Gift Types for Donation Forms

When configuring donation forms, there are specific gift types available to donors based on the donation form you create.

  • Optimized Forms always give donors the choice of giving a one-time gift, a monthly recurring gift, or a one-time donor entered gift amount without further configuration.

  • Standard Donation Forms let you choose which gift types to include on the form. You can choose from one-time, recurring, and a one-time donor entered amount.

Configure Gift Types for a Standard Form

  1. From Online Giving, select Donation forms.

  2. Create a new Standard Donation Form or select one to edit.

  3. From Get started, under Gift types, select:

    • One-time for single donations.

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

  4. From Form, hover over the gift amounts and select Click to edit.

  5. From Options, you can:

    • Change the gift types previously selected from Get started, under Gift types.

    • Choose which gift type is selected by default on the form, under Default gift type.

    • Change the layout of gift amounts under Ask ladder layout.

  6. From the tabs, select One-time or Recurring you can:

    • Edit the gift type button labels.

    • Edit and add gift amounts.

    • Enter and add gift descriptions if using the vertical layout.

    • Enter a minimum gift amount if you chose Enable donors to enter other gift amounts.

  7. Select when and how long payments process for recurring gifts:

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

    • To control when the first payment processes, select When donor submits form or On date donors selects.

      • If you select On date donors selects, you can further control which days the donors can choose and set a start date for recurring gifts.

    • To control how often donors can make recurring gift payments, under Recurring gift frequencies, select the intervals.

  8. Select Done.