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Wed, Oct 7

MDemosWMF added a comment to T397976: Civi: display direct mail recipients more prominently to reduce visibility gap.

@Lars - @SHust and I were able to create a view using a searchkit form that can be pulled into a custom contact summary layout that shows the direct mail activities on that record on the summary page (subject, activity date, type). We have done that for both DP and DR team views in Civi, perhaps that solves some or all of this request? Could be a foundation we can use to make edits to if needed. Example screenshot below.

Screenshot 2026-10-07 at 2.08.42 PM.png (1,134×960 px, 117 KB)

Wed, Oct 7, 12:20 PM · FR-Audience-Dev, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-donorrelations, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog

Thu, Oct 1

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

@Lars It worked! Thank you!

Thu, Oct 1, 9:32 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406662: Automate - MGGO appeal update.

I agree with that! @RLewis How does that look to you?

Thu, Oct 1, 9:10 PM · Patch-For-Review, Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-MGFE, FR-WMF-Audit, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406662: Automate - MGGO appeal update.

@Lars @RLewis The rules were pretty fuzzy around this - basically I would look at the results each week and if a new appeal code outside of the types Lars listed above (Usually a DM or Event appeal) showed I would add them to the searchkit so they would not get pulled in and overwritten. I agree with Lars it would be onerous to keep having to add new appeals as they come in once this is automated, so identifying all those we can overwrite might be the way to go. I am just unsure how any outside of DM or Events are created and if more will be created that can be overwritten and aren't on that current list.

Thu, Oct 1, 8:37 PM · Patch-For-Review, Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-MGFE, FR-WMF-Audit, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T406662: Automate - MGGO appeal update.
Thu, Oct 1, 5:22 PM · Patch-For-Review, Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-MGFE, FR-WMF-Audit, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Wed, Sep 30

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

Got it, thank you!

Wed, Sep 30, 10:53 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406771: Develop process to prevent direct mail being sent to long-deleted cids.

Noting that we had no issues with the DM activity imports for Sept mailing, only saw errors with the NCOA import.

Wed, Sep 30, 10:12 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406771: Develop process to prevent direct mail being sent to long-deleted cids.

Civi link: https://civicrm.wikimedia.org/civicrm/queue/monitor?name=user_job_5456

Wed, Sep 30, 10:08 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406771: Develop process to prevent direct mail being sent to long-deleted cids.

@Lars After the NCOA import we got back 38 errors "no contact found for this contact ID" file is saved here.

Wed, Sep 30, 10:08 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T406662: Automate - MGGO appeal update.

Thanks @Lars yes, that matches the criteria we have in the SK.

Wed, Sep 30, 5:17 PM · Patch-For-Review, Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-MGFE, FR-WMF-Audit, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Tue, Sep 29

MDemosWMF added a comment to T439463: Direct Mail Activity Import File - September 2026 List.

@Eileenmcnaughton Received! Thank you!

Tue, Sep 29, 7:49 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Random Posture Generators, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Mon, Sep 28

MDemosWMF created T439463: Direct Mail Activity Import File - September 2026 List.
Mon, Sep 28, 7:51 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Random Posture Generators, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T429835: Adding check number field to DAFpay payment method.

@Lars In the meantime we are changing money order to 'check' and importing money order # to check # please let us know when this update is made so we can revert back to coding as 'money order.'

Mon, Sep 28, 6:26 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T405043: Chariot DAFpay button integration - donation form.

Mentioned in combowiki call today - let me know if anything is needed and I can loop in our contacts at Chariot to support this work.

Mon, Sep 28, 5:45 PM · fr-combowiki, Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, 25 Dec Q3 Planning, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Fri, Sep 25

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T429835: Adding check number field to DAFpay payment method.
Fri, Sep 25, 9:15 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T429835: Adding check number field to DAFpay payment method.

Thanks @Lars + @Eileenmcnaughton please keep us updated!

Fri, Sep 25, 9:14 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog

Thu, Sep 24

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T439167: Imported contact being merged to Anonymous (72).

@Lars My ideal is #3 since we actually ran into this with DAFpay gifts (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429835) as well where we want payment method = DAFpay, but to enter a check number if it comes in as a check. cc @Eileenmcnaughton for her awareness

Thu, Sep 24, 9:20 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T439167: Imported contact being merged to Anonymous (72).

