Fundraising goals can be defined on funds, programs, campaigns and appeals. The steps below do not specifically outline the process of modifying goals on funds (Funds|Details page), but the procedure is identical.
To modify an existing fundraising goal, complete the following:
- Open the Funds Management application from the AudienceView Desktop.
The Programs|Search page appears.
- Search for and select the program with the goal that you want to modify. For more information, refer to the Funds Management - Programs|Search Page and Performing Searches.
The Programs|Program page appears.
- If you want to modify a goal on an existing campaign or appeal:
- Select the campaign from the campaigns listed on the right-hand side of the programs section.
The Programs|Campaigns page appears.
- Select the appeal from the appeals listed on the right-hand side of the campaigns section.
The Programs|Appeals page appears.
- Alter the fields applicable fields:
- Enter the date that you want to reach the goal in the 'Date' field or click to select a date.
For more information, refer to Using the Calendar to Select a Date.
- Enter the monetary amount that you want to raise in the 'Amount' field.
- Enter the number of donations that you want to receive to reach your goal 'Amount' in the 'Count' field.
- Enter the monetary amount that you will be spending to reach your goal (e.g. printing costs, telemarketing) in the 'Expenses' field.
- Optionally, you can redistribute a goal over the course of a number of months. In most cases, goals on funds and programs will not be distributed, but goals on campaigns and appeals might be.
To distribute a goal:
- Click 'Monthly Distribution'.
The Monthly Distribution window appears.
All of the completed fields will be populated with the total values that appear in the blue header row.
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Caution
All of the existing goals will be overwriteen by the information entered in the Monthly Distribution. |
- Enter the total monetary amount that you want to raise over the course of the defined months in the 'Total Goal Amount' field.
- Enter the total number of donations that you want to receive to reach your 'Total Goal Amount' in the 'Total Goal Count' field.
- Enter the total monetary amount that you will be spending to reach your goal (e.g. printing costs, telemarketing) in the 'Total Goal Expenses' field.
- Enter the date that you want to start the monthly goal distribution from in the 'Start Date' field or click to select a date.
For more information, refer to Using the Calendar to Select a Date.
- Enter the number of months that you want to distribute the 'Total Goal Amount', 'Total Goal Count' and 'Total Goal Expenses' across in the 'Over How Many Months' field.
- Click 'OK'.
If the 'Total Goal Amount', 'Total Goal Count' and/or 'Total Goal Expenses' cannot be evenly divided by the number of months that the goal is distributed across, the remainder will be added to the last month.
- Click 'Apply'
A window confirms that the application updated the program, campaign, appeal or fund.
- Click 'OK'.