Recurring Pledge Donations

If enabled for your community, employees can set up a pledge, a recurring donation that continues automatically on a schedule until it's canceled. Recurring credit card and recurring payroll are the two types of recurring donations.

Recurring Credit Card

You can create a recurring donation that charges your credit card on a designated schedule.

Recurring credit card donations:

  • Are only available for donations processed using the Blackbaud Giving Fund.

  • Stay tied to the campaign where they were created and won't automatically continue into new campaigns.

  • Can’t be included or excluded separately from one-time credit card donations when configuring peer to peer fundraising. You also can’t customize how they count toward participation or reporting levels.

  • Cannot be uploaded in bulk or imported.

Recurring Payroll Pledge

You can create a recurring donation that automatically deducts donations from your paycheck on an ongoing schedule until it's canceled.

Note: If you do not see a recurring donation option when you donate, that donation type may not be enabled for your community. Contact your Customer Success Manager to configure your community's available donation types.

Pledge cancellations

When a pledge is canceled, any future donations in that pledge will not occur.

The following triggers cause an immediate cancellation:

  • The employee cancels their own pledge.

  • An admin cancels the pledge on an employee's behalf.

  • The employee is no longer an active employee.

  • The credit card payment failed.

  • The employer has turned off this donation type for their community.

The system also monitors upcoming charges. If any of the following conditions are true for a charge scheduled to occur within the next 24 hours, the pledge is canceled:

  • There is no path to disburse the donation to the charity and the donation would become a stranded fund.

  • The charity no longer has a payment processor.

  • The charity's registration was revoked and they can no longer receive charitable donations.

  • The employer's processing settings have changed and can no longer process the upcoming donation.

Tip: The employee will receive an email letting them know if their donation was canceled. In some situations, they can update their payment method or set up a new donation to continue giving.