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Yesterday

MDemosWMF added a comment to T428014: Update Metadbase chariot board for changes.

@HAhmed-WMF All gateways across the Chariot gifts have been updated to Gateway = Chariot in Civi.

Wed, Jun 17, 5:21 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Tue, Jun 16

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

Noting here we have successfully processed 3 transactions through the Gr4vy flow and metadata looks good. However we are not seeing the donations in Civi. @Eileenmcnaughton is investigating.

Tue, Jun 16, 6:01 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Tue, Jun 9

MDemosWMF added a comment to T427550: Large DM Activity file to import - May 2026.

@Dwisehaupt Thanks!

Tue, Jun 9, 2:48 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-payments-general, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Mon, Jun 8

MDemosWMF added a comment to T427550: Large DM Activity file to import - May 2026.

Thanks @Lars! Let me know once it's live.

Mon, Jun 8, 9:16 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-payments-general, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Wed, Jun 3

MDemosWMF added a project to T428014: Update Metadbase chariot board for changes: FR-Donation-Processing.
Wed, Jun 3, 6:34 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Fri, May 29

MDemosWMF added a comment to T426620: When Civi import shows two contacts exist that match imported data, provide a link to merge them.

Sounds good!

Fri, May 29, 8:44 PM · fr-current-sprint, Fundraising Sprint: Infinity Pool, Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T427371: Manual Civi send now Thank You Email for Endowment DAF gifts includes tax information.

Thanks for spotting this @RLewis !

Fri, May 29, 8:43 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-MGFE
MDemosWMF added a comment to T427550: Large DM Activity file to import - May 2026.

Got it, thanks!

Fri, May 29, 4:28 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-payments-general, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Thu, May 28

MDemosWMF added a comment to T426620: When Civi import shows two contacts exist that match imported data, provide a link to merge them.

This is super helpful, thank you! I would say the 3 contacts would be helpful as well especially because those take a bit more time to merge.

Thu, May 28, 8:48 PM · fr-current-sprint, Fundraising Sprint: Infinity Pool, Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T415825: Chariot import - get api access and investigate pulling in DAF (in particular PayPal grants) directly.

@Eileenmcnaughton We shouldn't normally be getting planned gifts through Chariot. That was a one-off situation where we had to go in after and update the gift information.

Thu, May 28, 5:41 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

May 1 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

@Eileenmcnaughton Are Fund and Gift Type already set up? I know those are in the metadata as well.

May 1 2026, 4:50 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Apr 29 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T422728: Add custom fields to Direct Mail activities for segment and ask.

@Lars Ahh thank you!

Apr 29 2026, 5:12 PM · Fundraising Sprint Hutch Ado About Nothing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T422728: Add custom fields to Direct Mail activities for segment and ask.

@Lars File is linked here. Let me know what you find, thanks!

Apr 29 2026, 3:39 PM · Fundraising Sprint Hutch Ado About Nothing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Apr 28 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T422728: Add custom fields to Direct Mail activities for segment and ask.

@Lars I tried to import, but got this page - I assumed it was due to the changes made.

Apr 28 2026, 10:09 PM · Fundraising Sprint Hutch Ado About Nothing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T422728: Add custom fields to Direct Mail activities for segment and ask.

@MRitch-WMF I will need to hold off on uploading the Welcome Package activities Suzanne just sent over for April, but I don't think that should be an issue to wait until end of May, right?

Apr 28 2026, 9:40 PM · Fundraising Sprint Hutch Ado About Nothing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

Noting that we are currently testing and working through some troubleshooting with Gr4vy and Engage. Looping in @MRitch-WMF for visibility.

Apr 28 2026, 9:21 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T419044: Integrate Chariot to Civi for automated payment info updates.

Checking in on how this is going/if anything is needed on our end at this point. @Eileenmcnaughton Not sure if work on this has fully kicked off yet.