@Lars From what I recall this had been mapped this way because when you select Money Order as a payment method the 'check number' field disappears in Civi. If you can fix that we could definitely re-map to check number! We just didn't have a place to put that money order number.

Thu, Sep 24, 8:45 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Wed, Sep 23

MDemosWMF added a comment to T412329: Cannot create batch import (intermittent).

@Elbar53 has not, waiting to hear back from @BJordan-WMF.

Wed, Sep 23, 9:12 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T436895: OfflineGifts - overflow.

@Eileenmcnaughton Contribution moved to 'paid out' in Overflow but I'm not seeing it on CID 6061257.

Wed, Sep 23, 3:48 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Quiz Show Podium, FR-WMF-Audit, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Tue, Sep 22

MDemosWMF added a comment to T434155: Chariot data issue - omitting 'and' in Fidelity gifts.

Noting this is still happening - most recent 9/21 Chariot donation ID: donation_01m336k200wbb0r8w11gm47chs, CID
71392020 @Eileenmcnaughton

Tue, Sep 22, 7:47 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Mon, Sep 21

MDemosWMF added a comment to T425577: Improve matching gift verification & thank you process.

Great, thanks @Lars !

Mon, Sep 21, 9:39 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-donorrelations, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH (moto).

@dmiranda Just checking in on how things are looking with the credit card work on this task, thanks!

Mon, Sep 21, 9:38 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T425577: Improve matching gift verification & thank you process.

@Lars Just checking in on the status of this, still thinking before Oct?

Mon, Sep 21, 6:42 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-donorrelations, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

@MRitch-WMF above said the White Mail code on the BRE would technically be the more accurate attribution as it is directly connected to the appeal they are responding to. @MRitch-WMF Can you confirm that's correct that you don't want that appeal overwritten?

Mon, Sep 21, 6:01 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-current-sprint, FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

@Lars It's only adjusting the 'Fund' field information to online vs major gifts. Analytics requested we update just the whitemail (appeal ending in FWM) WMF DM with that rule about a year ago so Engage can reflect it in their files to us.

Mon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-current-sprint, FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

Just sent that request!

Mon, Sep 21, 3:46 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-current-sprint, FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

@Lars I would lean towards having that information included if it's not too big of an add, just to support any analysis needed in the future and not have to pull in fr-tech if we need that insight.

Mon, Sep 21, 2:36 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-current-sprint, FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Thu, Sep 17

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

@Lars I heard from Faircom they weren't able to make the CID updates to the September DM mailing list and there were about 12K old CIDs in the list. After this mailing we should have the new system in place, but the timing didn't work out for this first mailing. If the old CID is not fully deleted, should it automatically import to the merged CID if we get returns from those merged CIDs? cc @Elbar53

Thu, Sep 17, 3:14 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Wed, Sep 16

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

@Lars Good to know! I would defer to @RLewis / @MRitch-WMF on if we want that more Civi facing. I could see it being helpful to not have to bother fr-tech for insight into this if that comes up. But if that adds a lot of work, probably not a must have.

Wed, Sep 16, 3:47 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-current-sprint, FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T386031: Automate some Direct Mail white mail coding.

@Lars Thanks for laying out the logic above. I think that sounds good overall. We may just want to confirm that this attribution is agreed upon as far as using a DM activity even though it's possible the gift could have been inspired by other outreach like email, banner, etc. @RLewis to confirm and maybe we loop in @MRitch-WMF so she is aware as well? I am curious if we would want to be able to identify these types of automated attributions just to differentiate which were "back-filled?" Some kind of marking on the contribution record maybe? Just a thought, not sure if that would be something we might want visibility into down the road.

Wed, Sep 16, 3:35 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-current-sprint, FR-MGFE, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-direct-mail, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Sep 3 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T436895: OfflineGifts - overflow.

@Eileenmcnaughton Since we only use Overflow for stock now there shouldn't be any need for banking institution soft credit. Exciting to try to automate these!

