OnlineGiving.Org Giving
An innovative donation Platform engineered for growth.
Fully Integrated Features
- Metrics
- Single Sign-on Enhanced with Support for MinistryPlatform Widgets with Embedded Giving
- Auto Batching (See the Automatic Batching Update Announcement below to see all the details!)
- Inbound Single Sign-on Enhanced with Support for JWT Tokens
- Refunds and rejections written directly into MinistryPlatform
- Donation Recording
- Anonymous Giving
- Mission Trip Giving
- Cover the Fee Recorded into Dedicated Fields
- Payment Recording
- Sign-In / Register with MinistryPlatform Mobile Phone Number
- Sign-In / Register with MinistryPlatform Credentials
- Automatic Address Updating on Sign-In
- Automatic Email Updating/Importing on Sign-In
- Single Sign-On from MinistryPlatform to OnlineGiving.Org
- Single Sign-On from OnlineGiving.Org to MinistryPlatform
- New Household & Mailing Address Updating
- Opt-In to Digital Contribution Statements
- Giving History
- Contribution Statements
- View Old MinistryPlatform Recurring Giving when Migrating to OnlineGiving.Org
- Integration Recordings Manage & Monitored
- MinistryPlatform Integrated Embedded Giving with Single Sign-On in MinistryPlatform Portal
Automatic Batching Update Announcement
OnlineGiving.Org has adjusted its recording of batches with deposit records to the day after the transaction is completed. Batches for new transactions will be created the day after the transaction is processed. Like before, the batch will be created with an associated deposit record. But, unlike before, batches will now contain a finalization date.
Embedded Giving
When donors log in to the MinistryPlatform Portal, they typically use their personal device. OnlineGiving.Org's software is designed to live behind the MP Portal login and registration pages. After logging in to the MinistryPlatform Portal and accessing a giving page, the donor's authentication is securely passed from the MinistryPlatform Portal to the OG embedded giving page when the page is loaded. Technically speaking, this creates two sessions for the donor: 1) a session for the MinistryPlatform Portal user; and 2) a session for the OnlineGiving.Org user.
The OnlineGiving.Org session is specifically designed to terminate when the web browser is closed and/or the browser times out the user session. Meaning, the session is personal and not long-lasting for security reasons.
OnlineGiving.Org also uses banking-level security for sessions and will auto-logout based on inactivity and additionally only allows a single login session at any given time for a donor. Meaning, if a donor logs in to give on one device, all other devices are immediately signed out. This prevents session hijacking.
OG also trains church administrators to use the Virtual Terminal located in the church's OnlineGiving.Org control panel to complete gifts on behalf of the donor.
Metrics
OnlineGiving.Org's Metrics go way beyond standard numbers! They provide interactive visualization of donor activity and generosity trends. Wondering why we created our whole picture metrics? Learn more about it in this OnlineGiving.Org article. Metrics are currently offered to our MP churches using OnlineGiving.Org free of charge.
Field Mappings
Initial Setup
You must establish an account with OnlineGiving.Org before configuring the integration with MinistryPlatform. Text messaging services with OnlineGiving.Org require a separate Twilio phone number. If you already have a Twilio account, you will need to purchase an additional number specifically for OnlineGiving.Org. Details will be provided from OnlineGiving.Org's support desk.
Cost
There is no charge from ACS Technologies for configuring the integration.
Fees from OnlineGiving.Org will be assessed as per each church's individual contract agreement. Churches are required to use OnlineGiving.Org's giving Platform as their primary giving system.
Professional Services Enhancements
Professional Services has created additional pages and subpages for this integration that are available for purchase:
- Announcements
- Under the Communications folder, the following pages are added:
- Announcements
- Subpages for Groups, Events, Congregations
- New views
- Announcement Congregations (along with new views)
- Announcement Events (along with new views)
- Announcement Groups (along with new views)
- Announcements
- Announcement Subpage on the Events, Groups, and Congregations pages
- Announcement Field (under Notifications section)
- Under the Communications folder, the following pages are added:
- Fee Covered - an additional field added to the Donations and Distributions pages.
Support
Support is provided by OnlineGiving.Org at support@onlinegiving.org.
See Also
- OnlineGiving.Org website
- 2020 Integration Highlights