Tribute Giving

Tribute giving allows donors to make a gift in honor of or in memory of someone. DonorPoint captures the tribute recipient’s information and can notify them (or their family) of the gift.

How Tribute Giving Works

  1. Donor selects a tribute-enabled item on your donation form.
  2. A tribute section appears prompting for:
    • Tribute type (In Honor Of / In Memory Of)
    • Recipient name
    • Notification recipient name and email (who should receive the notification)
    • Optional personal message
  3. When the transaction completes, a tribute notification email is automatically sent to the notification recipient.
  4. The tribute information is stored on the order item record.

Setting Up Tribute Giving on an Item

  1. Open the donation item in the admin.
  2. Click the Tribute tab (or Ecard tab, depending on your DonorPoint version).
  3. Enable tribute giving and configure:
    • Tribute Types available (In Honor Of, In Memory Of, or both)
    • Whether a notification email should be sent
    • The notification email template to use
  4. Save.

Notification Email

The tribute notification email is configured as an autoresponder on the item. It is sent to the notification recipient (not the donor) and typically contains:

  • The donor’s name
  • The tribute recipient’s name
  • The gift amount
  • A personal message from the donor (if entered)

The notification email can be customized with all standard merge tags. The tribute-specific variables available in the notification email context are accessible via the order item:

#{orderItem.get('TributeType').value}     — "In Honor Of" or "In Memory Of"
#{orderItem.get('TributeName').value}     — Tribute recipient name
#{orderItem.get('NotificationName').value} — Notification recipient name

Tribute Data in Reports

Tribute information is stored as custom fields on the order item and appears in transaction detail reports automatically. You can filter reports to show only tribute gifts, or export tribute information for acknowledgment letters.