Answers.Body: <p>I recalled that my former coworker wrote an "acknowledgee" extension to handle a similar situation and put it on my Github.  You can find it here: <a href="https://github.com/MegaphoneJon/org.ccr.acknowledgee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/MegaphoneJon/org.ccr.acknowledgee</a>.</p>
  
  <p>It's rough around the edges, but a) it adds a set of fields to the contribution page if "in memory of" is selected; b) if you have a contribution custom field "Acknowledgee" of type "Contact Reference", it will populate that field with the contact ID that is created/updated.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>It depends a bit on the purpose of gathering soft credits and acknowledging the donation. For acknowledgement purposes it may be sufficient to gather email and name (and perhaps address) on a front or backend form and with a hook send off an acknowledgement email. I think this can be very nice for those related to the honoured person, allowing them to send a thank you card if they want. Personally I won't bother creating additional soft credits for the mother and uncle beyond those for the person in honour/memory of.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In some other donation management software, it's possible to say, e.g., "I'm giving $100 in memory of my grandfather.  I want my mother and uncle to be acknowledged."</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone tried to incorporate such a workflow into CiviCRM?  How do you best do it?  Do you soft credit my grandmother? Or my mother/uncle?  How do you generate reports of who needs acknowledging?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Maybe it's a cultural thing but I don't understand what you mean by 'acknowledge' in this context...  Could you soft credit to all but with different soft credit types for mother/uncle vs grandfather?
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Comments.Text: Ah - I mean I want to send a "letter of acknowledgment" - a thank-you letter of sorts - to the mother and uncle.  It's not uncommon here at funerals for the family to say, "In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to X charity". In such a case, you want to ensure the family is made aware of the donations made in the name of the deceased.
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Tags: <civicontribute><soft-credit><honoree>
Title: How do you give in honor/memory of someone but acknowledge someone else?
ThreadText: # How do you give in honor/memory of someone but acknowledge someone else?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-07)
  
  In some other donation management software, it's possible to say, e.g., "I'm giving $100 in memory of my grandfather. I want my mother and uncle to be acknowledged."
  
  Has anyone tried to incorporate such a workflow into CiviCRM? How do you best do it? Do you soft credit my grandmother? Or my mother/uncle? How do you generate reports of who needs acknowledging?
  
  **Tags:** civicontribute, soft-credit, honoree
  
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  > **username_1**: Maybe it's a cultural thing but I don't understand what you mean by 'acknowledge' in this context...  Could you soft credit to all but with different soft credit types for mother/uncle vs grandfather?  
  > **username_0**: Ah - I mean I want to send a "letter of acknowledgment" - a thank-you letter of sorts - to the mother and uncle.  It's not uncommon here at funerals for the family to say, "In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to X charity". In such a case, you want to ensure the family is made aware of the donations made in the name of the deceased.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2019-05-08. Score: 1
  
  I recalled that my former coworker wrote an "acknowledgee" extension to handle a similar situation and put it on my Github. You can find it here: <https://github.com/MegaphoneJon/org.ccr.acknowledgee>.
  
  It's rough around the edges, but a) it adds a set of fields to the contribution page if "in memory of" is selected; b) if you have a contribution custom field "Acknowledgee" of type "Contact Reference", it will populate that field with the contact ID that is created/updated.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-12-11. Score: 1
  
  It depends a bit on the purpose of gathering soft credits and acknowledging the donation. For acknowledgement purposes it may be sufficient to gather email and name (and perhaps address) on a front or backend form and with a hook send off an acknowledgement email. I think this can be very nice for those related to the honoured person, allowing them to send a thank you card if they want. Personally I won't bother creating additional soft credits for the mother and uncle beyond those for the person in honour/memory of.
  
  
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