Set default appeal for event payments to an event

In our organization we create custom appeal codes for Events so we know where gifts/fees are coming from and why. I have been testing out the NXT Forms and noticed that when an Event is given an appeal(through the database is currently the only way to do so) that appeal does not transfer over to the gift details in the batch. Would this be a possible fix? It would beneficial for us to know which online gifts/fees are associated to which event. 

  • Tommy Horner
  • Feb 12 2020
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  • Ryan Hamilton commented
    20 Aug 20:13

    I am so incredibly disappointed to come here and find this suggestion from 4 years ago has not been implemented. The half-baked integration of Events into the rest of the gift data structure is bizarre. What benefit are users/orgs gaining from not having appeals attached to these gifts? What benefit are we gaining from not being able to assign fees to package or appeals? Additionally, I've noticed that "donation" portions of gifts made during event registration are not able to be assigned a Campaign. Wacky stuff.

  • Guest commented
    14 Mar 19:45

    When an event is created, there should be an option to copy event info as an appeal or vice versa. 100% of our events are appeals and the fees are packages. It's a waste of time to enter this information twice. Especially when it comes to calculating benefits and receipt amounts. Event fields should include Campaign, Fund, Appeal, Package, and default gift letter.

  • Kathy McDermott commented
    11 Jan 17:14

    How - in the world could the ability to add an APPEAL to the NXT event forms is beyond me. Blackbaud - work your magic and make it so!

  • Chayie Chinn commented
    August 31, 2023 15:35

    please add option to specify a default appeal for an event! the absence of this causes us a lot of extra work!

  • Hillary Cote commented
    January 16, 2023 20:10

    We have several open events at a time populating the gift management batches - our gift processor cannot determine which event the donations are coming from without an appeal. This would be extremely helpful. Agree with Beth: we also need to track WHAT they are purchasing, the fee amount etc.
    If someone makes an additional donation they are coming in as split gifts. NXT loves a split gift - meanwhile two entries, one as a fee, and one as a legit donation would be a much better processing method on our end. Like how they were processed in RE7.

  • Guest commented
    November 01, 2022 19:44

    Please add this function.

  • Bonnie Rosenbaum commented
    August 29, 2022 20:11

    Blackbaud -- PLEASE add this!!! Thank you!!!

  • Lee Grisham commented
    July 19, 2022 14:04

    Seems to me that from the RE trainings that an appeal is a solicitation method that resulted in the gift. Isn't that what an event does? Should make sense to have them connected in some way.

  • Beth Richter commented
    November 10, 2021 17:49

    How on earth is this not an option yet. Using appeals is how you track where gifts are sourced. Without this option I'll have to go into each gift individually to add the appeal? What nonsense.

    It would be even better if you could assign packages to different fee levels as well. We rely on this data to report!

  • Sarah Augenstein commented
    June 23, 2021 16:57

    It amazes me that an event appeal/packages cannot be automatically added to gifts coming through the event registration. (NXT event module) Please please please fix this!!

  • Tommy Horner commented
    February 12, 2020 21:25

    Yes! That would be perfect!

  • Admin
    Samantha McGuin commented
    February 12, 2020 20:21

    Ah, that makes sense! If we were to allow you to configure to an actual appeal on the event, like we do the fund and campaign, that would then be written for payments from the backoffice and online registration form, would that suit your needs?

  • Tommy Horner commented
    February 12, 2020 20:07

    In the Event Attributes we have an Event Gift Appeal ID category and in the descriptions goes the actual appeal ID. The appeal ID shows up in NXT under custom fields but no where else.

  • Admin
    Samantha McGuin commented
    February 12, 2020 19:58

    Hi! Thanks for submitting your Idea!

    Can you clarify where in database view you're giving an Event an appeal?

    Samantha McGuin
    Principal Product Manager, Events