Sep 3 2026, 5:24 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Quiz Show Podium, FR-WMF-Audit, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Sep 2 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@Lars I think Mariana mentioned she wanted subsequent recurring TYs suppressed. Just wanted to see if there was already a trigger setup to suppress these for internal recurring that we could use to suppress the TY for these subsequent GFM recurring that we will be importing as well. Hoping to avoid as much manual work within the import as we can before importing, but we can suppress it by adding the 'No TY reason' field if needed.

Sep 2 2026, 4:51 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@Lars from the fields available they do have "New vs. Existing Recurring" so I believe we could see if it is initial or subsequent and add financial type accordingly. Do you know if Civi is setup to automatically suppress TY for financial type = "Recurring Gift - Cash" for subsequent recurring donations? Otherwise I will need to suppress in file manually.

Sep 2 2026, 4:23 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog

Sep 1 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@Lars I agree, if we could use a flag of some kind for recurring outside of our internal flows, that would be easiest. I would just need to know what that field is in Civi.

Sep 1 2026, 9:00 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T433406: Explore DoubleTheDonation integration.

@Lars @Ejegg I was just given access to the DTD BAR in coupa and see the note on the security review shows this:

Sep 1 2026, 6:08 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, fr-combowiki, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, MediaWiki-extensions-DonationInterface, FR-matching-gifts, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 31 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T433441: Adding new anonymous flag to Chariot email alerts.

@Eileenmcnaughton The field name in Chariot that will have the Endowment and Anonymous flags has been updated to "Flag" - the policy in Chariot has been written as well. Just need to make sure it is set up on the Civi side when you are able.

Aug 31 2026, 4:18 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 28 2026

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

@Cstone Any updates on the credit card Gr4vy work? I see a couple subtasks for the webhook and capture job in progress. Let me know if there is anything further we need from Gr4vy.

Aug 28 2026, 7:05 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 27 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T430982: Set expiration for Complete with Errors imports to one month in the future.

Thanks @Lars !

Aug 27 2026, 5:44 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Quiz Show Podium, Patch-For-Review, fr-current-sprint, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T435643: Duplicate banking institution soft credit.

@Eileenmcnaughton Strange, seems to be working for me now, too. I went back and cleaned up a few others that had the same duplicate issues and the changes saved.

Aug 27 2026, 5:35 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 21 2026

MDemosWMF created T435643: Duplicate banking institution soft credit.
Aug 21 2026, 5:22 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T434317: Chariot data issue - DAFpay payment method.

These have been cleaned up in Civi.

Aug 21 2026, 4:54 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 20 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@MSuijkerbuijk_WMF We could still send a thank you letter from us as well, but since these imports will be done weekly they wouldn't be getting the letter at the time of donation. It could still be a nice thank you from us, but they would be getting one through GFM at the time of donation and then another from us a bit delayed. Let me know what is preferred.

Aug 20 2026, 2:36 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 19 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@Lars it looks like GoFundMe handles all TYLs at the time of the donation:

Aug 19 2026, 8:10 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@Lars @MSuijkerbuijk_WMF For those opting into email - what field in Civi should this align to? I see a general 'Opt-in' in the Communications box, but want to confirm.

Screenshot 2026-08-19 at 1.32.56 PM.png (1,114×186 px, 19 KB)

Aug 19 2026, 6:42 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH (moto).

Gr4vy ACH update: They've made the changes to add the secCode for ACH. It runs OK on our account and we are getting a successful response.
Charlotte will run a test against the wiki sandbox so we can get Charlotte to check and ensure the transaction data is correct.

Aug 19 2026, 6:30 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 18 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T433441: Adding new anonymous flag to Chariot email alerts.

As discussed with @Eileenmcnaughton I will build out this new policy in Chariot and coordinate with her to enable the alert emails with this new flag.

Aug 18 2026, 11:02 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T434155: Chariot data issue - omitting 'and' in Fidelity gifts.

Newer example: CID 70927467

Aug 18 2026, 10:43 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T434153: Chariot data issue - Individual Name cut off.

@Eileenmcnaughton I cleaned this one up!

Aug 18 2026, 8:47 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T434155: Chariot data issue - omitting 'and' in Fidelity gifts.

@Eileenmcnaughton The 'and' is in the data from Chariot so it seems it is something on the Civi side?

Aug 18 2026, 5:59 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@MSuijkerbuijk_WMF @Lars Great, thanks for confirming! We can keep it simple for now, no soft credits.

