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Tribute Report

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The Tribute Report provides transactional information about tribute and memorial gifts. The report includes the name of the person being honored or memorialized, as well as the name and contact information for the people to be notified about the gift. It also includes the message that the donor composed when making the gift.

Using this report, your organization can follow-up on the donation by sending a notification about the tribute or memorial to the person that the donor has requested. In fact, you can notify recipients directly from this report if the donor has provided an email address for the recipient.

To run the Tribute Report:

  1. Click Data Management > Reports. The Report Selection page displays.
  2. Click the plus sign (+) beside the Donation Classic Reports folder to display the contents of the folder.
  3. Click the Tribute Report link. The Configure Report Options page displays.
  4. Select a date range for this report. You can select one of the following two:
    • Predefined Date Range - You can select all dates, this month, last month, this quarter, or last quarter.
    • Custom Date Range - Select exact, custom dates.

    Tip: Run this report on a periodic basis, such as monthly, to see all new tribute and memorial gifts and notify the intended recipients promptly.

  5. Provide a Label for this report in the Label For this Report field and click Submit Report. The report status is Queued.
  6. Click Refresh to update the report status to Completed. You have successfully created a Tribute Report.

View the Results of the Tribute Report

In addition to the fields listed below, the Tribute Report includes the total number of tribute and memorial gifts (Total Record Count) for the period specified. Notify recipients directly from the report by clicking in the Recipient Email column.

Field

Description/Contents

Campaign Name

Name of the Donation Form associated with the transaction

Donation Date

Date of the gift; includes the time as well as the calendar date

Gift Type

Tribute or Memorial

Donor Name

Name of the Donor who made the gift

Tribute Name

The name of the individual in whose name or in whose memory the gift was made

Message

The text of the tribute or memorial message as composed by the donor

Closing

The closing for the message as specified by the donor

Recipient Name

The name of the individual who is to be notified about the tribute or memorial gift.

Recipient Address

The address of the individual who is to be notified about the gift

Recipient Phone

The recipient’s phone number, if provided

Recipient Email

The recipient’s email address, if provided; when viewing the report online, clicking the email address link will open an email window already addressed to the recipient and may be a convenient way for you to acknowledge the gift.

Contribution

The amount of the gift

Include Amt

Yes or No indicates whether or not the donor would like the amount of the gift included in the acknowledgement to the recipient