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Allow Business/Organization Name Formats in Addition to Individuals

At the moment, JustGiving's fundraiser name pulls from the First and Last Name fields on the fundraiser's JustGiving Account. We have businesses & organizations from within our community that are participating in our campaigns and we think it would be helpful for these businesses and organizations to be able to list their name rather than an individual's name.

For example, if Blackbaud, Inc. the company were fundraising for us, it looks a bit odd for it to display as John Smith's fundraising page even if he's the one that set it up.

The closest option we have right now is to split the organization's name into first and last names (First Name: Blackbaud Last Name: Inc.) but this doesn't play well with single word business names or the integrations which assume these are all individuals.

  • Sara Kruczynski
  • Oct 5 2020
  • Needs review
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  • Tammie Witczak commented
    20 May 02:59pm

    Hello, seems like recognizing the difference between organizations and individuals is a foundational function of any database. The fact that organizations are not being able to be created on the Just Giving donation or fundraiser form seems like it should be a given. Unfortunately, since the form treats everyone like an Individual it ports over information like an Individual, it is robbing your client time they could be spent on their mission (not fixing mistakes coming out of Just Giving.) Thank you for your attention to this matter!

  • Cheena DeAraujo-Desir commented
    8 May 08:07pm

    This issue has been close to a decade old with Just Giving. Since JG's inception, this has been a known issue. It needs to be prioritized and addressed. Folks have been asking for this very simple solution. As someone who has had to process these records, it is frustrating from a data entry and integrations standpoint that at some point you can't make time to address this issue.

  • Cheena DeAraujo-Desir commented
    8 May 08:06pm

    This issue has been close to a decade old with Just Giving. Since JG's inception, this has been a known issue. It needs to be prioritized and addressed. Folks have been asking for this very simple solution. As someone who has had to process these records, it is frustrating from a data entry standpoint

  • Julia Barron commented
    16 May, 2025 01:20pm

    Yes, please! This would save us a LOT of time.

  • Guest commented
    14 May, 2025 08:11pm

    Yes, please! This would save us a lot of trouble and help us better steward organizations who want to fundraise on our behalf.

  • Alice Tisdale commented
    12 May, 2025 02:14pm

    Yes please! Five years later, and this post is still just as relevant. Converting Individual records to org records after importing JG gifts is such a time-consuming task. What a simple but powerful change this would be!

  • Kelly Seigh commented
    2 Sep, 2021 04:37pm

    This would be a game changer, as the majority of fundraisers at my food bank are starting a fundraiser for their company. I just read Tara Sinicropi's comment and am in the same boat with the complicated integration between Just Giving and RENXT when it comes to companies.

  • Tara Sinicropi commented
    21 Oct, 2020 04:52pm

    Yes, please! This is a major headache with JustGiving for our nonprofit. There are many companies that want to set up a fundraiser to engage their employees in giving. It can be challenging to explain they have to set their profile up with the company name, and especially tough if their company name doesn't have two words to split across first name, last name.

    There's also the layer of how fundraisers integrate into NXT as individuals. Currently, if someone sets up a fundraiser on behalf of their company, the fundraiser will not show up on the Peer to Peer Fundraising tile on the company's record in NXT. The fundraiser will show up on the individual's record, or a completely new record with the company's name but individual's email. It makes it impossible to track the fundraisers companies host for us, because the information lives on an individual record and there is no way to reassign the fundraiser information in NXT.

  • Guest commented
    6 Oct, 2020 12:17pm

    I work with a JustGiving registered charity, and each year our community puts on a major grassroots fundraising effort for our Cancer Center. The majority of the fundraising comes through group activities put on by a business, local high school sports team, or other community organization. Additionally, in the 11th year of this fundraiser, members of our larger community associate certain businesses with the overall fundraiser. It would be very helpful, for group morale, ease of association, and consistency, to be able to override the name of the person who created the JustGiving page with the name of the group they are fundraising with. Thank you!

  • Katharine Conroy commented
    5 Oct, 2020 09:38pm

    I work with a JustGiving registered charity, and each year our community puts on a major grassroots fundraising effort for our Cancer Center. The majority of the fundraising comes through group activities put on by a business, local high school sports team, or other community organization. Additionally, in the 11th year of this fundraiser, members of our larger community associate certain businesses with the overall fundraiser. It would be very helpful, for group morale, ease of association, and consistency, to be able to override the name of the person who created the JustGiving page with the name of the group they are fundraising with. Thank you!