Aug 18 2026, 5:51 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 14 2026

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

Sounds good!

Aug 14 2026, 4:13 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

@Ejegg @Lars Looks like we will be moving forward with imports. I am trying to think of the best coding for these gifts and I recall there being mention of existing P2P infrastructure in Civi. Is there any more info on what that might be? Not sure if it will be useful for us or not, but we may want to use it depending on what it is.

Aug 14 2026, 4:09 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T432890: GoFundMe integration.

Mariana has approved us going with the following option:
Spend the $3k for GFM Pro for 6 months, essentially so we can have these donations come into our Stripe account, so that we could import them into Civi without breaking things (though we may still have some issues to work out for reconciliation).

Aug 14 2026, 4:04 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH (moto).

Update on ACH MOTO. We should be able to use Adyen's ACH services. Gr4vy has said they are approximately 90% ready with the implementation. They currently need to add a connection option to configure the secCode, as it cannot be determined solely by the MOTO flag due to MOTO capturing both phone and mail use cases without differentiation. They have said this should be ready week of 8/17.

Aug 14 2026, 3:23 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 12 2026

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T406771: Develop process to prevent direct mail being sent to long-deleted cids.

@Lars Sounds good. We can keep you updated if we hit anything during the next DM activity import. Looks like we should get that list around 8/25. As a heads up I will be training @Elbar53 on these imports and she will be taking over moving forward.

Aug 12 2026, 9:53 PM · Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T432813: MG Stripe account - Donation coming through stripe GiveLively not in civi or not clear.

@Eileenmcnaughton @SBurnett-WMF did reach out and I shared this information with her: It seems like these are coming through Charity Navigator/Give Lively and then getting processed through stripe/deposited into our bank account. So I don't think these are related to events? But @JSimmons might be able to confirm. Finance has not been providing these to us in our EFT lists so they have not been getting entered.

Aug 12 2026, 4:34 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Quiz Show Podium, FR-WMF-Audit, Fundraising-Backlog, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Aug 7 2026

MDemosWMF created T434317: Chariot data issue - DAFpay payment method.
Aug 7 2026, 3:59 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 6 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T434152: Chariot data issue - Email in Name field.

@Ejegg Strange! I'm thinking we would want the name to get filled in as anonymous instead of blank? But keep the email on the record.

Aug 6 2026, 6:23 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T434201: Add appeal code to DAF donations on import.

I like that idea!

Aug 6 2026, 6:15 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-MGFE, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T434201: Add appeal code to DAF donations on import.

@Lars For this 8/24 email we can use the Chariot workaround to bridge the gap if needed.

Aug 6 2026, 3:57 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-MGFE, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 5 2026

MDemosWMF created T434155: Chariot data issue - omitting 'and' in Fidelity gifts.
Aug 5 2026, 10:55 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T434153: Chariot data issue - Individual Name cut off.
Aug 5 2026, 10:42 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T434152: Chariot data issue - Email in Name field.
Aug 5 2026, 10:38 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T433440: Chariot data formatting in Civi.

@Eileenmcnaughton TY!

Aug 5 2026, 10:31 PM · fr-current-sprint, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Aug 3 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T433439: Chariot gift matched to wrong person in Civi.

@Eileenmcnaughton thank you!

Aug 3 2026, 10:47 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH (moto).

Gr4vy metadata updates are now in sandbox and production. @Cstone

Aug 3 2026, 4:56 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 28 2026

MDemosWMF created T433441: Adding new anonymous flag to Chariot email alerts.
Jul 28 2026, 10:08 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T433440: Chariot data formatting in Civi.
Jul 28 2026, 9:57 PM · fr-current-sprint, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF created T433439: Chariot gift matched to wrong person in Civi.
Jul 28 2026, 9:54 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 23 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T429835: Adding check number field to DAFpay payment method.

@Eileenmcnaughton Are you able to look into this now?

Jul 23 2026, 10:04 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH (moto).

Gr4vy has said metadata change should be available next week, no update on webhook work yet.

Jul 23 2026, 9:57 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 22 2026

MDemosWMF updated the task description for T432890: GoFundMe integration.
Jul 22 2026, 4:42 PM · Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-payments-general, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 20 2026

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

Gr4vy to update metadata from cid to customer_id > This will be week of 7/20.

