Adding a Donation

When we talk about adding a donation, what we are adding is the note about the donation.  In other words, your database through RescueGroups.org is your tool for managing and tracking the money you receive, just like a notebook and pencil, only spiffier and easier!

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1. Click on Add a Donation button.
   
   
2. Enter the information about the donation.  Note that the asterisk, as always, denotes a required field, in this case, the date and the Contact.  That tells you that every donor must be listed as a contact in your organization.  See the section on Contacts.
   
   

Filling out the Add a Donation form

There are 8 fields in the Add a Donation form, as described below:

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Adding a recurring donation PayPal button to your website

You can create a recurring donation PayPal button on your website so that people can opt to send to PayPal automatically:

• Log in to your organization's PayPal account directly
• Create either a Donation button or Subscribe button in PayPal.
• Add the button code to your RescueGroups.org website by using a custom code snippet (read about custom code snippets in this guide).

Here's an example of a donation button and the option it creates for a donor to specify making their donation recurring.

Donate Buttons

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Creating a Subscribe PayPal button

You can also create subscribe buttons and add individual buttons to your website with monthly subscriptions amounts. Example: create a $10 subscribe button, a $20 subscribe button.