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Customizing Suggested Donation Amounts

Tailor giving levels for one-time and recurring donations.

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Written by Raagini Sarkar
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Goodworld’s Suggested Amounts feature allows admins to customize the preset donation options that appear on a campaign’s donation form. Whether you want to encourage higher one-time gifts, fine-tune monthly recurring amounts, or align giving levels with your campaign goals, this feature puts full control in your hands.

You can use the default suggested amounts or override them with custom values unique to each campaign and donation type.

Key Features

Default vs. Custom Amounts

Each campaign starts with a set of default suggested amounts for both one-time and recurring donations. These can either be left as-is or replaced with customized amounts that better match your audience or giving strategy.

Separate Control for Recurring Gifts

You can define different giving tiers for recurring donations. For example, if your one-time gifts start at $25, you might offer smaller recurring tiers—like $10, $20, or $30 per month—to encourage sustained support.

Real-Time Preview

As you make changes, you’ll see your suggested amounts update instantly in the live preview panel. This makes it easy to test how your donation form will look before saving.

Campaign-Level Customization

Suggested amounts are set per campaign, allowing you to tailor giving options based on each initiative’s goals, donor base, or theme.

How to Customize Suggested Amounts

  1. Open Your Campaign

    Navigate to your admin dashboard and click on the campaign you’d like to edit.

  2. Go to the Features Tab

    Click the Features tab, then open the Online Donations section by selecting Customize.

  3. Locate Suggested Amounts

    On the right-hand side, you’ll see a preview of your donation form with suggested amounts listed. These are the default amounts.

  4. Edit One-Time Gift Amounts

    • Under the One-Time section, choose whether to Use Default or Customize.

    • If you select Customize, enter your preferred donation amounts directly into the fields provided.

  5. Edit Recurring Gift Amounts

    • Under the Recurring (Monthly) section, select Use Default or Customize.

    • Enter new monthly giving amounts to replace the defaults.

    • Note: Monthly amounts are independent from one-time amounts.

  6. Save Changes

    Once you’ve reviewed your updates, click Save. Your donation form will automatically reflect the new giving tiers.

Tailored Giving for Monthly Donors Use Case

A nonprofit wants to promote consistent monthly support for a sustainability initiative. While their one-time donation tiers are $25, $50, $100, and $250, they decide to customize their recurring tiers to $10, $20, $30, and $50 per month.

This approach encourages affordability and builds long-term donor relationships by making monthly giving more accessible.

Customizing suggested donation amounts helps you guide donors toward meaningful, goal-aligned contributions. By differentiating between one-time and recurring options, you can design a giving experience that fits your campaign’s strategy—whether you’re aiming for higher single gifts or consistent monthly support.

Customizing suggested donation amounts helps you guide donors toward meaningful, goal-aligned contributions. By differentiating between one-time and recurring options, you can design a giving experience that fits your campaign’s strategy—whether you’re aiming for higher single gifts or consistent monthly support.


If you have questions about Customizing Suggested Donation Amount, schedule a support call with our success team.

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