One-time donations can be made by sponsors who would like to give an extra gift to their sponsorship, for example during a birthday or holiday.

Important Notes:

• This does not require that the Allow One-Time Donations box be checked for the sponsorship’s Sponsorship Type.
• A sponsor’s one-time donation will count towards their sponsorship.
• One-time donations will be included in Tracked Giving and listed in the sponsorship-supporter record.
• One-time donations will not alter the recurring giving amount for the sponsorship. To do this, please refer to our Updating Sponsorships Costs and Shares article.

One-Time Sponsorship Donation from Donor Portal#

Once a supporter is actively donating to a sponsorship, the supporter can add a one-time donation to their sponsorship when logged into their Donor Portal. This is a means for the supporter to give an extra donation to their sponsorship, most commonly for a birthday or holiday.

This one-time donation will be included on their Sponsorship Supporter record and counted towards their Total Given for their sponsorship.

To do so, a supporter will need to login to their Donor Portal.

• Next to the Sponsorship’s Name, click Actions > New Donation

• This will pre-populate a Donation Form with the purpose being the Sponsorship.
• From there, the supporter can simply add in the donation amount and proceed with completing their donation using their stored contact and payment information.

One-Time Sponsorship Donation As an Admin#

Additionally, you can add a one-time donation as an Admin on behalf of a current sponsor and direct it to their sponsorship.

This one-time donation will be included on their Sponsorship Supporter record and counted towards their Total Given for their sponsorship.

However, as noted in yellow on the donation form, this does not initiate a recurring sponsorship for the supporter. This is a one-time donation. Recurring sponsorship donations must be initiated from the sponsorship record to be set up correctly. Please refer to our Starting a Sponsorship article to learn more.

• Go to Donations > + New Donation
• Type in your Supporter’s name
• Add an amount and under Purpose, choose Sponsorship
• The supporter’s sponsorships will auto-populate allowing you to select the Sponsorship
  • To split the donation if there are more than one Sponsorship, click Add Purpose and do the same for the new Sponsorship
• Select the Payment Type
• Since this is not meant to be a recurring donation, do not check the box to Make a recurring donation.
• Click Create
• If this is an Online donation, you will then be able to Select the Payment Method to use from your supporter’s payment methods on file on the next screen to complete the donation.

Once completed, the one-time donation will be listed in the supporter’s Sponsorship-Supporter record and the amount will count towards the Total Given for the sponsorship.