Events: Stretch Goals

Events: Stretch Goals

Reaching a fundraising target is an exciting milestone, but it doesn't have to mean the end of a participant's fundraising journey. Stretch Goals give fundraisers the opportunity to aim higher, maintain momentum, and encourage continued support without changing their original fundraising target.

This article explains how to enable Stretch Goals for online events and how participants can set and manage them from their fundraising dashboard.

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What is a Stretch Goal?

A Stretch Goal allows individual fundraisers in an online event to set a higher fundraising target in addition to their original goal, helping them maintain momentum and encourage continued donations.

If stretch goals are enabled for an event, participants can set a stretch goal at any time from the Edit My Page tab on their fundraising dashboard. The stretch goal amount must be higher than their original fundraising target or their current amount raised, whichever is greater.

Once a participant reaches their original fundraising target, their fundraising page automatically updates to display progress towards the stretch goal. The original target remains visible as a milestone marker on the fundraising progress bar.

For example, if a participant's original fundraising target is $100 and their stretch goal is $200, the progress bar will update to show the $200 goal once they've raised $100.

Enabling Stretch Goals for online events

Stretch goals are available for individual fundraisers in online events and must be enabled in the event settings before participants can access them from their fundraising dashboard.

To enable stretch goals:

1

From the side navigation, go to Fundraising > Events > View Online Events.

2

Locate the event and click the edit icon.

3

Under Online Event Options in the middle navigation, select Fundraising Options.

4

Select the Individual Fundraising tab.

5

In the Individual Fundraising Defaults section, set Stretch Goal to:

• Yes: To allow participants to set a stretch goal from their fundraising dashboard.
• No: To hide the stretch goal option from their fundraising dashboard.

6

Click Save.

Participant experience: Setting a Stretch Goal from the fundraising dashboard

Once Stretch Goals are enabled for individual fundraisers in an online event, participants can set or manage their stretch goal from their fundraising dashboard.

To set a stretch goal:

1

From the fundraising dashboard, select the Edit My Page tab.

2

In the Stretch Goal section, toggle Set it now or anytime on to display the stretch goal settings.

3

Enter the desired amount in the Stretch Goal Amount field.

4

Optional: Use the percentage buttons to increase the stretch goal amount by a predefined percentage. The Stretch Goal Amount field will automatically update to reflect the increase.

5

Click Update Details to save the stretch goal.

Once saved, the Stretch Goal will automatically appear on the participant's fundraising page when they reach their original fundraising target.