Overview
This article contains common questions about our Crowdfunding feature like how to assign a donation towards a team.
Linked Articles:
- Creating a Crowdfunding Campaign
- Inviting New Teams to Crowdfunding
- How Team Totals are Calculated
- Understanding Crowdfunding Pledges
A donor made a donation to Team A and they would like to move it to a different team. Can I make this change as an Admin user?
Yes, you can edit the transaction to reassign the team/team member. Head to the Activities page and locate the original donation. Click the dropdown arrow on the right-hand side of the page to show the options below the gift details. Click Edit. In this Edit window, you can scroll down to the "Advanced Options" section and click Expand. Here you can change the assigned team.
When I go to my Crowdfunding URL, it redirects to the Main Donation Page. How can I fix this?
The most common solution here is that your Crowdfunding campaign's "Start Date" is either in the future, or it has ended. Use the "Event Date" field to use the time countdown tracker.
Can I add line breaks in the landing page description?
You cannot add lines breaks on the main landing page description. Line breaks are supported on each individual team page description.
Can I choose to not show the goal?
You cannot turn off the goal tracker; however, you can disable the remaining days portion when setting up or editing your crowdfunding campaign.
Can default amounts be set on team/crowdfunding pages like on main donation pages?
No, these cannot be set here like they can on main donation pages.
How do I generate a report for each team member for a team(s) that shows their donors with contact info?
Inside each team member's contact profile, there is a downloadable "Team Giving..." report. This would include the name, email, phone, address, and transactions of each donor supporting that team member.
The team member should be able to download a similar report directly from their donor account.
You could also build a custom report with this information using the "by cause", "by team", and "by team member" filters on the Activities page.
Is there a report I can run for the funds received via individual teams?
For a crowdfunding cause, you can try the "Cause Teams" report. This is a standard template in your Reports page.
This report includes how much each team has raised. You can export to CSV and sort this by total raised in your spreadsheet if you need find the "top" ranking teams in order.
Is there a way to report and export the donor comments left on the team pages?
Create a custom report from the Activities page. Filter "By Cause" to isolate the transactions in this particular crowdfunding page. Then, after you click "Create Report" in the right sidebar, make sure you include the "Crowdfunding Transaction Comments" field as a selection, along with any other data you need in this report.
Donating to a Crowdfunding campaign vs a Team
If a donor gives directly on the Crowdfunding root page for the Crowdfunding campaign you've created, that transaction will not be attributed in a way that moves the needle. In creating a Crowdfunding campaign, you chose which Campaign you'd like it to funnel into. A donation directly to a Crowdfunding campaign will be attributed to the Campaign that Crowdfunding campaign is funneling into.
To make that transaction go toward a Crowdfunding campaign, it will need to be attributed to a specific Team. After someone has donated directly to it, you can edit that transaction and change the attribution to go toward a specific Team within that Crowdfunding campaign.
You can choose any team you'd like, or create your own team that you use to funnel some of these generic transactions into.
I made a profile and accidentally added two causes. How can I delete one?
You can set one to be inactive/disabled by clicking on the button at the bottom of the Configure window, but it cannot be deleted.
How to attribute a recurring transaction to a team
To get recurring to display on a Crowdfunding team page, you need to go to donor's profile and click on the Payment Info tab. From there, you need to Edit the Recurring Transaction itself, and make sure it is pointing to the proper campaign, Crowdfunding campaign name, and team.
When you set up a recurring donation through a crowdfunding page, each subsequent transaction will be associated with that cause/team/team member, and the value will be annualized on the team's page.
How can I get my contacts to sign up for a birthday fundraiser?
You can use our Registration Forms to gather info from contacts who would like to host a birthday fundraiser. After they fill out those forms, you can then create or invite the contact co create a direct crowdfunding campaign page.
Can a donor give anonymously?
Yes, when donors give via a crowdfunding page, post-donation, they have an option to A) leave a note in support that will display in the recent donations ticker and B) make their gift anonymously. Making the gift anonymously means that the name is hidden on the ticker on the team page, but your organization will get the proper information for things like tax receipting.
I created a Crowdfunding campaign, and when I go to the public page, it defaults to my donation page. Why is that happening?
When you create your Crowdfunding campaign, you set a start date as well as an end date. If you are trying to access your crowdfunding campaign outside of these date parameters, the crowdfunding campaign link will default to a general donate page. This most commonly happens at the end of a crowdfunding campaign.
Is it possible to add offline donations that impact a team's goal?
Yes, you have two options here. The first way is to Using Pledges in Crowdfunding. Alternately, you can add a manual activity (via the + Add New) button, and you can assign it to the same Campaign that the Crowdfunding is assigned to. When doing so, you will have more options you can select including the Team Name and the Team Member.
Can I enter a pledge towards a Crowdfunding team and make it anonymous?
Yes, if you enter the pledge from the Team page, there is a check box to "Show Name on Public Page". If you enter the pledge and leave the box unchecked, it will add the pledge to the Crowdfunding team as "Anonymous".
Why can I not invite team members to my page?
When you are creating a crowdfunding campaign, and you need your contacts to have access to creating the page, there are two things you need to make sure are set properly:
- The day you are trying to have your contacts access the crowdfunding campaign are within the crowdfunding campaign's date settings (as above).
- You need to also make sure you have the option set to "Allow registration on cause page". This is set on the Messaging tab when creating the crowdfunding campaign.
Can fundraisers be notified when a donation to their page occurs?
You can set up automatic notifications to be sent to your fundraisers for donations received on their pages by creating Scheduled Reports. These can be sent daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually. To get started, use the By Team Memberfilter (use the fundraisers name for this filter value) on the Activities page in addition to your time frame filter (e.g. Prior Week).
Can I change a team page's URL?
The URL of a team page will be automatically generated based on the name the team leader applies when creating it. This cannot currently be customized after it has been created.
If you have a team page URL that will not work, you would need to delete that team and recreate it to reset the URL.
I have invited a team member. How can they get a link to share their page?
For this, if you click the Public option just below the Donate Now button on their team page, this will open their specific team page. This will give the direct URL for sharing. The team member should also have their page listed within their Kindful donor account under the Causes tab. From that page the team member is able to select the Public Page to get their team specific URL.
I have a crowdfunding page set up and I have donations coming in through the main landing page. However, these donations are not being reflected on the goal. Why not?
For donations to be counted towards the progress of the crowdfunding campaign, they must be assigned to a team's page. Donations made on the "Donate Now" link on the main landing page are considered general donations. They can be edited, though, and attributed to a team.
A good solution here would be to create your entire Crowdfunding Campaign and then make a placeholder team, e.g. The Sea Turtle Foundation Crowdfunding Team. Point general donors to this page to make donations. This way, these donations will count towards progress, and you can point contacts that want to create a team to the main landing page.
I have just created a crowdfunding campaign on Kindful and I am having trouble accessing the page via the link that was created. The link redirects me to the main Kindful donation page instead of the crowdfunding page.
The first thing to check is the start date for the crowdfunding page. The page will only display when it is set as live and active, and it is in between the start and end dates.
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