We are hosting an event in November that we would like to ticket through Tessitura. Part of the ticket price will be standard ticket revenue and part will be a donation that will be passed on to the restoration of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris (so the donation portion won't be a donation to us). I know we would need to set up a new fund for the donation portion, but is there a way to have the system automatically split the money? Or does our finance office have to do it after the fact? I'd prefer not to use an elevated event because I'd like the ticket portion counted as revenue (not a donation), we don't have an invited guest list for this one, and I'd like people to be able to register on TNEW. Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Hey Anne,
You could use price layers for this. One layer could be the ticket price with the GL that that is supposed to go to. You could create a second layer that is Notre Dame donation (or someting like that) and associate the correct GL to that price layer. Then Finance could use the GL summary report and know exactly how much money was acquired through this endeavor.
- Chris
Thank you! I will look into it.
Hi Anne - echoing what Chris suggested, we use price/ticket layers for exactly this purpose with our yearly fundraising event called Festival of Trees & Traditions. People pay the regular admission price, plus $3 for the fundraising fee, all built into one ticket. Ticket layer 1 is general admission, and Ticket layer 2 has a separate fundraising GL to add the $3 to each ticket type.
Thanks, Courtney! I tried it out in our test system and it worked great. We're a museum with free admission and a pretty simple ticket price set up for events, so this wasn't something we covered in our implementation. I knew there had to be a way to do it.
I have to say how much I love the Tessitura community and how willing people are to help!
Yaaaaayyyyyy! I love when things work out.
Hooray! Happy this was helpful. And now that I'm paying attention, I remember meeting you at TLCC in an open space discussion! It truly is a nice community to be a part of.