Apr 28 2026, 9:18 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog

Apr 15 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T422728: Add custom fields to Direct Mail activities for segment and ask.

@MRitch-WMF Good to know, thanks!

Apr 15 2026, 9:36 PM · Fundraising Sprint Hutch Ado About Nothing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T422728: Add custom fields to Direct Mail activities for segment and ask.

@MRitch-WMF Just an FYI that there will be a delay on importing the May DM activities since this update will be done during 5/11-5/15 and I will be OOO through 5/25. Will complete the import on 5/26 when I am back in office.

Apr 15 2026, 9:16 PM · Fundraising Sprint Hutch Ado About Nothing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Apr 3 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

MOTO has been enabled by Adyen and Gr4vy is doing some prep work before we are able to start live testing.

Apr 3 2026, 5:46 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Apr 1 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T420652: "With Contact" field not filled for some DM Activities.

@Lars Looks good to me, I'm not seeing any pop-up from today's activity import.

Apr 1 2026, 8:34 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T420652: "With Contact" field not filled for some DM Activities.

@Lars Sounds good, will do!

Apr 1 2026, 7:03 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T420652: "With Contact" field not filled for some DM Activities.

@Lars I've gotten a new batch of DM activities to import, should I hold off for now?

Apr 1 2026, 6:59 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

Yes, stocks through Bank of America are hand entered and gifts on pledges are hand entered since we don't currently have the capability of applying an imported gift to a pledge. Maybe a one-off from an EFT that MG has a more urgent need to be entered asap as well.

Apr 1 2026, 3:57 PM · FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Mar 30 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T368671: PDF Civi receipts - feature request.

@Lars @AKanji-WMF Some donors request a one-off TYL to be mailed to them or emailed in a PDF format. If we could have a letter generated that can then be printed and mailed from the office that would be great.

Mar 30 2026, 9:40 PM · FR-MGFE, FR-Donor-portal, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-donorrelations
MDemosWMF added a comment to T409994: Ensure new is_major_gift & gl code fields are fully and correctly populated.

@Eileenmcnaughton I am not sure exactly how its all allocated, maybe Erica has more insight. But on our end we differentiate between Endowment and Major gifts in our coding. So if the gift has been allocated by the donor to go to END or it is a QCD (gift type = retirement fund) or legacy gift (gift type = realized bequest) then the financial type = Endowment Gift and the Fund = Endowment Fund.

Mar 30 2026, 9:35 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, Patch-For-Review, Fundraising Sprint: Vixen, fr-current-sprint, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Mar 19 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T420652: "With Contact" field not filled for some DM Activities.

Thanks @Lars ! Yes, you can find all of the csv import files for FY2526 here including the January and March mailings. I'm hoping you are able to access that.

Mar 19 2026, 9:20 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated the task description for T420652: "With Contact" field not filled for some DM Activities.
Mar 19 2026, 8:47 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T420652: "With Contact" field not filled for some DM Activities.
Mar 19 2026, 8:45 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Mar 10 2026

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T404644: New batch data entry update: Vague error description.

@Lars Great! cc @BJordan-WMF @Elbar53

Mar 10 2026, 9:35 PM · 25 Dec Q3 Planning, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Mar 9 2026

MDemosWMF created T419483: Importing Benevity gifts from Chariot - Error.
Mar 9 2026, 10:22 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Dami's Crib 😀, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T419301: Large file for March DM Activity import.

@Eileenmcnaughton Got it, thanks!

Mar 9 2026, 4:36 PM · Fundraising Sprint - Entire room is a couch, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Mar 6 2026

MDemosWMF created T419301: Large file for March DM Activity import.
Mar 6 2026, 10:20 PM · Fundraising Sprint - Entire room is a couch, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Mar 4 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T419044: Integrate Chariot to Civi for automated payment info updates.

Related: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T415825

Mar 4 2026, 8:58 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 26 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

Hi all, due to some extra data security work that is needed on Gr4vy's side the testing stage has been pushed back to the week of March 9.

