Donation Forms - Raffles

Adam Eggert
Adam Eggert
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in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: General Discussions

Does anyone have any experience using Blackbaud donation forms to sell raffle tickets? Wondering if it worked good or best to use an outside source for it.

Thanks,

Adam Eggert

Horizon Health Foundation

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  • Christine Robertson
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    @Adam Eggert - I have done this with a past client, but it did require some work arounds because of the legal requirements for raffle tickets in their area. @Bobby Steurer may be able to offer some insights on this.

  • Austen Brown
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    @Adam Eggert - I've used an event form to sell raffle tickets. Agree with Christine to check in on the legal requirements for your area/state.

  • Bobby Steurer
    Bobby Steurer
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    @Christine Robertson @Adam Eggert As others have said, it's very doable, but largely depends on legal requirements for your area. Happy to answer any questions on the RE processing side. Our setup has a lot of moving parts.

  • Donna McCoy
    Donna McCoy
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    Is there anywhere that shows EXACTLY, step by step how to create a raffle ticket fundraiser & to tie the ticket purchases ($0 gifts) to their record in Raisers Edge NXT?

  • JoAnn Strommen
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    You should also be aware that even if receipt amount is $0, the raffle ticket cost if you enter that as gift amount will pull in gift reports, life time giving, RE year-end statements, etc.

    You might want to consider it as an event but enter $ figures in as a custom field if you do not want the full amount to be on records as a gift. Just a thought.

  • Donna McCoy
    Donna McCoy
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    @JoAnn Strommen, Thank you. This is our first raffle and our first time to try the event module in NXT, any links to 'how to videos' or anything out there to get us started?

  • JoAnn Strommen
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    This is one article from the KB

    How do I create a new event in The Raiser’s Edge

    It will also show as last gift. Because of this we do not use RE webview for events. We use the last gift info for ask amounts in many appeals. Was told be support we could use filter to use different funds but that doesn't always work when event fund is one that also one that gets donations. And too much work to add that filtering along with all the others.

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