We're excited to share a major update focused on making event registration easier to understand, easier to manage, and more flexible for a wider variety of fundraising events. This release includes a brand-new event template, significant improvements to host and guest management workflows, long-requested email customization capabilities, a new payouts dashboard, and several usability enhancements based directly on customer feedback.

Introducing the Vision Dinner Template

One of the largest enhancements in this release is the introduction of the new Vision Dinner event template.

Vision Dinner events are designed around a relationship-driven fundraising model where hosts invite guests to attend, but without the constraints of predefined ticket bundles, table sizes, or fixed guest counts. The result is a more flexible and streamlined RSVP experience for both organizers and attendees.

Key capabilities include:

• Frictionless RSVP workflows with no predefined guest quantity requirements.

• Admin-managed hosts who can be designated by staff and then register additional guests.

• Flexible host and guest management without requiring ticket packages such as tables or bundles.

• A new 🎉 Promote to Host 🎉 action that allows administrators to convert an existing guest registration into a host registration.

• A new 🎉 Demote Host 🎉 workflow that allows hosts who can no longer attend to be converted back to guests while preserving continuity for their guest lists.

• A new 🎉 Select Host Name 🎉 dropdown that allows guests to choose the host they wish to be associated with during registration.

These enhancements create a purpose-built experience for organizations running invitation-focused events where relationship building and attendance growth are more important than managing fixed ticket inventories.

Clearer Boundaries for All Other Event Templates 🎉

Alongside the introduction of Vision Dinner, we've standardized host and registration workflows across all other event templates.

Historically, some event configurations allowed organizations to mix invitation-style hosting features with bundle-based ticket management, which created confusion for both hosts and administrators. Based on customer feedback, we've clarified these experiences and aligned each event type with its intended registration model.

For all non–Vision Dinner templates:

• Host and invitation functionality is only available when explicitly supported by a reserved/purchased ticket package, such as a table sponsorship or bundled ticket purchase.

• The Select Host Name dropdown is no longer available.

• Hosts may either:

  • Register guests directly from their purchased allocation, or

  • Distribute prepaid registration links or tickets for attendees to complete themselves.

• Promote to Host and Demote Host functionality are not available, since those options are not relevant to a clearly defined reservation.

• Bundle ownership and ticket allocation integrity are maintained through controlled workflows designed around the original purchase.

At the same time, we've enhanced bundle-based events with additional management tools that customers have been requesting:

• New Reassign functionality for moving registrations when needed. 🎉

• New Resend functionality for quickly resending registration and host-related communications. 🎉

These updates make bundle-based events easier to manage while maintaining the structure required to preserve ticket ownership and reporting accuracy.

***Existing (In-Flight) Table Host Events Will Not Be Affected***

These changes are forward-facing only. Events that have already been created or are currently underway will continue to operate using their existing configuration and workflows. Organizations do not need to make changes to active events, and registrants will not experience unexpected changes to events already in progress. However, if you only just started setting up your event and you want to switch to the more appropriate template, go for it!

🎉🎉🎉 Email Template Customization Has Arrived!!! 🎉🎉🎉

One of our most-requested enhancements is now available.

Organizations can now customize portions of key event communication templates, giving teams greater control over how they communicate with attendees and hosts.

The current editable templates include:

• Guest Confirmation Email

• Host Instructions Email

While certain system-generated content remains fixed, organizations can now replace default messaging with language tailored to their event, audience, and brand voice.

This enhancement allows event communications to feel more personal, more aligned with organizational messaging, and more consistent with the overall attendee experience.

Faster Registration with Copy from Primary

We've added a new Copy from Primary feature to make multi-person registrations significantly faster.

When registering multiple attendees on the same order, users can now copy information from the primary registrant into additional registrations with a single click. The guest name remains unique, while other information is automatically pre-filled and can still be edited as needed.

This enhancement reduces repetitive data entry and creates a smoother experience for families, groups, and organizations registering multiple attendees at once.

New Payouts Dashboard

Organizations now have access to a new Payouts Dashboard that provides greater visibility into payout activity and transaction reconciliation.

The dashboard makes it easier to:

• View payout history.

• Connect payouts to associated transactions.

• Understand how deposits correspond to event revenue.

This feature is especially valuable for organizations utilizing scheduled payouts, where multiple transactions may be grouped into a single payout.

Offline Transactions for Giving Pages

Offline Transactions lets you record donations received outside the payment processor, including cash, check, and wire gifts, so that every gift has a home in FundEasy. Admins can add an offline transaction to a new or existing contact, optionally associate it with a Giving Page or Peer-to-Peer participant, and edit or cancel it later as needed. Once recorded, offline gifts are reflected in page totals, Peer-to-Peer leaderboards, and reporting just like online donations, keeping campaign numbers and contact giving history complete. This first release focuses on the core add, edit, and cancel workflow and lays the foundation for broader offline giving capabilities in future updates.

Built from Customer Feedback

Many of the improvements in this release originated directly from customer feedback.

Customers asked for clearer distinctions between invitation-based events and bundle-based events, more flexible host management, easier registration workflows, greater visibility into payouts, and more control over event communications. This release delivers on those requests while laying the foundation for future enhancements across the event management experience.

We're excited to continue building on these improvements and look forward to hearing your feedback.