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Bulk Map Profiles now in Events and Giving
We've launched a powerful new bulk mapping feature that dramatically reduces the time needed to connect guest and donor data to existing profiles in your database.

What's New:
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Event Guest Mapping:
Quickly map multiple event attendees and guests to existing constituent profiles in your database with our new bulk mapping workflow•
Donor Profile Mapping:
Efficiently connect gift donors from giving pages to existing profiles, reducing manual data entry and improving data accuracy•
Smart Matching:
Our enhanced matching algorithms suggest the most likely profile matches based on name, email, and other identifying information•
Streamlined Workflow:
Process dozens of mappings at once instead of handling them one by one, saving hours of administrative work•
And you can automate it!:
Automate your event guests' bulk mapping by configuring guest bulk mapping settings under sync configurationBenefits:
• Reduce data entry time by up to 75%
• Improve data accuracy with smart matching suggestions
• Maintain cleaner constituent databases with fewer duplicate records
• Free up staff time for more strategic development activities

How to Access:
Navigate to your Event Dashboard or Giving Dashboard and look for the new "Bulk Map" option in the guest/donor management section.
This feature is now available to all Events and Giving customers.
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Giving
Admin Experience
Giving Listing Page just got a glow-up ✨
We’ve refreshed the Giving Listing Page to make it easier for platform admins to find, organize, and manage giving pages - faster than ever.
Advanced Filtering
: Quickly filter your giving pages by status - Live, Upcoming, Draft, Completed, or Archived - so you can focus on what matters right now.Tags for Pages
: You can now add tags to giving pages to keep things organized. No more digging around to find the right campaign!Smarter Sorting
: Sort your list by Recently Created, Recently Updated, or Alphabetical Order to easily stay on top of your updates.Archiving (with bulk actions!)
: Clean up your workspace by archiving old or irrelevant giving pages. And yes - you can archive and unarchive in bulkWhat this means for you:
- Better visibility into active and past campaigns
- A more organized and cleaner Giving dashboard
- Time saved managing and locating the right pages

You now have full control over how funds are displayed within a campaign hub!
Choose from three sorting options to organize your funds:
A → Z by Name – alphabetical order for quick scanning
Z → A by Name – reverse alphabetical order
Custom – drag & drop to highlight priority funds
Why this matters
- Spotlight the funds that matter most
- Make it easier for donors to find what they’re looking for
- Align the display with your campaign goals
Head to your campaign hub, pick the sorting option that works best, and give your donors a more seamless giving experience. 🎉
When Almabase pushes gifts to
Raiser's Edge
, we now capture payment methods more accurately than ever—especially for PayPal
and Venmo
through BBMS.What’s New
- Accurate PayPal & Venmo tagging– no more grouping them under “Credit Card.”
- Smarter event handling– correct method selected even with multiple event payments.
- Consistent across events & giving– every gift synced to RE will show the right payment method.
💡 How It Works
Events
- 1 transaction → that method is used.
- Multiple transactions → most common method wins; ties go to the first payment.
Giving
Always uses the single payment method.
BBMS transactions
We now check the
pay_pal_funding_source
field to correctly identify PayPal or Venmo.Why It Matters
- Accurate reporting in RE for finance and reconciliation
- Clear insight into donor payment preferences
- Fully automated—no changes required from your side
You can now eliminate the blindness around your campaign's geographic reach. When enabled, heat maps display donation activity across US states and world countries with color-coded intensity, giving you instant insights into successful regions versus underperforming areas.
What's new?
You can now access heat map controls by going to
Campaign Settings → Heat Maps
on your Competitive Fundraising Pages.

