Adding Offline Matches & Challenges

Adding New Offline Matches & Challenges

• Visit the Campaigns section of your admin dashboard
• Select the campaign where you want to add the offline match or challenge.
• Head to the Motivation & Sharing > Matches & Challenges section of your campaign page
• Click 'New Offline Match or Challenge'
• Select the type of match or challenge you want to create — choose from **Match**, **Challenge - Basic**, or **Challenge - Winner Takes All** — and enter the required details.
• For donor-based restrictions, you can limit the match or challenge to a specific list of email addresses (a Group of Friends).

Navigate to your campaign > Motivation & Sharing > Matches & Challenges to manage your matches and challenges.

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• To cancel a match or challenge, click the pencil icon next to the item you want to remove in Campaign > Motivation & Sharing > Matches & Challenges.
• On the donation detail page, click the Cancel button in the match or challenge information panel, and then confirm the cancellation.
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When creating a new offline match or challenge, you'll choose one of three options:

• Match — A donor's gift triggers a matching contribution.
• Challenge - Basic — A set dollar or donor threshold must be reached to unlock a challenge award.
• Challenge - Winner Takes All — Competing groups or designations race to claim the challenge prize; only one wins.
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• Description:
  • Optional. Use this field to add details about the match or challenge or to acknowledge your match donors.

Criteria for Establishing a Match or Challenge:

• Total Amount Given
• Choices for a Match:
  • Dollar Amount matched per Donor
  • Dollar Amount matched per Dollar ($1 per $1 donated, $5 per donor, etc.
• Choices for a Challenge:
  • Dollars needed to unlock challenge
  • Donors needed to unlock challenge
• Start and end time of the match (in your timezone).
  • If left blank, the match will appear as soon as the campaign is live and end once fulfilled or the campaign ends.
• Who Should Count Towards this Match
  • All Donors to the Campaign
  • Specific Designation or Group of Designations
  • Specific Affiliation
  • Specific Class Year
  • Any restrictions on which gifts count for a match or challenge should be using fields on the pre-payment form.
• Designation Settings
  • Where the dollars from the matching gift should be designated
  • If designations are required for the campaign, choosing a designation will be required when setting up an offline match or challenge, as well.
• Title:
  • The Headline for your Match or Challenge. If left blank, GiveCampus' standard language about the parameters of the match/challenge will be included.
• Donor information

From there, make sure to read and agree to the terms of service, then click to "Create Match" or "Create Challenge".

Managing an Existing Offline Match or Challenge

After an offline match or challenge is set up, you can review or modify certain details:

• Campaign > Motivation & Sharing > Matches & Challenges and clicking the 'pencil' icon
• Learn more about editing offline matches and challenges.

Canceling an Existing Offline Match or Challenge

If you need to change the details of a match or challenge itself, you’ll need to cancel the existing match or challenge and start fresh.

• Visit the Campaign > Manage Donations section
• Find the donation in question by filtering status or searching the donor ID, name, or email.
• In the Refund column, you’ll see the Cancel button, where you can remove that match or challenge.

Please note, the ability to cancel an existing offline match or challenge is only available for admins with full or edit admin privileges.

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