Feb 26 2026, 4:06 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 25 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

Thank you! I will follow up again once we are ready to go live with this new coding/processing through Gr4vy.

Feb 25 2026, 4:18 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 24 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

@JMando @Eileenmcnaughton We spoke to Gr4vy today and they should have their sandbox deployment work done by the end of this week. They plan to use next week for testing. @Eileenmcnaughton @Lars, do you think we can get the new Channel added to Civi before next week?

Feb 24 2026, 9:17 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 23 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

@JMando - @Eileenmcnaughton will need to add the channel to Civi and then Gr4vy has said they should be done with their work by end of February. Then we can start testing. At that point we will coordinate with fr-tech to translate the IPN Gr4vy sends and make sure these gifts are showing in Civi correctly. I can add updates to this thread as we follow Gr4vy's progress, etc. so everyone is aware of when changes are active.

Feb 23 2026, 8:21 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 18 2026

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.

@JMando Does adding this sub channel for Direct Mail cause any issue on your end? Could we add this to Direct Mail tracking so that both channels are getting pulled in?

Feb 18 2026, 11:18 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH.
Feb 18 2026, 11:15 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 9 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T415825: Chariot import - get api access and investigate pulling in DAF (in particular PayPal grants) directly.

Updating here that we've looped @Eileenmcnaughton in on our email thread with Chariot regarding this. They told us that dashboard APIs are going live later this month, which is what we'll need to get the data out of Chariot into Civi. We will have to wait until then to investigate further.

Feb 9 2026, 10:54 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Kondo-approved bare room, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T415295: Chariot import fails when there is no exact match found for organization name.

@Lars That's great! I will keep an eye out when I process this week.

Feb 9 2026, 5:58 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 6 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T416233: USD Benevity import Duplicate Error.

@Elbar53 you can relay the information to Caitlin/Evelyn and see what they say as far as urgency.

Feb 6 2026, 7:44 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T416233: USD Benevity import Duplicate Error.

Agreed! I think matching the zip would help as it seems that is more commonly included in the donor info. @Lars

Feb 6 2026, 6:55 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Feb 2 2026

MDemosWMF created T416233: USD Benevity import Duplicate Error.
Feb 2 2026, 7:13 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 28 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T411639: Share address and email between DAF and DAF owner when importing donations.

@Lars Just want to jump in on this and say since the gift data is recorded on the DAF when present that record gets pulled into our list to send TYLs to. So we would want the contact information there to send acknowledgements to by email or mailing address.

Jan 28 2026, 9:03 PM · FR-MGFE, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T415295: Chariot import fails when there is no exact match found for organization name.

@Lars It looks like we have the unique match rule for fidelity and Engage Organization import (below), but for Benevity we have the "first match" rule like you mentioned. I guess I am slightly confused on the difference between the two?

Screenshot 2026-01-28 at 1.29.14 PM.png (2,330×230 px, 58 KB)

Jan 28 2026, 7:34 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T411639: Share address and email between DAF and DAF owner when importing donations.

@Lars I would say save the existing data as secondary if it is different than what is already on the record. This would likely be our most up to date information if it was sent in with the gift, but the address/email history is still there. I agree with sharing from the Individual to the DAF so if one is updated with a new primary then both contacts are.

Jan 28 2026, 7:19 PM · FR-MGFE, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 27 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T415295: Chariot import fails when there is no exact match found for organization name.

I will go ahead and import the ones above!

Jan 27 2026, 10:45 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T415295: Chariot import fails when there is no exact match found for organization name.

@Lars I don't believe I have seen it before, or if I have it has been a long time. I think this error when it shows up for not creating any record at all is more of a hinderance because we want it to create the record if one doesn't exist. If it has the same details as something already in Civi the import should dedupe based on the dedupe rules in place so I don't see it as having much use right now.

