hi- fyi- they posted an answer- see via original post
it seems to work (now) if you go through all the windows and unclick "maximize" on every screen (there are 2 screens in which the "maximize" button gets defaulted in a way-- so make sure to scroll through those to "uncheck" the box, if you end up not contributing the maximum computed amount.)
So it now shows the contribution I decided to make instead of the max computed amount.
