I may not be understanding CiviCRM's donation model.
There seem to be three separate ways to make monetary donations. Contributions, Pledges and Memberships. Our current fundraisers have a large percentage of people making pledges and sending in the payment later (either as one big check, or with payments over several months). They usually want a gift premium. But there's not a way to add a gift premium to a pledge, only to a contribution. How can I add a gift premium to a pledge ?
This would seem to suggest I have to enter the donations into one of two separate areas. Either as a contribution or a pledge whereas I would like a single way to enter all donations in a single fundraiser. How can I keep all the donations in the fundraiser together in one report.
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