Fundraising Settings
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the fundraising settings tab allows you to view and modify donation settings for the account click on one of the drop down menus below to learn more about a particular setting allow donations by default, the ability to donate is turned off if you would like patrons to be able to donate to your group organization, select the on button remember to click save changes at the bottom of your screen this also includes the ability to select to have " 0% processing fees on fundraisers supported by donor tips" enabling donor tips allows ludus to absorb your donation processing fees on fundraisers this guarantees all proceeds go directly to your organization this will only appear on patron side direct donations and fundraisers corporate donations there might be circumstances where you want a separate list of pre set donation amounts and donor levels docid\ erbnm3cjm0 fvrmbidfs1 on your donation tab to accomplish this, click corporate donations this will create a separate tab under donations on the patron side where they can toggle between individual and corporate donations levels at checkout when utilizing the donor levels docid\ erbnm3cjm0 fvrmbidfs1 feature, you might want to display these levels during checkout to do so, click on the section labeled levels at checkout subsequently, the set donation levels will appear at checkout round up donations at checkout patrons will be prompted to round up their cart total at checkout it will only ask patrons to round up if they did not already add a donation custom form just like many other areas in ludus, you can attach a custom form to donations by adding a form to this section, you will have that set of questions asked anytime someone makes a donation to your organization you can click this link to learn more about forms docid\ bgl5ypkzf3rkfnywvopni communication settings confirmation email when a donation is made, the patron will automatically receive a receipt at the email address entered at checkout you may wish to insert some additional text into these emails you may insert custom messaging into the email by typing into the text box under the section labeled confirmation email this is perfect for 501(c)(3) / non profit letters and thank yous donor plea at checkout this field allows you to create a customized plea for donations that will appear in the "donate" box when patrons purchase event tickets, collections, classes, or passes additionally, donor merge tags can be used for these emails these include {{first name}}— donor's first name {{last name}}— donor's last name {{full name}}— donor's full name {{company name}}— donor's company name {{donor name}}— donor display name (never blank — shows "anonymous" when withheld) {{amount}}— donation amount, e g 50 00 {{level name}}— donation level name donation presets check out donation presets docid\ q72ympizqopi nq9rpoyq for more information on how best to utilize the various options