Send campaign page link with donation information already filled out

Follow several simple steps to send a donor a link to a customized fundraising Campaign Page with a pre-filled donation amount, frequency and payment method.

IMPORTANT note about payment forms and the pre-filled donation form link: Give Lively has two generations of payment forms in use. Your choice of features will dictate which form appears: activation of features on the second-generation list may trigger the second-generation payment form; any combination of features beyond those detailed on the list will continue to see use of the first-generation form. At present, although Campaign Pages are supported by both generations of payment forms, this pre-filled donation form feature is only available on our first-generation payment form. If you are seeing our second-generation form on a fundraising page, the pre-filled donation form link will not function.

Both generations of payment forms guide donors through very similar giving experiences and there is no reason a nonprofit should favor one payment form over the other. Over the next few months, the new payment form will become the standard for all Give Lively donation pages. Learn more here.

Get your link‍

Find the link to your fundraising page. You may already have it saved as a bookmark in your browser or noted in an email or document. If not, it's easy to find links to fundraising campaign pages through the Nonprofit Admin Portal.

Change your link

Once you've gotten the link to your chosen fundraising page, add this to the end of it:

?override_amount=[add chosen amount here]

For example, if a donor has pledged to give $1,000, you add:

?override_amount=1000

If you'd like to send a link pre-populated with a donation amount and have that amount turned into a monthly recurring donation, add this to the end it:

&recurring=true

For example, if a donor has pledged to give $500 every month, you add this to the link:

?override_amount=500&recurring=true

For one-time donations, change "true" to "false."

If you'd like to send a link pre-populated with a donation amount, a donation frequency, and a payment method, you add this to your link:

?override_amount=50&recurring=true&payment_method=bank

To set the payment method to credit card, change "bank" to "card." We always recommend donors give with a bank account to reduce the amount of third-party fees they pay.

Visit the pre-populated page

Go to the pre-populated page by copying and pasting the link into your browser. Review the pre-populated elements to ensure that they work. If anything isn't quite right, make sure that you are using the exact code phrases in step two. If it still isn't working, contact us by email.

Send the new link to your donor(s)

After you've tested your pre-filled page, send it via email to the donor(s) who have pledged to give to your organization.