Some gifts happen in a moment. A donor walks up during a service, passes a giving station on the way out of an exhibit, or stops by a table at your event.
Quick Donate is a kiosk mode built for those moments. A donor selects an amount, swipes a card, and they're done. Donors don’t have to log in or enter contact information, which keeps things moving. Each gift appears in Bloomerang Fundraising as a one-time donation.
Why Should I Use Quick Donate on My Kiosk?
Capture giving you'd otherwise miss. Cash is fading, and not every donor will stop to fill out a form. Quick Donate turns a passing moment into a completed gift.
Keep the line moving. With a two-tap flow and a confirmation screen that clears itself, one donor finishes and the next steps right up. No staff required.
Meet donors where they gather. Quick Donate works for tithing during a service, drop-in stations in a lobby, ambient giving at a gala, or a table at a community event.
See every gift in one place. Quick Donate gifts appear in Bloomerang Fundraising with the rest of your giving, so your reporting stays whole.
How Does It Work?
Setup: Choose one restriction that all gifts apply to, and select up to five donation amounts.
Donations: Donors tap one of your present amounts, which appear in ascending order. (Donors can’t enter a custom amount.) To pay, donors swipe, insert, or tap their card.
Confirmations: A thank-you screen confirms the gift. Donors don't receive an email receipt because their account and contact information isn’t collected during the donation.
Kiosk reset: After five seconds, the kiosk automatically returns to the amount screen, ready for the next donor.
Every Quick Donate gift is recorded as an anonymous, one-time donation tied to your chosen restriction.
Requirements
iOS or Android tablet
Bloomerang Fundraising mobile app installed on your tablet
Card reader connected to your tablet. If you use Bloomerang Payments, connect a Stripe M2 card reader so donors can tap, insert, or swipe their card. If you use another merchant, connect an IDTech reader so donors can insert or swipe their card. Tap isn’t supported for IDTech readers.
Step 1: Request a Kiosk in Quick Donate Mode
Email [email protected] to request two things:
A kiosk, if you haven’t already requested one. The kiosk is associated with a specific form.
Quick Donate mode for that kiosk.
Step 2: Set Up Your Kiosk for Quick Donations
After our Support team enables Quick Donate mode for your kiosk, you can now set up your kiosk to accept Quick Donations. In the Bloomerang Fundraising web application, you select:
One restriction: How these gifts are attributed. Every gift from a Quick Donate kiosk applies to a single restriction.
Amounts: Up to five preset amounts. Use a range that fits how your supporters typically give. Donors can’t enter a custom amount.
Wording (optional): Change the wording that appears on your kiosk to match your organization’s voice. If you change the wording on a Quick Donate kiosk, wording on other kiosks isn’t affected.
You can also customize the color theme and logo of your kiosk.
Select a Restriction, Add Amounts, and Edit Wording
To set up your kiosk to accept Quick Donations:
Open the Bloomerang Fundraising web application.
Click Forms.
Click the form associated with your kiosk.
Click Kiosks.
Next to the kiosk you want to set up, click Edit.
Click Quick Donate.
From the Associate Navigation Item With Specific Restriction list, select the restriction you want all Quick Donate gifts to apply to.
In the Associate Navigation Item With Specific Amount(s) box, select up to five amounts. These are the only amounts that will appear on the kiosk. The kiosk shows these amounts to donors in ascending order.
(Optional) To change the wording that appears on the kiosk, in the Wording section:
Next to any phrase, Click to Set Custom Text.
Enter your new wording.
To remove your custom wording and use the original wording, click Reset next to that wording.
Click Save.
Click Save Settings.
Step 3: Activate Your Kiosk
After our Support team sets up a kiosk in Quick Donate mode, you can activate your kiosk. This is how you change the Bloomerang Fundraising mobile app to kiosk mode.
First, generate an activation code:
Open the Bloomerang Fundraising web application.
Click Forms.
Click the form associated with your kiosk.
Click Kiosks.
Find your kiosk in the list. Quick Donate forms have a lightning bolt icon next to their name.
Next to your kiosk, click Reactivate.
Click Yes, Reactivate It. An activation key appears.
Next, enter the activation code on your kiosk:
On your tablet, open the Bloomerang Fundraising mobile app.
Tap Access Key.
Tap Have a Kiosk Key? Enter Kiosk Mode.
Enter the activation key from your kiosk settings in the Bloomerang Fundraising web application.
Tip: If you don’t have the key, or if the key you entered doesn’t work, you can regenerate a new key. You can use each activation key only once.
Tap Activate.
Step 4: Connect Your Card Reader
To connect a card reader while your kiosk is in Quick Donate mode:
Open the Bloomerang Fundraising mobile app.
Tap the lock icon.
Tap Card Reader. Your tablet scans for and connects to your card reader. After your tablet connects to the card reader, the card reader appears in the My Card Reader section.
If your card reader won’t connect, follow the troubleshooting steps in Instructions for Mobile Card Readers.
Donor Experience
To make a Quick Donation on your kiosk, donors follow these steps:
Tap an amount.
On the next screen, tap Pay With Card.
Insert or swipe a card. If your organization has Bloomerang Payments and a Stripe M2 reader, donors can also tap a card. The Thank You screen appears.
After five seconds, the kiosk automatically returns to the donation amounts page for the next donor.
Exit Kiosk Mode
Your tablet remains in kiosk mode until you tap Exit Kiosk. For more information about existing a kiosk, read Kiosk Basic Operation and Settings.
Reactivate a Kiosk You Exited
If you tap Exit Kiosk, your tablet leaves kiosk mode. To use the same kiosk again, you must regenerate and enter a new code. For instructions, read Kiosk Basic Operation and Settings.