Jan 27 2026, 10:44 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 23 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T415295: Chariot import fails when there is no exact match found for organization name.

@Lars Here is the error report for a recent Chariot Organization import: https://civicrm.wikimedia.org/civicrm/search#/display/Import_4084/Import_4084?_status=ERROR

Jan 23 2026, 10:19 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 22 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T415314: Date format isn't saved on import form for contacts if starting from Import Templates.

@Lars That's great, thanks for figuring this out!

Jan 22 2026, 10:11 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a project to T415295: Chariot import fails when there is no exact match found for organization name: FR-Donation-Processing.
Jan 22 2026, 7:03 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T414999: Paypal grant transactions in Civi not being matched to paypal audit file.

@Eileenmcnaughton The fields in the file are all that I have available to me for the data entry. I'm not sure if more information lives somewhere else in the Paypal console.

Jan 22 2026, 7:02 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Dami's Crib 😀, fr-current-sprint, FR-donorrelations, payments-orchestration, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 21 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T410574: NCOA Update import not working.

@Lars Tried again - here is the error and some screenshots to show formatting:

Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 11.25.53 AM.png (1,854×1,052 px, 276 KB)

Jan 21 2026, 5:28 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 20 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

@RLewis Yes, I would think if you are looking for a tally of incoming gift totals you would need to include the estimated incoming amount on the activity. I would say estimated because there are times where the tracker shows an amount the donor said they were giving but we receive a different amount. This is not super often, but just to be aware they can sometimes not match up. May not cause too much of an issue.

Jan 20 2026, 8:33 PM · FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T410574: NCOA Update import not working.

@Lars Very strange - I tried again and the same errors. Here is the page if you are able to take a look: https://civicrm.wikimedia.org/civicrm/import/contact?_qf_Preview_display=true&qfKey=CRMImportController7y2QRVY3fJNZ11BWuRaL6zUfnxFla32N0B5Z2tHs5c9iU_456

Jan 20 2026, 8:17 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T411555: Chariot import mapping template - 2 soft credits.

@Lars I don't have the error on hand at the moment, but basically it says there was no match found for that Organization name. Then I have to go in and create the record by hand before I can continue to import those gifts. This is using import template ID 3685. I will have more to import later in the week so I can get screenshots then.

Jan 20 2026, 8:00 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T414999: Paypal grant transactions in Civi not being matched to paypal audit file.
Jan 20 2026, 6:12 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Dami's Crib 😀, fr-current-sprint, FR-donorrelations, payments-orchestration, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T414999: Paypal grant transactions in Civi not being matched to paypal audit file.

@Eileenmcnaughton We enter the paypal grants using batch data entry weekly. All files are saved here that are exported from Paypal and have the donor/donation information if that helps! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wMdv7SWqyN09iWNJEGY-fVfu-CGtlTHB?usp=drive_link

Jan 20 2026, 6:12 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Dami's Crib 😀, fr-current-sprint, FR-donorrelations, payments-orchestration, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 15 2026

MDemosWMF created T414709: Large file to import - January DM Activities.
Jan 15 2026, 5:35 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 13 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T411555: Chariot import mapping template - 2 soft credits.

@Lars Yes, here are the current two we get the most volume through currently:

Jan 13 2026, 10:34 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T414391: Direct Mail Activity Import File - December 2025 List.

Thank you!

Jan 13 2026, 10:14 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T410574: NCOA Update import not working.

@Lars The same thing is happening with a new NCOA file. I also tried to open it as a google sheet and export as a .csv but it's not working for me. The file is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XY1WPeBuVFTjuBHOJj0v8pDlfPipKdq3/view?usp=drive_link. Any ideas why it's registering as an invalid date format?

Jan 13 2026, 9:54 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 12 2026

MDemosWMF created T414391: Direct Mail Activity Import File - December 2025 List.
Jan 12 2026, 10:38 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 9 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

@Lars Yes please do! I am not sure how that occurred but noticed it as well. We definitely want 'White Mail' and not the one without a space.

