Core Docs - Church Management - Configure Fundraising Opportunities

Rock Version: v20.0
Last Modified: 2026-04-24 11:51 AM

Keep in mind that each fundraising opportunity is a group. You'll manage the opportunities from the Group Viewer.

Ok, but that's the boring part. Let's start looking at how these groups are displayed on your external site! Out of the box Rock configures several pages to view fundraising opportunities. The pages are displayed under the Missions pages (found under the Connect menu item). The missions page lists the various opportunities that are marked Show Public. Keep in mind that this block can be filtered by the Fundraising Opportunity Type (e.g., Trip, Internship, Project).

Selecting one of the opportunities will take you to its detail page. In the example below, Ted (who is leading this particular mission trip) is viewing the page. Since we know it's Ted, a summary of his Fundraising Progress is shown. Links are also displayed to take him to his participant's page and for him to make a payment. Also, note that since Ted is a leader for this opportunity, he has access to a leader toolbox.

Pictured below is the same page, but with a fundraising group that's configured to use families. In this case both Ted and Cindy are in the group, and their individual fundraising goals become combined into a single family goal. Note there is a single Make Payment button for the family, but each member has their own Participant Page.

This page is also used for the general public to view. It allows them to easily register for the opportunity if a registration instance was provided.

Fundraising Opportunities can also optionally be configured with a Content Channel for providing updates. When configured, a new tab will be shown to display these updates.

Another optional setting is to allow commenting on the opportunity. This tab will display a Rock notes control. Keep in mind that this feature currently doesn't allow for approving comments and does not email when new comments are added.

Each opportunity participant has a personalized page that they can share with others to help generate interest and help encourage funding.

As pictured below in green, red and yellow, the participant can use this page to track documents that are needed for the trip and, if configured, launch a workflow to upload those documents. These are really just group requirements that have been added to the fundraising group. They could be used to track things like documents, attendance in classes or background checks. In this example, Ted has a driver's license on file but hasn't provided his passport yet. He hasn't submitted his trip insurance either, but it's not due until a date in the future, so Ted is currently in a warning state.

Viewing Group Requirements
Requirements are only visible to the individual participants, people in their family (if the fundraising group has a Participation Type of Family) and trip leaders.
Note, this means that if Ted is logged in, he should see everyone in his family who is in the group even if he is not in the group himself. This allows him to view the details for his children and make payments. 

Each participant can provide a custom opportunity introduction and edit their profile image from their personalized page. This block can also be configured to edit specific person attributes if you wish, such as the Facebook example pictured below.

If the person logged in is the participant, they can also view the gifts that have been given near the bottom of the page by selecting Contributions.

If someone doesn't have a link to a participant's profile page, they can choose to give from the opportunity detail page and select the participant they would like to fund.

If the fundraising group is set up for families, and if more than one person from the same family is in the group, you can give to the family as a whole.

After selecting a participant and clicking Next from the page pictured above, the person will be brought to the Fundraising Transaction Entry page pictured below. There are many block settings for this block, so be sure to review them to ensure this process matches your organization's needs.