What is the added Value of using the pre-built Donation board ?

I am going to use the Donation template and was wondering whether the lead item on this board can be changed?
It doesn’t make sense for us to have the donor’s name as the lead item but the donation name and have a separate mirror column for the donor’s name. Does that make sense?
And if it can’t be changed, can we just create a new Donation board (and what will be missing while doing that?)
Thanks a lot!