Toggle between USA state-level and world country-level visualizations, set custom section titles, and configure which maps appear on your campaign page. Interactive tooltips show donation counts when visitors hover over regions.
What can you expect?
Your campaign management experience stays the same — this purely adds visualization capabilities to your public campaign pages. The magic happens on the donor-facing side where visitors can now see aggregated donation patterns and discover your campaign's geographic momentum through beautiful, interactive maps.
This means when donors visit your campaign page, they'll see which states or countries are leading in support, creating social proof and encouraging participation from underrepresented regions. The system automatically generates color intensity based on donation volume while maintaining complete donor privacy.
Why this helps you
For teams running competitive fundraising campaigns, geographic insights are crucial for targeting future outreach efforts! No more wondering which regions need attention or missing opportunities to leverage successful areas. Your donation strategy becomes data-driven while creating engaging social proof for potential donors. Perfect for campaigns seeking to understand and expand their geographic reach!
Check it out in Campaign Settings → Heat Maps and let us know how geographic visualization transforms your fundraising insights!

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Communication Centre
Video Messaging Gets More Powerful: Now Collect Videos Through Shareable Requests!
We're thrilled to introduce Video Request & Record - a powerful new way to collect video content from your alumni, donors, and community members! This feature transforms how you gather testimonials, success stories, and user-generated content by providing a streamlined request-to-submission workflow that makes video collection effortless.

Benefits
- Proactive Content Collection: Stop waiting for videos to come to you - actively request the content you need
- Higher Quality Submissions: Clear instructions result in better, more targeted video content
- Increased Accountability: Track who has and hasn't submitted, enabling timely follow-ups
- Scalable Process: Request videos from dozens or hundreds of people simultaneously
- Revenue Impact: Systematically collect donor testimonials and success stories critical for fundraising
What's New
Video Request Creation
- Request Videos Button: A new "Request Video" button in your Video Library allows you to initiate targeted video collection campaigns
- Detailed Instructions: Provide clear recording guidelines, prompts, and context to ensure submitters create exactly the content you need
- Flexible Distribution: Choose how to send your request:
- Email Integration: Pre-populated email template with personalized submission link
- SMS Ready: Copy link to clipboard for easy SMS distribution
- Universal Sharing: Generate shareable links for WhatsApp, social media, or any communication channel
Streamlined Submission Experience
- Dual Submission Options: Recipients can either record directly in-browser or upload pre-recorded videos
- Submitter Attribution: Automatic collection of name and email for proper crediting and follow-up
- Mobile-First Design: Fully responsive interface optimized for smartphone recording and uploads
Technical Enhancements
- Unique URL Generation: Each request creates a secure, trackable submission link
- Built-in Validation: Required fields ensure complete submitter information
- Cloud Recording: Browser-based recording with no downloads required
- Format Flexibility: Support for common video formats (MP4, MOV, MKV)
Additional Video Library Enhancement
Download Videos
: You can now download any video from your Video Library and save it directly to your system for offline use, editing, or archival purposesStart building your video library with authentic user-generated content today! Click "Request Video" in your Video Library to get started.
You can now move beyond generic "overall fundraising" leaderboards to create focused, fund-specific recognition and competition. Perfect for highlighting top donors to your Scholarship Fund, Athletic programs, or any specific cause that drives your community.

What's new?
You'll now find fund filtering options in your GivingX leaderboard configuration. You can choose to show all funds, filter by specific funds, plus, you can decide whether to display fund labels next to donor names and even group results by fund for visual clarity.
What can you expect?
For donors visiting your giving page, they can now filter leaderboards by fund (when you enable this feature) and see exactly how their contribution to a specific fund ranks. The filtering updates dynamically and persists across sessions, so if someone is passionate about the Athletics Fund, they can stay focused on that leaderboard.
Donors who gave to specific funds will finally see their contributions properly reflected in the relevant fund's results — no more confusion about whether their targeted gift "counted" on the leaderboard!
Why this helps you
No more generic leaderboards that miss the mark for donors with specific interests! You can now run fund-specific challenges like "Top 10 Donors to Student Emergency Aid" or create friendly competition between different programs. This enables much more targeted storytelling, stewardship, and donor motivation while eliminating the manual work of analyzing fund performance outside the platform.🏆
Check it out in your leaderboard configuration settings, and let us know how fund-specific recognition transforms your donor engagement!
You can now eliminate the tedious process of manually creating separate gift records for each split designation after syncing to Raiser's Edge. When enabled, gifts with multiple fund designations are automatically broken down into individual gift records during sync.
What's new?
You'll now find a "Sync Split Gifts as Individual Gifts" toggle in your Gift Settings tab.

