Goodworld’s Rollover Gifts feature allows organizations to carry gifts and payroll pledges from one campaign into the next. Administrators can either:

Rollover Gifts help simplify annual giving campaigns, improve donor retention, and reduce the effort required for returning donors to participate year after year.

Before enabling Rollover Gifts, choose a Source Campaign.

The source campaign determines which previous gifts or payroll pledges will be referenced when renewing donations in the current campaign.

To configure:

Only donations and pledges from the selected source campaign will be available for renewal.

Rollover Gifts supports two distinct workflows.

With Opt-in Rollover, donors are shown their previous pledge when they visit the new campaign.

They can choose to:

This gives donors full visibility into their previous giving while allowing them to make updates before submitting their pledge.

Note: Changes made during the rollover process only affect the donor’s pledge for the new campaign. The original pledge from the previous campaign is never modified.

With Auto-Renew, administrators automatically renew eligible gifts or payroll pledges without requiring any donor action.

Auto-Renew can be configured separately for:

Organizations often use Auto-Renew to ensure participation from donors who do not revisit the campaign before it closes.

These options are not mutually exclusive.

Many organizations:

This provides donors with flexibility while ensuring participation from those who do not actively revisit the campaign.

Simply enabling the Rollover Gifts feature is not enough.

If:

then the feature will not perform any rollover actions.

Organizations should always configure at least one rollover method.

When Opt-in Rollover is enabled, donors are presented with their previous pledge and several options.

They can choose to:

Renew their previous pledge using the same designations and giving preferences.

Modify last year’s pledge for the current campaign.

For example, donors can:

This does not modify the historical pledge from the previous campaign—it simply creates a revised version for the current campaign.

Donors may also ignore their previous giving entirely and create a completely new pledge from scratch.

Organizations can encourage donors to increase their previous pledge during the rollover process.

Instead of only offering a simple renewal, administrators may configure percentage-based increase options such as:

When a donor selects one of these options, the increase is applied proportionally across every designation included in their original pledge.

For example:

If a donor originally pledged $1,000 across five nonprofits and selects a 10% increase, the new pledge becomes $1,100, with the additional $100 distributed proportionally across the original designations.

Administrators can choose when automatic renewals occur.

The selected processing date significantly impacts how campaign progress appears.

When Auto-Renew runs before donors begin interacting with the campaign:

When Auto-Renew runs near the campaign close:

These settings prevent duplicate pledges.

If a donor already submits a new pledge using one of the selected payment methods before the Auto-Renew process runs, the platform will not automatically renew their previous pledge.

For example:

If Payroll is selected as an override method:

Because the donor already pledged through Payroll, the system skips Auto-Renew for that donor, preventing duplicate payroll pledges.

These override settings are an important safeguard when using Auto-Renew.

Payroll campaigns often contain different pay schedules across organizations or departments.

When Respect Previous Pay Periods is enabled, renewed payroll pledges retain the same number of payroll deductions as the original pledge.

If disabled, donors may choose a different payroll schedule during renewal.

Most organizations should leave this setting enabled to maintain consistency between campaigns.

Auto-Renew settings can be configured independently for different gift types.

Automatically renew recurring donation schedules from the source campaign into the current campaign.

Automatically recreate payroll pledges using the previous campaign’s payroll settings.

Organizations may enable one, both, or neither depending on how they manage annual campaigns.

If a donor’s previous pledge includes a designation that is no longer active in the current campaign, the renewed pledge will continue referencing that designation.

If your organization would like to use a different workflow for inactive or retired designations, please contact the Goodworld team to discuss available options.

If you have questions about Rollover Gifts, schedule a support call with our success team.