Donation pledge form
Record a promise to give, with its purpose and first date, separate from any money your team has received.
Donor, pledge, and community fundraising
Run fundraising campaigns with donor communication and field execution together.
Coordinate donors, volunteers, events, pledge forms, contribution emails, content, budgets, and follow-ups inside one campaign operating system.
Pledge formsAttain OS workflow
Contribution emailsAttain OS workflow
Fundraising eventsAttain OS workflow
Donor tasksAttain OS workflow
Coordinate team work with tasks, forms shared by link, and HTML pages. Assign owners and review unfinished work before each campaign day.
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Nonprofit fundraising software should track the goal, the pledges, sponsor replies and donor follow-up, while the giving itself happens through a provider your organization chooses. Attain OS organizes the asks, the records and the thank-you work, and it does not take payments. Set the goal, the budget and an owner for each follow-up before the first appeal goes out.
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Timeline
A fundraising calendar from goal setting to thank-yous
- 12 to 8 weeks before the appeal
Set the goal and the budget
- State one funding goal, the program it pays for and the date the money is needed.
- Build the event budget in Budgets, with each cost line in US dollars.
- Agree who approves spending and who records each pledge when it arrives.
- 8 to 6 weeks out
Build the donor and sponsor list
- Create contact records for donors, sponsors and host committee members, with only the details you need.
- Assign donor follow-up tasks to named people, each with a date.
- Check that each contact has agreed to hear from you before an appeal email goes out.
- 6 to 3 weeks out
Open pledges and sponsor replies
- Publish a pledge form that records a promise to give, not a payment.
- Publish a sponsorship request form with the levels, benefits and reply date.
- Name the giving method in the appeal, because Attain OS does not take payments.
- Event week
Run the event and check in
- Assign owners for check-in, the sponsor visit route and venue set-up.
- Keep each pledge marked as pledged until your finance team confirms it was received.
- Record in-kind offers as offers, with what was promised and by when.
- 2 to 4 weeks after the event
Thank donors and report progress
- Give each donor and sponsor a thank-you task with a date inside the week.
- Publish a progress page using only figures you can document, and date each one.
- Review which asks worked and write the lessons into a note for next year.
Workflow map
Where goals, pledges and thank-yous are kept
| Job | App | What it does here |
|---|---|---|
| Track costs against the goal | Budgets | Track each event or appeal cost as a project line in Budgets, in US dollars, and compare the lines with the goal. The lines show supporters and hosts what the money is planned to cover. Budgets tracks costs, not gifts, so pledges and receipts belong in your finance records. |
| Keep donor and sponsor records | Customer Management | Keep one contact record for each donor, sponsor and host, with a name, a relationship and the details you need to follow up. The CRM stores records and links with name search, but it has no sales pipeline, so use it for relationships rather than targets. Link each follow-up task to the record it concerns. |
| Collect pledges | Forms | Publish a pledge form that asks for the amount promised, the purpose and the date of the first gift, and says plainly that it records a promise. Submissions are stored and a scheduled job processes them hourly in production, notifying the form's creator. Your finance team then confirms what was actually received in its own system. |
| Send appeal and thank-you emails | Emails | Draft appeals and thank-you notes in Emails, and check the recipient list and each person's opt-in status before you queue anything. Keep the wording tied to the goal and the program it funds. Honor every opt-out promptly, and keep the list limited to people who asked to hear from you. |
| Assign thank-you work | Tasks | Give every thank-you its own task, with a named sender, a date inside the week and checklist steps for the message. Labels can separate donors, sponsors and hosts. A task records who sends the thanks; it does not send anything for you. |
| Publish progress | Content Creator | Generate one HTML page that shows progress toward the goal, using only figures you can document, each with its date. The page has a public link. A call to action can link to a pledge form in the project, but the page does not take payments or embed the form. Review the page with your finance lead before publishing. |
Start here
Forms and pages for pledges, sponsors and impact
Annual impact report
Show what changed for the people your work reaches, and state the period and method behind each figure.
Sponsorship request form
Capture a business's reply to a sponsorship ask, including its level, any in-kind offer and its decision date.
Event invitation page
Invite donors and hosts to a gala or fundraiser with the date, place and reply deadline on one page.
Photo media release
Get permission before event photos appear in an appeal, and record which uses each person agreed to.
Mistakes to avoid
Four ways a fundraising push loses its footing
Recording a pledge as money received
A pledge is a promise to give, not money in hand. Track it as pledged until your finance team confirms receipt in the system where gifts are recorded. Attain OS does not take payments or produce receipts, so check each pledge against those records before you report a total.
Sending an appeal before the goal is clear
A general request for support can get less response than one tied to a named program, an amount and a date. Write the goal, the program it funds and the deadline before drafting any appeal, and use the same figures on every page and message. Changing the numbers midway can make donors doubt all of them.
Thanking donors late or not at all
Donors notice when a gift disappears into a list. Give each donor and sponsor a thank-you task with a date inside the week, and use approved wording that says what the gift will do. Do not reuse impact figures you cannot document, even in a short thank-you note.
Letting event costs drift from the appeal
If the event budget is unknown when you ask for support, supporters cannot tell what their gift covers. Set cost lines in Budgets before the appeal, in US dollars, and update them as quotes change. Compare actual costs with the budget after the event and write any difference into the debrief.
Working checklist
Before the first appeal goes out and after the event
Before the first appeal goes out
- Confirm the goal, program and deadline match on every page and message.
- Check the opt-in status of every person on the appeal list.
- Confirm your finance team knows where pledges will be checked.
After the event
- Send each donor and sponsor a thank-you task with a date.
- Compare costs in Budgets with the approved budget.
- Record which asks worked in a note for next year.
What this agreement means
Keep goals, pledges and thanks clear
- Fundraising records track goals, pledges, sponsor replies and thank-yous, while the giving itself happens through your chosen provider.
- A pledge is a promise, so keep it marked as pledged until your finance team confirms receipt.
- Use Forms for pledges and sponsor replies, Budgets for costs and Tasks for every thank-you.
- Attain OS does not take payments or issue receipts, so confirm those steps with your finance lead and accountant.
The timing is a planning example, not measured fundraising seasonality. Confirm receipting, disclosure and solicitation rules with your accountant or counsel before you send an appeal.
Frequently asked questions
What is nonprofit fundraising software?
It is a set of tools for organizing a campaign's goal, supporter records, pledges, events and follow-up work. Giving itself, receipts and donor reporting need a system built for them, chosen with your accountant.
Does fundraising software take online donations?
Attain OS does not take online donations or payments. Donors give through the provider your organization chooses, while the workspace tracks the asks, pledges and thank-yous around that giving.
Is donor management software the same as a contact list?
Not quite. A donor system usually tracks giving history, receipts and results for each supporter. A contact record stores names, relationships and follow-up tasks, which is what many small teams need before they choose a donor system.
How should an event budget be set up?
Start with the costs you already know, such as the venue, supplies and printing, then add a contingency line for the rest. Keep each line in US dollars, compare the total with the goal, and update the lines when quotes change.
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