Creating a GivingTuesday form

Introduction

GivingTuesday is a global day of giving and unity that occurs annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year, it takes place on Tuesday, December 1, 2026.

For GivingTuesday, Little Green Light has created an updated form template to help you quickly build a branded GivingTuesday donation form. This article takes you through the steps for setting it up. We recommend completing each step in order. Here are the steps.

Navigate to LGL Forms
Click the Add new form button
Click the GivingTuesday 2026 option to select your form's settings
Save and publish your form
Test the form
Publish the form on your website

Steps to set up your GivingTuesday donation form

To use this template to create your GivingTuesday donation form, follow the steps listed in this section in order.

1. Navigate to LGL Forms.

Click on the Forms tab in your LGL account. Then click the Go to LGL Forms button.

2. Click the Add new form button.

A dialog will pop up, asking you to select which form template you want to use.

3. Click the GivingTuesday 2026 option to select your form's settings.

NOTE: You will see this option only if you have set up LGL Forms for payment processing.

A new dialog will open where you can select general, confirmation, and integration settings for the form, with default selections already made. You can either retain or update the options according to your preferences.

In the Form settings section of the dialog, you can:

Review general settings for your form
Select an enhanced theme
Type a new name for the form or update the existing one
Choose the payment account you want to use
Determine whether to include address and phone number fields

In the Confirmation email settings section, you can:

Choose who the confirmation email is from
Select whether the email confirmation is recurring
Input the email signature

In the LGL integration defaults section, you can:

Preconfigure your LGL integration
If you want your form to be integrated with LGL, keep the "Enable LGL integration" box checked and choose any defaults you want to use to code gifts submitted through the form

Once you've selected your values and settings in the Add a GivingTuesday form template and clicked the Create form button in the bottom right of the screen, you'll then be viewing the form in Edit mode. Here you can make any further customizations or changes to the form that you want.

4. Save and publish the form.

Now you can click the Save & publish button. Keep in mind, all this work you've done so far has been on your template and only applies to an actual form when you click Save & publish.

5. Test the form.

Thoroughly testing your form before promoting it to the public is important in the following ways:

To make sure the data you intend to receive each time your form is submitted is being created. When testing a payment-enabled form like the donation form in this article, you don't have to complete an actual credit card payment each time you test. In addition, you have the opportunity to inspect your test submission data to make sure it is correct and expected.
To make sure your payment processor is working correctly. However, we recommend processing at least one actual payment completely before you launch your form to ensure there are no issues with your payment processor account.

Testing includes reviewing your mapping, so before making any test submissions closely inspect your mapping to make sure everything looks correct. Pay attention to the defaults to ensure they are set up according to your preferences. Complete instructions are available in these help articles:

6. Publish the form on your website or link to it from social media channels or in email.

Once your form has been tested, you can embed this form right on your website or link to it in social media channels or by email. Instructions for all options are available in this help article.

We hope this template helps your GivingTuesday campaign get quickly up and running this year.