Extra Donation Option for Online Registrations¶

The Ask donation checkbox in the Donation Setup section of the Registration > Fees tab of an Involvement that is being used for an online registration will present a question asking the registrant if they would like to make a donation. This is an extra donation that is in addition to whatever Fee is paid during the registration itself. This donation is tax-deductible.

If you check that box, you will also need to select a Donation Fund. This must be an existing Fund in your list of Contribution Funds, so you will want to confer with someone in your Accounting Dept. before setting this up. You can also enter the text that you want the registrant to see on that page. You might want this to be a brief explanation of the Fund or the purpose of asking for the donation.

Please carefully read these important messages below before using this option.

Here’s what the user will experience.

• Once they complete the form and click Finish Registration, they will see a page with the text you entered followed by “Indicate which person is the donor and enter an amount.”

• If they registered more than one person, they will see a list of everyone they registered, with a radio button beside each one. They should click the button beside the name of the person who should receive contribution credit for the donation.

• If they registered only one person, they will not see a list and the contribution will be recorded on the record of the person who is registering.

• Next, the registrant enters the Donation Amount and clicks the Complete Registration button.

• This will take them to the payment processing page where they will see the total amount of the transaction - any fees for the registration plus the amount they chose to donate, if they did so.

• They select their payment type, enter the requested information, and make the payment to complete the transaction.

Here’s what will happen behind the scenes when the transaction is completed.

• The person will be enrolled in the Involvement for which they registered, with the Fee for the event indicated in their Member Dialog box.

• A bundle will get created in Contributions with the Bundle Type of Online.

• The name of the person receiving contribution credit will be listed in the Name column in the details of the bundle.

• The contribution will be recorded on the giving record of that person and will display on their contribution statement.

• Users with the Finance role will be able to view and export transactions using the Transactions Log.

Corrected the tab path, the Donation Fund setting, and the fee requirement, and updated the donor page text. Pointed to Registration Forms for donations with Terms and no fee.