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Have an option when making a gift shop sale to round up the final amount to the nearest dollar and the difference gets donated to the museum

I was at the Toledo Museum of Art last week and when I was in the gift shop they did this really cool thing. I was asked if I would like to round up my sale amount to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to the museum. For example, if my sale came to $37.18, it rounded up to $38 and $.82 was made into a donation to the museum. It would be great if Altru could have this capability - there could be a box that you can choose that rounds the sale up and makes the difference a donation to the annual fund or something like that. I can see this working for gift shop sales the most since there is change (because of tax). The front desk usually deals with whole numbers and doesn't have tax, so I don't see it being used there as much.



Altru - is this something you can look into?
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  • Jan 4 2016
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  • Sophia Ceron commented
    16 Jan 12:27am

    This is the third suggestions I've voted for today which was originally suggested in 2016. These improvements are a must.

  • Guest commented
    12 Dec, 2025 05:25pm

    Would love a version of this to be added. Right now with the federal reserve's recent cessation of the U.S penny production, it is forcing businesses tio adapt by implementing new cash transacition rounding rules and updating POS systems. This will include impact/updating POS systems relating to cash transactions primarly, rounding rules, specifically to the nearest five cents, rather than to the nearest dollar. This is definitely something Altru should be working on addressing, as organizations will need to report the loss/gains in some way.

  • Hannah Black commented
    28 Jul, 2025 03:09pm

    Would love to see this added

  • Guest commented
    22 Oct, 2024 04:38pm

    Can this be reviewed?

  • Scott Steffen commented
    20 Feb, 2024 04:58pm

    Make It So, #1 - Picard out!

  • Patrick Weisz commented
    16 Aug, 2023 03:55pm

    This is a simple feature provided by most other POS systems. Altru should be providing this feature to their customers.

  • Joe Imholte commented
    30 May, 2023 07:56pm

    Was just at the AAM conference in Denver and the DAM gift shop had this option - brought it back to my team to see if we could...and it is not something Altru does. Could this feature be added?

  • Jack Madden commented
    11 May, 2020 09:39pm

    Yes, This would be a great value to the OKCMOA!!!

  • Becca Barnes commented
    10 Feb, 2020 09:10pm

    We have two seasons a year we do a "round up" promotion. It would be so helpful not to have to manage this by hand. 

  • Sarah Jane Hoppe commented
    27 Nov, 2019 01:47am

    This request is about to be 4 years old in January 2020. Our org would definitely take advantage of this function at the admissions desk and store. ALTRU - is there any feedback you can offer please? 

  • Martin Oliver commented
    22 Nov, 2019 06:50pm

    I did  this at the last museum I worked at and in a year $18,700 was donated.  It really works!  Some people just by asking to round up actually will donate as much as $20.00

  • Brittany Zandi commented
    14 Nov, 2019 05:57pm

    We absolutely needs this in Daily Sales! Missing opportunities!

  • Guest commented
    21 Oct, 2019 06:07pm

    Yes, this would be fantastic!

  • Kaitlynn McGuire commented
    6 Jun, 2019 05:48pm

    This would be great!

  • Mary Sommer commented
    24 Apr, 2019 12:31pm

    Several grocery stores already do this. Our staff keep asking why we can't. (Note: no one on staff programs code!) But someone has invented that wheel.

  • Guest commented
    9 Jan, 2019 09:55pm

    This is a few years old and we're still asking for it. Addtionally, this idea hasn't been reviewed yet. Can you guys make this happen?

  • Ben Trently commented
    23 Jul, 2018 06:03pm

    This would be a really great thing to have. As at the institution I work at, before we transitioned to ALTRU, we were able to take Round Ups on Ticket sales, and that difference would go towards our fundraising designation. For us, those round ups made up a good amount of the funds we brought into our Annual Appeal. Not having this option with ALTRU really does put a damper on our fundraising, as patrons no longer have the simple/easy way of doing round ups. Would love to see this idea come to fruition soon.

  • Guest commented
    30 Nov, 2017 04:39pm

    We would really love this feature to round up for conservation!

  • Guest commented
    25 Jan, 2017 03:38pm

    We definitely need this feature! We already do it manually in Daily Sales with our donation button but it would make the process so much easier!  Most drug stores and fast food restaurants are already doing this and I feel like the software that a science and technology center uses should be cutting edge not lagging behind!  

  • Katrina King commented
    11 Jan, 2017 11:32pm

    This would be perfect for us, as an Art Museum. Many people already donate their loose change after a transaction, but card-holders do not have that availability. Even the smallest amounts can add up!

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