Gift Options

When designing a Standard Donation Forms, you can choose the gift types to include, their amounts, and layout. To change gift options on a form, from Related Links select All donation forms and select Edit from the form's menu. Under Form, select Click to edit on the gift amounts.

You can choose more than one type of gift to include on a form. Under Form, select Click to edit on the gift amounts. Under Options, Gift types, select:

  • One-time gifts for single donations.

  • Recurring gifts for donations given at regular intervals, such as an automatic monthly gift of $50.

  • Pledges for commitments donors make to donate in the future with a single gift or multiple installments, such as a $1200 gift given as 12 monthly payments of $100.

    Note: Pledges are only available if you have Raiser's Edge NXT.

To update the default gift type when using more than one on a form, under Form, select Click to edit on the gift amounts. Make your selection under Options, Default gift type.

To choose the arrangement of gift amounts on a form or whether to give donors the option to enter their own gift amount, under Form, select Click to edit on the gift amounts. Then, under Options, Ask ladder layout, select:

  • Horizontal ladder to display the amounts across the form.

  • Vertical ladder to display the amounts down the form.

    Tip: If you have descriptions next to each amount, only the vertical ladder will display them.

  • Donor-entered amount only to display a place for the donor to enter their own gift amount. No other gift amounts display.

Under One-time, Recurring, and Pledge, you can:

  • Add, edit, and delete gift amounts.

  • Edit the button label that displays above the gift amounts.

  • Enable donors to enter their own gift amounts and set the minimum amount they can enter.

For recurring gifts, you can choose:

  • The intervals donors can select to make their payments. Under Recurring gift frequencies, select the intervals they can choose from.

  • To let donors select an end date by selecting Enable recurring gift end date.

  • When donors start their payments by selecting On date donor selects under First payment processes.

For pledges, you can choose:

  • How often donors can make payments toward their pledge. Under Pledge payment frequencies, select the intervals they can choose from.

  • Whether the donor's pledge must be paid in full by a specific date or time range, such as 12 months, under Time limit for completing pledges.

Warning: Raiser's Edge NXT admins! First recurring gift payments will not process until you approve batches in Raiser's Edge NXT. To ensure payments process on the date donors expect, you should approve batches every day.