NXT Donation Forms - "other" fund not an option?

Mercedes McCay-Read
Mercedes McCay-Read
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I'm setting up a donation form in NXT and would like to include an "Other" option under the fund selection. The goal is to allow donors to type in a different fund name if they don’t see the one they’re looking for. I’m only listing our priority funds for this fiscal year, so I don’t want to include the full list.

I’ve noticed that this option is available in OLX, which is why I’m wondering if I might be missing something in NXT. Is there a way to enable or configure this?

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  • Barbee Thomas
    Barbee Thomas
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    This would also be a critical item for me if we were to transition to NXT donation forms. We have our NetCommunity donation pages set up in a similar fashion, only including priority funds, and we also include an "other" type option so the donor can type in a different fund name or designation. It is neither realistic or good practice to include all funds, some of which may be internal, programmatic in nature, or inactive.

  • Austen Brown
    Austen Brown Community All-Star
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 2026 bbcon Attendee Badge PowerUp Challenge: Product Update Briefing Feedback Task 3

    This does not currently exist. Recommend checking out the RE NXT Idea Bank and making sure this topic is listed, if not please add an idea for it. https://community.blackbaud.com/categories/blackbaud-raiser-s-edge-nxt-ideas

    In the meantime, create a separate fund of "Other" and then re-purpose the comment field to collect information on where the donor wants to designate their gift.

    In case you weren't already aware - wanted to share that you can add multiple funds to the form and control their order/display name.

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  • Lisa Marchi
    Lisa Marchi
    Third Anniversary Name Dropper Facilitator 1 Raiser's Edge NXT PowerUp Challenge (Events)

    Hey Austen, What do you mean by repurpose the Comment Field? Can you provide an example?

  • Dariel Dixon
    Dariel Dixon Community All-Star
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    @Lisa Marchi, she is referring to asking people to put in the comments what the other fund needs to be. Since it is just a text box, you can use it like an other fund field, especially since it won't match up to a specific fund automatically, it will have to be manually adjusted.

  • Vicki Bontempo
    Vicki Bontempo
    Sixth Anniversary Kudos 1 Facilitator 1

    We added a new fund in RE called "other, please comment below" donors can write in their designation in the comments. During gift processing we change the fund, campaign , and appeal to match the donor's intended designation. Working well for us so far but it has only been a month

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