ApproveThis manages your DoJiggy Integration approvals.

Why Nonprofits Need Smarter Approval Systems

Modern fundraising demands both speed and accountability. While DoJiggy empowers organizations to manage auctions, campaigns, and donor transactions, ApproveThis adds critical governance layers without slowing down operations. Together through Zapier, these platforms create closed-loop systems where financial decisions happen at the pace of digital fundraising while maintaining essential oversight.

How Approval Automation Transforms Fundraising

Nonprofit teams using DoJiggy typically juggle multiple approval processes: validating high-value bids, reviewing campaign budgets, or authorizing post-event expenditures. Manual follow-ups create bottlenecks just when donor engagement peaks. The Zapier integration between DoJiggy and ApproveThis solves this by embedding structured approvals directly into fundraising workflows.

Key Integration Benefits

Finance Teams: Automatically flag transactions exceeding preset thresholds for immediate review while letting smaller donations flow through. Approval audit trails simplify compliance reporting.

Program Managers: Require board member sign-off on campaign changes without delaying event timelines. Automatic delegation keeps approvals moving during staff transitions.

Leadership: Maintain oversight of high-risk activities like auction item commitments while empowering teams to handle routine approvals independently.

Four Fundraising-Specific Automation Use Cases

1. Transaction Authorization & Fraud Prevention

When DoJiggy records a donation or purchase, ApproveThis can:

• Require dual approval for gifts above $5,000
• Flag recurring payments from new payment methods
• Validate international transactions against sanctions lists

Example: A school's booster club automates approval for all auction bids exceeding item fair market value to prevent accidental tax compliance issues.

2. Campaign Budget Adjustments

Connect DoJiggy's campaign performance data to ApproveThis workflows that:

- Require development director approval before reallocating unused marketing funds
- Automatically escalate budget overages to finance committee
- Lock down expenditure categories after campaign end dates

3. Donor Stewardship Coordination

Use activity result approvals to:

- Schedule donor touchpoints after specific engagement milestones
- Authorize custom thank-you gifts for major contributors
- Trigger corporate matching gift verification processes

4. Post-Event Financial Reconciliation

When campaigns end in DoJiggy, ApproveThis can:

- Require event chair sign-off before releasing final vendor payments
- Route expense discrepancies to specific audit team members
- Automate board report generation with approval timestamps

Implementation Guide for Nontechnical Teams

Setting up the integration takes about 15 minutes through Zapier:

1. Create Zapier accounts for both platforms
2. Connect DoJiggy using OAuth credentials from your campaign dashboard
3. Map DoJiggy triggers (transactions, bids, campaign changes) to ApproveThis request templates
4. Configure approval rules and escalations in ApproveThis

Critical pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-populate request details like "Donation Amount" or "Campaign ID" from DoJiggy data, reducing manual entry errors.

Unique Advantages for Nonprofit Operations

Unlike basic form builders, this integration delivers fundraising-specific features:

Donor Privacy Protection: Approval requests mask sensitive donor details from unauthorized staff using role-based access controls.

Volunteer-Friendly: External auction committee members can approve requests via email without needing DoJiggy logins.

Compliance Ready: Automatically attach IRS-compliant documentation to approval records for gift substantiation.

Scaling Without Added Complexity

ApproveThis grows with your fundraising operations through:

- Conditional Routing: Send international donor approvals to legal team members first
- Threshold Escalations: Auto-approve small recurring gifts but require review for cumulative monthly totals
- Delegation Chains: Ensure substitute approvers are predefined for summer months when school staff are unavailable

Getting Started

Nonprofits see fastest results by:

1. Automating 1-2 high-volume approval types first (e.g., auction bids over $500)
2. Gradually expanding to complex multi-department workflows
3. Using built-in analytics to identify recurring approval bottlenecks

Technical Considerations

The integration works with all DoJiggy plans and requires no custom coding. ApproveThis offers free trials for up to 10 active workflows, making risk-free testing possible during peak fundraising seasons.

Final Recommendations

Pair this integration with ApproveThis' vacation delegation features before year-end campaigns. Configure email approvals for board members who prefer mobile access. Most importantly, document approval SLAs so staff knows exactly when to expect decisions.

Ready to eliminate approval delays? Start your ApproveThis trial or explore DoJiggy's fundraising tools. Connect both via Zapier in under an hour to begin processing approvals at the speed of your donors' generosity.