Campaigns Without Tickets for Online Donations
Event Campaigns should be able to be created without needing to sell tickets. This would streamline online donations targeted for a specific purpose or campaign. The campaign could then have a specific URL and QR code created, like campaigns already do, but without needing donors to purchase a ticket, it could take them right to a donation page that is tied to the fund attached to that campaign. This would create more efficiency around event campaigns, continue the trend of online donations becoming more popular and accessible at events, and reduce the additional time it takes to manually attach donations to specific giving campaigns. The example for this idea is our annual year-end mailing to affiliate partners; the mailer could have the QR code on the flier, and rather than send in a check and manually add it to the campaign, they could just scan it and donate to the fund directly associated with the fund/campaign designation.
Carrie Berdan
shared this idea
5/28/2025: We’ve introduced a new Fundraising campaign type in CSuite. This option allows users to create campaigns that do not require tickets, but still accept donations.
This is ideal for organizations looking to fundraise without hosting a ticketed event. It enables easy tracking of income and expenses associated with the campaign, making it perfect for general fundraising efforts, donation drives, or cause-based initiatives.
Key Details:
- New Campaign Type: Users can now select Fundraising as a campaign type when creating a new campaign.
- Donation-Only Focus: Fundraising campaigns are structured to accept donations exclusively, without the need for other campaign activities.
- Layout and Design:
- The campaign layout will mirror the fund listing layout for a familiar and streamlined donor experience.
- Donation amounts will display based on Giving Levels configured in donation settings. If no levels are set, standard donation amounts will be shown.
- Tax Receipts:
- Donors will receive tax receipts based on the associated fund’s receipt settings, or the default tax receipt if none are specified.
- Profile Management:
- Campaign profiles can still be invited manually.
- If a donation is received from someone who hasn’t been invited, the donor will be automatically added to the campaign’s profile list.
Benefits:
- Increased flexibility for organizations to run donation-focused campaigns.
- Enhanced donor experience with clear giving options and tax receipts.
- Simplified profile tracking for campaign organizers.
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Julia Wood
commented
Critical
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Sophie McNeil Wolf
commented
I agree wholeheartedly. We switched from using Network for Good to Foundant and it is sorely lacking in look and in functionality. In some ways, our move to Foundant (while being more integrated as a system) is a step back in the eyes of our fund holders.
We use campaigns to create sponsorship levels for certain fundholders. Campaigns is our work around, but it is clunky in its current form.
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Michelle Schneider
commented
We also have some Fiscal Sponsors who need to track donations to specific campaigns. This would be very useful for that purpose.
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Lori Kaufman
commented
Expanded functionality for other types of campaigns - direct mail, capital campaign, etc - is needed. Would love to have a giving page specifically tied to a campaign without tickets - it could be language that supports the direct mail piece a donor received. In addition, we need to be able to pull reports on response rate, average gift size, etc. for campaigns like direct mail. Right now it seems like it's all about events and not any other type of "campaign."