step 5 — Review and create

Review the summary—people, contact methods, address, districts, tags, and note—then click to create the contact. It's saved immediately and appears in your list.

<Note>
  Once created, the contact's **type** is permanent. Everything else—name, people, address, tags, and notes—can be edited anytime from the profile. See [Manage a contact](/contacts/manage-a-contact).
</Note>