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How to Pledge

How to Enter a Financial Donation

This page will walk you through how to make a new financial donation, log a donation you previously paid directly, or pledge a new donation to be paid in the future.

To start, click on the button in the homepage that says "Give Now" or choose it from under "Give" in the Navigation Bar.

Manage Your Gifts

You will then be given the options to:

  • Log or create a new gift from scratch by clicking on "Start New Gift" 
  • Renew a gift from last year by clicking on the corresponding donation under "Renew a Previous Gift"

You can also review and/or adjust your gifts entered previously during this calendar year.

Start New Gift

Select a Payment Method

Choose which payment method (Credit Card, Directly Paid, or Payroll*) to use for this gift entry.
*Payroll payment method is only available during the Campaign

  • You can submit multiple gift entries (by repeating this process)
  • Only one Payment Method can be used per each gift entry
  • Multiple nonprofit recipients can be selected by each Payment Method
  • Only one Payroll gift entry can be submitted during the Campaign (but it can be modified prior to Campaign close)

You will be able to view all completed pledges by going to your Giving History.

Note: Use "Directly Paid" to record any donation you have already paid directly to a nonprofit during the calendar year, or plan to pay directly by the end of the year.

Credit Card

To make a one-time or recurring credit card gift:

  1. Enter the total Amount of the gift
  2. Choose the billing date (or start date if recurring)
  3. Choose the frequency of the credit card payment
  4. Enter the total number of payments
  5. Fill out your credit card information

Click "Continue"

  

Directly Paid

Enter the total amount of your Directly Paid gift.
You can combine all Directly Paid nonprofit recipients into one gift entry, or submit separately by nonprofit.

Then click "Continue"

  


Payroll (only available during the Campaign)

Enter the details on how you would like your payroll deduction gifts to occur in the following year.

You can choose to enter your gift either by "Total Amount" (for the year) or "Per Period Amount" (per deduction)

Enter the corresponding amount of the gift in dollars.

Choose either 1 pay period (one-time deduction in January) or 26 pay periods (bi-weekly recurring payroll deductions throughout the year)

Then click "Continue"

Note: Payroll deductions do NOT automatically roll over from year to year.

Choosing Gift Recipients

You can determine the amount you want to give to each Partner Organization by either adjusting their slide bar or entering the dollar amount.

You can also give to other nonprofit(s) by clicking on the "Find A Nonprofit" button at the bottom of the page.
You will then be brought to a nonprofit search page.

Adding Nonprofit Recipients

Search for your nonprofit recipient by name, city, state, zipcode, or EIN (a nonprofit's unique tax id).

You will see search results on the right of the page, and can then click on the nonprofit of your choice.

If the nonprofit information (website or address) shown in the pop up matches your preferred recipient, then click "Add this nonprofit"

  

After adding your nonprofit(s), click the lower right button that says "Add to designations"

Adjusting Gift Amounts

Use the slide bars or type in the dollar gift amounts for all nonprofit recipients and click "Continue"

Review and complete gift

You can then review your gift choices and decide whether or not to remain anonymous to your recipients and/or publicly release your information.

You will also be informed of any available matching grant funds for which your gift may be eligible.

If everything looks correct, click "Finish" to submit your gift entry.

Thank you!

You will then see a Thank You message and receive a confirmation email.

You can repeat the process at any time to make new donations or log gifts you directly paid a nonprofit earlier in the year.