Jan 9 2026, 6:47 PM · FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Jan 8 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

@Eileenmcnaughton @Lars I don't know anything about the 'is major gift' but we are setting the fund info upon import of check gifts.

Jan 8 2026, 8:52 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jan 7 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

Ok I think I got these in! Imports should be complete now. @Lars @MRitch-WMF

Jan 7 2026, 9:55 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T405006: Exempt imports from Coworker pause due to high donation traffic.

@Lars Right, if it is an hour wait vs. causing other donation processing queue deadlocks perhaps we just roll with this unless it gets worse. @Elbar53 Does that sounds ok to you?

Jan 7 2026, 9:00 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 31 2025

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T405006: Exempt imports from Coworker pause due to high donation traffic.

@Lars Noting that @Elbar53 had an import that was paused today for quite a while, ~1 hr, but it did end up going through on its own. Wondering if it is related to this? Noting here in case.

Dec 31 2025, 7:59 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

@Lars Just imported that last large file, but there are 77 that came back with no matching CID - can you help find the correct CID and get these into Civi? https://civicrm.wikimedia.org/civicrm/search#/display/Import_3917/Import_3917?_status=ERROR

Dec 31 2025, 2:48 AM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 30 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

Thanks!

Dec 30 2025, 10:41 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

@Eileenmcnaughton Sorry I accidentally shared the wrong version of the file. Here is the correct one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KORv4UJlT8szYClqh8JGwv9nz0l1APLH/view?usp=drive_link

Dec 30 2025, 10:34 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

The other two updated files are imported!

Dec 30 2025, 8:30 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

@Lars Could you upload the Individual WMF file saved here to Civi so I can import the updated activities? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qdtzaIcii1JufTzV9g0WpNuM1dG8gnCI/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=110785378642940298706&rtpof=true&sd=true

Dec 30 2025, 8:25 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 23 2025

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T412329: Cannot create batch import (intermittent).
Dec 23 2025, 5:17 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 16 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T412767: DM Package Code Error.

@Lars Thanks for sorting this out! I am out the rest of the week, so if we need this in sooner I won't be able to but can put it on my to-dos for next week.

Dec 16 2025, 8:26 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 9 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T411555: Chariot import mapping template - 2 soft credits.

@Lars Was wondering if in the meantime we would be able to create two import templates for linked payers we are getting majority of gifts through currently: Groundswell and Daffy. Or is that too much work? Depending on the lift this could help cover our needs between now and getting the double soft credit feature for imports. Otherwise we are having to add that banking institution to each contribution manually since I don't think adding a soft credit/type is available as a mass update field in Civi (if we were to try and add the soft credit in bulk after import).

Dec 9 2025, 5:50 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 4 2025

MDemosWMF added a project to T396511: Support for MOTO transactions for direct mail: FR-Donation-Processing.
Dec 4 2025, 6:57 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a project to T405006: Exempt imports from Coworker pause due to high donation traffic: FR-Donation-Processing.
Dec 4 2025, 6:56 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 3 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T411639: Share address and email between DAF and DAF owner when importing donations.

@Lars Agreed, I think creating the address for the individual and then sharing that with the DAF in an automated way would be a big help. This also applied to our batch data entry work. Not only if this is information is coming in through an import, but also if there is that DAF relationship link for an Org and individual that already exist in Civi for it to auto apply to the DAF if there is no address/email info there.

Dec 3 2025, 3:46 PM · FR-MGFE, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T411555: Chariot import mapping template - 2 soft credits.

@Lars Ah I think I understand, yes it would be ideal to automate this if we can! Perhaps alongside the 2026 work.

Dec 3 2025, 3:21 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Dec 2 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T411555: Chariot import mapping template - 2 soft credits.

