Donation Processing & Fundraising

Automated donation handling frees your team to build donor relationships instead of chasing receipts and spreadsheets.

54 hrs
Time saved/month
7
Companies have mapped
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About This Automation

Donation processing covers everything from receiving a gift notification to logging it, issuing a receipt, and updating campaign totals. Doing this by hand across separate systems creates delays, duplicate records, and slow donor acknowledgment.

An automated version captures each gift, matches the donor, generates the receipt, and updates reporting without manual entry. The result is faster donor communication and more reliable campaign tracking.

Key features
Capture donation events automatically as they arrive from a payment processor
Match or create donor records without manual lookup
Generate tax receipts with correct language and gift amounts
Send personalized thank-you messages once a gift is confirmed
Reconcile gifts against bank deposits and update campaign totals automatically
Flag major gifts for personal follow-up by leadership

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. New Donation Capturedtrigger

A payment webhook fires the moment a donation clears.

2. Donation Intake Matches Donor

The automation matches or creates the donor record and logs the gift automatically.

3. Alert For Major Gifts

Gifts above the major-gift threshold trigger a notification to the Development Director.

4. Receipt Generated And Sent

The Receipt & Acknowledgment drafts the tax receipt and sends the thank-you email.

5. Deposit Reconciled And Dashboard Updated

The Reconciliation & Reporting matches the gift deposit and updates the dashboard.

6. Record Filed For Audit

The completed receipt and gift record are filed automatically to the audit folder.

4 reasons to map this process

1

It's completely free

No credit card, no commitment. Map your process and walk away with a full build plan.

2

You get a complete build plan

A visual process map, automation spec, delivery timelines, and everything needed to build it, customized to your workflow and tools.

3

You see your real numbers

Custom pricing, ROI projection, and payback timeline based on your actual process, not industry averages.

4

There's no obligation to build

Your build plan stays in your workspace with no expiry. Move forward whenever the timing is right.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before mapping this process.

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Estimated Time Saving
54hrs/month
Process pain:8.2/10
Mapped by:7 Companies

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