What's New in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® — April 25th

Kimberly Coughlin

Here are the latest changes in Raiser's Edge NXT for April 25th, 2023.Add custom gift fields to donation forms

Now, you can add gift custom fields to your donation forms. Previously, you could only add constituent custom fields. We also made an enhancement to the location of custom fields in Form designer. To add custom fields to a form, from Tools, Donation form designer, create or edit a donation form. Under Form, move Custom fields from Fields in Form designer to a location on the form. For more information, see Fields.

Use constituent lists to filter receipt recipients

Now you can use a constituent list to narrow down your receipt recipients. From Fundraising, Gift receipting, select Filter. Under Filter gifts, select the list of constituents you want to send receipts to.

You can use this filter to fulfill donors' receipt preferences. For example, create a constituent list of donors whose records are marked as Requests no email, select this list in Filter gifts, and then generate PDF receipts to print and mail to those donors. For more information, see Gift Receipting Filters.

Gift receipting and Giving statements can't be generated until Tax ID is entered

Previously when your organization's tax ID was missing, you'd receive an error after generating receipts and giving statements. Now you receive an alert on Fundraising, Gift receipting and Giving statements, and you're prevented from generating receipts and giving statements until you enter your tax ID under Settings.

Change to event registration acknowledgement status (for those in the US)

For consistency with online donations, Raiser’s Edge NXT event registrations now appear as Needs acknowledgement when you view them in batches from Fundraising, Gift management. Previously, they were marked as Acknowledged.