@Lars good to know about the second soft credit difficulty level. It's great having that feature in batch data entry and was hoping there could be something similar for imports where we can map two different soft credits and soft credit types to the contribution for importing DAFs. We are hoping to utilized DAFpay more especially in 2026 so it would be great to have this on a roadmap for an early 2026 timeframe if we can. Let me know how that sounds. I think we are planning to use this payment method in Direct Mail down the road as well and we will need this capability if we are going to be able to scale on this payment method.

Dec 2 2025, 10:58 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T411555: Chariot import mapping template - 2 soft credits.
Dec 2 2025, 9:41 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T410930: Import for appeal/package codes.

@Lars Thanks this is a big help! Will note that link to import future appeal/package codes.

Dec 2 2025, 6:53 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Xiaolongbao, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 26 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T410789: CIDs in November Direct Mail list are not found in Civi - Cannot import Activity Update.

Thank you @Lars ! These are now in Civi.

Nov 26 2025, 8:46 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 25 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T410930: Import for appeal/package codes.

@Lars Here are the two files. All of the appeal codes are already in Civi, but I created a file as an example in case it is helpful for setup.

Nov 25 2025, 10:10 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Xiaolongbao, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 24 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T406771: Develop process to prevent direct mail being sent to long-deleted cids.

The full list @JMando would be able to weigh in on. I believe they have a static universe of CIDs they are working with, but not all are pulled in for each mailing. So not sure if it makes sense to run the whole universe to check for merges at a certain frequency or if we would rather run the specific lists for each mailing as we plan who is being pulled in.

Nov 24 2025, 8:29 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T410789: CIDs in November Direct Mail list are not found in Civi - Cannot import Activity Update.

@Lars Woops thanks! I have not done that before, but if you send the steps I could try it out.

Nov 24 2025, 8:26 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406771: Develop process to prevent direct mail being sent to long-deleted cids.

@Lars I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Faircom creates the full list of CIDs as far as those that are chosen to mail to for each campaign. So if you wanted to look at those ahead of time they would need to send them over so they could be updated if needed with a new CID before finalizing.

Nov 24 2025, 8:21 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T410930: Import for appeal/package codes.
Nov 24 2025, 6:03 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Xiaolongbao, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T410789: CIDs in November Direct Mail list are not found in Civi - Cannot import Activity Update.

@Lars @Anil1956 The only outstanding piece is re-importing those 305 errors with the correct CIDs. Not sure if that was done on your end or can you provide a file with that data to re-import?

Nov 24 2025, 5:37 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 21 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T410574: NCOA Update import not working.

@Lars I tried to update the date in the file and reimport with the YYYY-MM-DD format and correct CIDs, but when I do the import the updates I made to the date format in the file are not reflected. I tried to save multiple times and reimport, but it is not showing that I changed it to YYYY-MM-DD in the file. Any ideas?

Nov 21 2025, 9:06 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T410574: NCOA Update import not working.

@Lars Thanks! It looks like those are a part of the Faircom using old CID issue. I will try to find the new CIDs myself since there are so few and reimport.

Nov 21 2025, 8:52 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T410789: CIDs in November Direct Mail list are not found in Civi - Cannot import Activity Update.
Nov 21 2025, 8:34 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 20 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T410574: NCOA Update import not working.

@Lars I just tried to adjust again and it is still coming back with the error:

Nov 20 2025, 9:58 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T410669: Direct Mail Activity Import File - November 2025 List.

@Lars Got it, thanks!

Nov 20 2025, 7:28 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T410669: Direct Mail Activity Import File - November 2025 List.
Nov 20 2025, 4:40 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 19 2025

MDemosWMF created T410574: NCOA Update import not working.
Nov 19 2025, 10:41 PM · Patch-For-Review, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Nov 14 2025

MDemosWMF added a comment to T410078: How to add addition Batch entry templates to top toolbar.

@Lars I got it! Thanks! @Elbar53 @BJordan-WMF This is now implemented in the Navigation menu for batch data entry

Nov 14 2025, 8:39 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog