Sustaining gifts are ongoing donations to a fund. They differ from pledges because they are considered “forever gifts” that never expire. Sustaining givers commit to donating a specific amount to a fund on a recurring basis, for example, monthly, quarterly, or biannually, with no end date. While such gifts are set up to continue forever, staff can, at any time, update a sustaining gift for a giver who wants to increase/decrease the gift amount, change the payment frequency, or cancel or modify their gift.
Sustaining gifts are a fundraising technique that can have both immediate financial and long-term impacts on a fund, providing it with a consistent, dependable revenue stream to sustain the causes it supports. Such gifts provide stability and can enable an organization to plan around the income they generate.
Permissions
You must have the right level of access and permissions to add and edit sustaining gifts, specifically:
- You must have Organization Admin access rights to set up a fund to accept sustaining gifts and to disable the sustaining gifts feature for a fund.
- You must have Add/Edit permissions to add sustaining gifts to a fund, to edit details, and cancel a donor's sustaining gift.
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