Fundraiser Transactions

When a transaction associated with a fundraiser, you indicate which fundraiser when you enter transaction information.

We have added a new field called Fundraiser to the transaction screen, which is used to indicate the fundraiser for which the transaction was made. When you select a fundraiser, the Fundraiser Donation Message appears so the donor can enter a message through the fundraiser site when entering a donation. The 140 character message appears on the fundraiser site, in the recent donations list at the bottom of participant, team, and main pages.

Note: When a fundraiser ends, mark the fundraiser as disabled so that it can't be selected for future entries. Constituents and teams can only have one participation journal entry per fundraiser. When you enter a new participation entry for the same account, you select a different fundraiser.

When a constituent pays registration fees through the fundraiser site, the payment is stored in eTapestry as a gift. The gift is associated with a specific fundraiser. Under System Defined fields, the Data Source is "Registration fee." If you manually add registration fees for your fundraiser, you must select the specific fundraiser and select Registration Fee as the data source. Registration fees are not includes in your fundraisers progress meters. You can query and report on registration fee transactions separately from donation transactions.

Fundraiser sites can process two types of donations.

• One-Time Donations - When a donor selects One Time as the donation type, the donation is entered as gift in eTapestry.

• Recurring Donations - When a donor selects Recurring as the donation type and select to Keep processing indefinitely, the donation is entered as a recurring gift in eTapestry.

  When a donor selects Recurring as the donation type and selects for the donation to end after a specific amount is processed, the donation is entered as a pledge in eTapestry.

  Recurring donations are auto-processed using the credit card, debit card, or EFT payment information which the donor enters on the fundraiser site. The first installment for a recurring donation is processed when the donor submits the donation form.

All donations processed through the fundraiser site are associated with a fundraiser. When a donation is made in sponsorship of a team or constituent who participates in your fundraiser, then the team or constituent account receives linked soft credit for the full amount of the donation. For recurring gift schedules, soft credit is added for each installment processed on the schedule. For pledges, soft credit is added for the full amount pledged when the first installment is made. Soft credit is not added for pledge payments.

Note: If you are manually adding donations for your fundraiser, you must select the fundraiser. If the donation is in sponsorship of a team or constituent, you must add a linked soft credit for that account in the full amount of the donation. This information is included in the raised totals and progress thermometers on your fundraiser site.