Can BetterUnite automatically send a thank-you email after a donation?
Yes. Workflows trigger the moment a donation is created (or refunded, deleted, or hits a charge issue) and can send a personalized email or SMS immediately, then continue with waits, branches, and follow-up steps, with no staff action required.
What can a workflow do besides send email?
Steps include SMS, staff tasks with assignees and due dates, tags, owner assignment, list management, moving contacts through journey stages, chaining into other workflows, and generating donor statements or Word-merge letters saved to the contact record.
Can workflows branch based on donor data?
Yes. Apply Filter steps match All/Any conditions on contact and giving fields, with configurable behavior when conditions aren't met (end, continue, or branch) and retry windows up to 30 days for slow-moving donors.
Does BetterUnite include pre-built automation templates?
Yes. A nonprofit-specific library covers first-gift acquisition, conversion to recurring giving, mid-level and major donor moves, lapsed reactivation, and event-based campaigns. You can also clone, export, import, and save your own workflows as templates.
What happens to donors already in a workflow when I edit it?
Version protection: contacts enrolled in a previous published version finish that version uninterrupted, while new enrollees get the updated flow. Every contact's Automations tab shows the exact step-by-step run they received.
Can a workflow start from a wealth screening score?
Yes. With the DonorSearch integration, workflows can trigger on wealth-profile updates with score or capacity thresholds (for example, composite score crosses 60, so tag as major-gift prospect and assign an owner).