What's new for Benevity's products in October
Find out what’s changed and what’s coming soon across Benevity products this month.
Volunteer
Volunteering catalog - Bulk adding or archiving opportunities
Easily manage your catalog with bulk adding and archiving of opportunities.
Volunteering catalog - Additional filters for content discovery
We’ve added new filters to make it easier to find the right volunteer opportunities. You’ll be able to filter by:
- Awareness days
- Number of volunteers needed
- Opportunity title
- Cost
- Content that has been included in your company catalog
Volunteering - Bulk import updates
Program managers and admins can now download a consolidated sign-up CSV to add volunteers to multiple opportunities at once.
Giving
Friendraisers - Global support with Benevity One World (BOW)
Personal fundraising pages now support cross-border donations through BOW — making it simple to give and receive donations globally.
Employee Mobilization
Challenges - Enhanced email reminders
We’ve optimized Challenges reminder emails to include your company’s logo, brand colours, and translations in employees’ preferred languages — helping boost engagement and challenge completion.
Challenges - Improved completion flexibility
New flexibility allows program managers to decide when Challenges can be completed, reducing friction for participants and driving higher completion rates.
Upcoming Product Releases
Here’s a preview of product updates planned for release on Nov. 4. These are subject to change and will be confirmed in the next release notes.
Program & Risk Management
Approval extensions for year end external match requests
Approval extensions will allow approval on backdated external match requests against last year’s budget — no rollbacks required.
Grants Management
Grants Advanced: Self-serve basic user management
This update will allow you to view user details, deactivate accounts, reset passwords and search for users - all on your own.
Grants Advanced: Direct forms page navigation
Based on your feedback, forms will now have clickable page names allowing you to move quickly between sections.