When enabled, any gift with multiple fund designations gets automatically separated into distinct gift records, each with its own unique batch number and external ID on RE-NXT.
What can you expect?
Your Almabase experience remains exactly the same — gifts continue to display and function as they always have. The magic happens behind the scenes during the sync process. Instead of creating one split gift record in Raiser's Edge that you'd need to manually break apart later, the system now automatically creates separate individual gift records for each fund designation.
This means when you sync a $500 gift split between the Athletic Fund ($300) and Scholarship Fund ($200), Raiser's Edge will receive two distinct gift records instead of one split record, eliminating your manual post-sync work entirely.
Why this helps you
For teams dealing with Raiser's Edge reporting limitations on split gifts, this is a game-changer! No more manual gift batch creation or time-consuming workarounds. Your gift sync workflow becomes fully automated while maintaining complete accuracy and traceability. Perfect for organizations with complex fund structures or frequent multi-designation gifts! 🎯
Check it out in Gift Settings tab (Push split gifts as separate gifts to external database toggle) and let us know how this streamlines your gift sync process!
You can now solve the fairness problem where constituents with multiple affiliations (like being both Alumni and Parent) were forced to pick a single group, limiting accurate leaderboard representation and reducing engagement in campaigns where multi-affiliation is common.
What's new?
You'll now find support for multi-select form fields (checkboxes or multi-tag fields) as valid grouping options in your leaderboard configuration. When enabled, donors can be counted in all the groups they belong to through a shared attribution model.
What can you expect?
When a donor gives $100 and selects both "Alumni" and "Parent" as their constituencies, both groups will receive +1 donor count and +$100 amount raised. The system clearly communicates this duplicate counting with messaging like "Donors may be counted in multiple groups" to avoid confusion.
You can also toggle between strict attribution (traditional single-group selection) and shared attribution (counts toward all selected groups) depending on your campaign needs. This works seamlessly for constituency leaderboards, athletic team competitions (perfect for giving days where teams compete), and fund/team rankings.
Why this helps you
No more forcing multi-affiliated donors to make unfair choices! An Alumni who's also an Employee can finally be recognized in both categories, making leaderboards more inclusive and competitive. This is especially powerful for athletic giving days, cross-listed chapters, or any scenario where people genuinely belong to multiple groups. Your community engagement becomes more authentic and fair! 🏆
Check it out in your leaderboard grouping settings, and let us know how multi-value support transforms your competitive fundraising!
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Giving
Admin Experience
📢 Fundraising Admins: You can now set Donor Goals to track community participation alongside your fundraising targets!
You can now measure campaign success by counting unique donors — not just dollars raised or number of gifts. This helps you focus on community engagement and participation metrics that truly reflect your donor base growth.
What's new?
You'll now find "Donor" as a new goal type option alongside "Amount" and "Gift" goals in your GivingX admin panel. When you select this option, the system automatically tracks unique donor participation with intelligent deduplication built right in.

What can you expect?
The system uses smart logic to identify unique donors:
- First, it checks if the donor is mapped to a user profile in your system.
- If not, it looks for external database connections.
- Finally, it falls back to normalized email addresses to prevent duplicates
You'll see real-time progress bars showing donor count, completion percentage, and donor progress summaries. This works seamlessly with leaderboards, participation challenges, and matching gift logic across all your GivingX page types.
Why this helps you
For institutions prioritizing engagement over just monetary goals, this is a game-changer! Instead of focusing solely on large donations, you can celebrate broad community participation. Perfect for alumni engagement campaigns, competitive challenges, or any time you want to show that "every donor counts" — literally! 🎯
Check it out in your goal type selection when setting up campaigns, and let us know how donor participation tracking transforms your fundraising strategy!
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