Donors covering transaction fees

Alicia Jackson:

Hi All, 

We're looking into adding some code to our Luminate and TeamRaiser pages that would enable donors the option of paying 3% of their donation to cover fees. While discussing this issue the team was wondering how other organizations handle the extra money when in terms of donor recognition. For example, if someone donates $100 + $3 for transactions fee for a total $103. Are they recognized for the total $103 in your database and reports? Or is just the $100. 


Thanks. 

• Make a new data element called "Transaction Fee"
  • True/False type.
    • I set mine to update the constituent record (after renaming a custom boolean field in Admin > Database Config). That's not strictly necessary, but extra constituent intel never hurts, I guess.
    • You only make the field on your first form. After that, it'll be available everywhere as a "custom" data element.
  • Add to form, making it visible with the label "Help cover processing fee?"
  • Also visible on transaction summary
  • Single checkbox. Only include the "true" choice, and make the label say "Click to add 4.9% to your donation"
• Add an "Additional Amount" data element to the form. We'll make it visible so it shows on the receipt, but we'll hide it on the form with CSS
  • Make if visible, summary field label "Fee Offset (Summary)"
  • Display style "user entered amount"
• Add an HTML Caption element
  • Hide the "Additional Amount" field with CSS
  • Write a JS function that watch the fee checkbox
    • if checked:
      • do the math and update "additional amount"
      • update the field label to say something like "Yes! Add ____ to my donation."
    • if unchecked:
      • set "additional amount" to 0
      • update the field label to say something like, "Offset credit card processing fees by adding 4.9% to your donation."
  • Trigger the function when the page loads, if someone clicks a button, or if someone presses a key with the "other amount" field selected