Purpose
1.1. Provide real-time or scheduled updates to congregants, donors, and stakeholders on the progress of ongoing fundraising campaigns.
1.2. Enhance transparency and donor trust via automated notifications on campaign milestones, total raised, remaining goals, and impact stories.
1.3. Reduce manual administrative overhead by ensuring updates are precise, timely, and multichannel.
1.4. Foster recurring giving behavior and campaign engagement by keeping supporters informed and motivated through their preferred platforms.
Trigger Conditions
2.1. New donation received in campaign database.
2.2. Milestone reached (e.g., 25%, 50%, 75% goal completion).
2.3. Scheduled interval (e.g., weekly, monthly updates).
2.4. Manual override by campaign admin.
2.5. API webhook from finance or donation platforms.
Platform Variants
1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Use Messaging API; configure webhook from donation tracking app to Twilio SMS endpoint for donors.
2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional API; configure event-triggered email template for fundraising update.
3. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Campaign API; trigger automated segmented email blast when milestones are reached.
4. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; set channel notification on each milestone for oversight team.
5. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Connector webhook; send adaptive cards when donations log in finance database.
6. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Use Notify API to broadcast template messages to donor lists.
7. Facebook Messenger
• Feature/Setting: Send API to push chat updates on campaign progress to followers.
8. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot webhooks to post fundraising stats in church announcement channels.
9. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Use Automations to trigger email/SMS when cumulative donation amount field changes.
10. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Trigger on update in donation platform, action via multi-channel notifications.
11. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Script trigger on data change to activate new update notification.
12. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Flow/Apex Trigger on Opportunity updates to alert campaign members.
13. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation on contact engagement or donation form submission.
14. Breeze ChMS
• Feature/Setting: Event Notification setting tied to donation record changes.
15. Planning Center
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks or batch emails on Giving module activity.
16. Givelify
• Feature/Setting: Automated donor thank-you message trigger post-donation.
17. Donorbox
• Feature/Setting: Triggered email/SMS via API upon reaching custom fundraising checkpoints.
18. Constant Contact
• Feature/Setting: Automated email series for progressive campaign stages.
19. OneSignal
• Feature/Setting: Push notification API to update mobile app users of goal progress.
20. Pushover
• Feature/Setting: Push API for instant progress alerts to campaign admins/congregation apps.
Benefits
4.1. Ensures community is consistently informed and engaged.
4.2. Increases donation likelihood through visible progress and timely communication.
4.3. Reduces manual communication workload for staff.
4.4. Supports multi-channel outreach meeting varied supporter preferences.
4.5. Boosts transparency and campaign credibility for the Alliance church.
Donation & Finance Management