I understand your perspective and many others.

While I think Blackbaud should do something about it, I do not think it should be a “change” rather than an “additional feature”.

Our org record everything as “gift” record, we are a heavily event based organization, all types of event golf outing, to free parlor meeting, to mission and gala dinner.

• golf outing, gala dinner, etc - paid event

  • even a paid event, there is a portion of the gift that is a contribution for us.

  • $1000 ticket to attend a gala event, the Non-Deductible goods and services value is calculated by our finance department to be $300, there is still a $700 contribution the donor is making

  • Then there is event sponsorship, such as a President Sponsorship for $100K, which comes with perks such as 2 tables of 10 (total of 20 people can attend), premium seating at event, etc, where their receipt will include info on the NDA of $300 per person and let the donor determine with their accountant that they brought 15 or 20 people to the event

So not adding “gift” to RE for event ticket purchase does not make sense for us. Also part of the reasoning is bank reconciliation.

So rather than change the way it works, Blackbaud should add the option including create gift or not create gift, create gift as “cash” or “other”, etc.