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Designations Form - for your Planned Giving and Smart Giving Suite products.

Here, you can decide where donors may direct gifts within your organization.

Questions


See Example 1 below for a visual of "Type in a designation option of their choice"
Example 1: How the "Name a Designation" choice appears
Custom designation
Note
Since you selected "Type in a designation option of their choice", you can go ahead and submit!

User experience research shows that fewer than four options makes it more likely that donors complete their gifts.

For "more than 10 options", we'll direct you to a separate template and instruction sheet. 

Example 2: How designations appear in the dropdown list of a button
Dropdown list inside single button
Example 3: How designations appear as multiple buttons
Multiple buttons

See Example 2 for a visual of a dropdown list and Example 3 for a visual of multiple buttons.

For "dropdown list inside a single button", the single button will display your org's display name.

For "multiple buttons with their own dropdown lists", we'll direct you to a separate template and instruction sheet.
Designations
List the designation options you would like donors to be able to support:
  • As a reminder, user experience research shows that fewer than four options makes it more likely that donors complete their gifts.
  • Click "Add another response" for each new designation option.
  • List the designations in the order you want them to appear.

Designations
List the designation options you would like donors to be able to support:
  • As a reminder, user experience research shows that fewer than four options makes it more likely that donors complete their gifts.
  • Click "Add another response" for each new designation option.
  • List the designations in the order you want them to appear.
Designation Option



Button Description (optional)

Inspire your supporters with 1-2 sentences explaining the impact of their gift. This will appear in the "i" icon of your button (see example 4).
Example 4: How the button description appears
Designation description
Designations
List the designation options you would like donors to be able to support:
  • As a reminder, user experience research shows that fewer than four options makes it more likely that donors complete their gifts.
  • Click "Add another response" for each new designation option.
  • List the designations in the order you want them to appear.
Designation Option


Inspire your supporters with 1-2 sentences explaining the impact of their gift in the context of this designation option. This will appear in the "i" icon of the button (see example 4).
Designations
List the designation options you would like donors to be able to support:
  • As a reminder, user experience research shows that fewer than four options makes it more likely that donors complete their gifts.
  • Click "Add another response" for each new designation option.
  • List the designations in the order you want them to appear.
Designation Option


Inspire your supporters with 1-2 sentences explaining the impact of their gift in the context of this designation option. This will appear in the "i" icon of the button (see example 4).


Example 4: How the designation description appears
Designation description
Instructions for more than 10 designation options
To offer donors ten or more designation options, we provide this template with the required information.

Please read this instruction sheet, and let your strategist know if you would like some support in filling it out.

Instructions for multiple buttons with their own dropdown lists
To offer multiple buttons with their own dropdown lists, we provide this template with the required information.

Please read this instruction sheet, and let your strategist know if you would like some support in filling it out.

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