Jul 20 2026, 10:30 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 16 2026

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

@AKanji-WMF Would you be able to assist with asessing how this work will fit into fr-tech's other priorities? A timeline for this will help @MRitch-WMF plan when we can incorporate recurring CC into future DM campaigns. Thanks!

Jul 16 2026, 3:39 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 15 2026

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

Action Items from 7/14 call:

Jul 15 2026, 4:43 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 10 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T425577: Improve matching gift verification & thank you process.

@Lars Sounds good, appreciate the update!

Jul 10 2026, 4:01 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-donorrelations, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 9 2026

MDemosWMF added a comment to T425577: Improve matching gift verification & thank you process.

@Lars Thanks for thinking through how to make this process more efficient! Wondering where this is in the roadmap? Katie is handing off this verification work to Ellen in the next couple of weeks and we would like to have this before October at the latest when volume picks up. @KHansen can continue to work with you on this as needed and then @Elbar53 can be trained in the updated process when complete.

Jul 9 2026, 8:34 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-donorrelations, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jul 7 2026

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

@HAhmed-WMF Thanks for flagging. We do want to be able to drill into that group as well. Matching can come in through Chariot Disbursements currently so noting there is some overlap there, but lets keep the insight we have into these gifts as a subcategory.

Jul 7 2026, 10:21 PM · fr-tech-maintenance, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM
MDemosWMF added a comment to T428014: Update Metadbase chariot board for changes.

@HAhmed-WMF Has this update been applied to Metabase yet?

Jul 7 2026, 3:54 PM · fr-tech-maintenance, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Jun 29 2026

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

@HAhmed-WMF That's right! Thank you!

Jun 29 2026, 4:57 PM · fr-tech-maintenance, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Jun 24 2026

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

Gr4vy is currently working on adding the customer details to the webhook. No ETA for that yet.

Jun 24 2026, 12:34 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jun 23 2026

MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T425577: Improve matching gift verification & thank you process.
Jun 23 2026, 7:45 PM · Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-donorrelations, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T404644: New batch data entry update: Vague error description.

Thank you @Lars and core team! Looks like a great update to that feature. We will see how it works in our next batches!

Jun 23 2026, 4:36 PM · 25 Dec Q3 Planning, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF updated subscribers of T429835: Adding check number field to DAFpay payment method.
Jun 23 2026, 4:17 PM · FR-Donation-Processing, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap, Fundraising-Backlog
MDemosWMF added a comment to T417842: Engage <> Gr4vy for Direct Mail CC and ACH (moto).

@Eileenmcnaughton - @Cstone Said in slack that these gifts had actually been imported in Civi from an Engage file. Just want to make sure we are not duplicating anything. Are you updating those imported gifts with the Gr4vy info?

Jun 23 2026, 2:22 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jun 17 2026

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.

Jun 17 2026, 5:21 PM · fr-tech-maintenance, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

Jun 16 2026

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

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.

Jun 16 2026, 6:01 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Shelf Aware, Epic, fr-current-sprint, Patch-For-Review, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, FR-Donation-Processing, Fundraising-Backlog

Jun 9 2026

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

@Dwisehaupt Thanks!

Jun 9 2026, 2:48 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-payments-general, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jun 8 2026

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

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

Jun 8 2026, 9:16 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-payments-general, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

Jun 3 2026

MDemosWMF added a project to T428014: Update Metadbase chariot board for changes: FR-Donation-Processing.
Jun 3 2026, 6:34 PM · fr-tech-maintenance, Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., Civi RoadMap FY 26-27, FR-Donation-Processing, fr-current-sprint, Fundraising-Backlog, FR-WMF-Audit, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM

May 29 2026

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!

May 29 2026, 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 !

May 29 2026, 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!

May 29 2026, 4:28 PM · Fundraising Tech - Chaos Crew, FR-payments-general, Wikimedia-Fundraising-CiviCRM, Fundraising-Backlog

May 28 2026

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.

May 28 2026, 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.

May 28 2026, 5:41 PM · Fundraising Sprint: Notorious B.E.D., Patch-For-Review, FR-payments-general, 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 (moto).

@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: Shelf Aware, Epic, 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