Campaign Donor Information Privacy and Visibility

GiveCampus protects donor privacy by limiting access to individual donor names and gift amounts on campaign pages. This guide explains what different users can see and how donor details are managed.

Quick answers

• Donor names appear on campaign pages, but individual gift amounts remain hidden.

• Only administrators with appropriate permissions can view detailed donor information in donation reports.

• To share donor details with campaign owners, administrators must generate and review a donation report.

• Leaderboards display aggregated totals by affiliation or designation, not individual amounts.

• Anonymous donor names are never shown, even in administrative views.

What the public and campaign owners see

• Public visitors and non-admin campaign owners see donor names without the corresponding gift amounts.

• Campaign pages highlight overall totals—such as dollars raised and donor count—and provide leaderboard summaries that aggregate data rather than reveal individual contributions.

What administrators can see

• Administrators with the proper permissions can access detailed gift-level records through donation reports.

• Even in these reports, donations marked as anonymous remain anonymized.

Leaderboards and aggregated totals

• Leaderboards celebrate group performance by displaying aggregated totals (e.g., by class year or donor group) and do not list individual donor names or amounts.

Providing donor details to campaign owners

• If a campaign owner needs donor-level details for stewardship, thank-you calls, or reporting, an administrator must pull a donation report. Note that anonymous donors remain anonymized in these reports.

Common scenarios and gotchas

• "Do leaderboards reveal who gave what?"

  • No. They only show aggregate totals by affiliation or designation.

• "If a donor chooses to be anonymous, will administrators see their name in reports?"

  • No. Anonymous donor names are always hidden.

FAQ

Q: Can I display a list of donors and amounts on my public campaign page?

A: No. While donor names appear, individual gift amounts do not.

Q: Who can see gift-level donor information?

A: Only administrators with the appropriate permissions can access detailed donation reports.

Q: How can I provide a campaign owner with a list of donors who supported their page?

A: An administrator must pull a donation report to share the information. Anonymous donors will remain anonymized.

Q: Do leaderboards ever show individual donor amounts?

A: No. Leaderboards only display aggregated totals.

Q: If a donor selects "anonymous," can any admin reveal their name later?

A: No. Anonymous donors are never shown by name.

Closing note

GiveCampus balances transparency for campaign teams with strong donor privacy.

Q: Can I hide the campaign-level donor count or total dollars raised on a campaign page?

A: No. The donor count and total dollars raised are fixed display elements on every GiveCampus campaign page and cannot be disabled on a per-campaign basis.

Other related details:

• The campaign goal and progress bar can be hidden via your campaign settings using the option labeled Hide this campaign's goal and progress bar on the main landing page. This does not affect the aggregate donor count or dollars raised.
• The Images & Display settings in the Page Layout section let you show or hide individual sections (such as About, Donors, Match Challenges, Incentives, Advocates, Social, and Updates) using eye icon toggles, but these controls do not remove the aggregate totals in the campaign header.
• There is no school-wide setting to disable aggregate totals. This behavior applies to all social fundraising campaigns.

Summary: While you can hide individual sections or the goal and progress bar, you cannot hide the overall donor count or total dollars raised on a campaign page.

For specific data exports or reports needed for stewardship or reconciliation, work with an administrator who has the necessary permissions to access donation reports.