Encompass - 2026.5 Release Notes

August, 2026

U.S. - 8 September, Tuesday evening | Canada - 8 September, Tuesday evening | Australia - 9 September, Wednesday morning

Release Highlights & Benefits

Enhancement: Introducing the Giving Microsite Builder: a guided, template-driven experience that makes it easy to create professional, branded giving microsites. Spend less time configuring and more time engaging donors with flexible customization options. Giving Microsite
Accessibility: As part of our ongoing commitment to accessibility, we continued accessibility testing and review efforts across new platform features, including the Giving Microsite Builder.
Bug fixes: Email, Forms and Giving.

Enhancement Spotlight: Giving Microsite Builder

The new Giving Microsite Builder streamlines the creation of Giving microsites with a guided, standardized setup experience. Administrators can quickly launch branded giving campaigns using preconfigured templates, reducing setup time while maintaining flexibility for customization.

First Out-of-the-Box Template for Encompass- Launch microsites faster with Encompass's Giving Microsite Builder
Accelerated Microsite Creation- Reduce microsite setup time from weeks to hours, enabling faster campaign launches.
Enhanced Branding Controls- Customize colors and title styling to create a branded, consistent experience.
Preview of the Future Admin Experience- Experience a modernized interface that reflects the future direction of Encompass administration.
Configurable Campaign Components- Engage supporters with configurable features such as donation progress bars, donor recognition, leaderboards, maps, and more.
Integrated Donation Tracking- Automatically update campaign metrics and progress indicators through integration with your primary donation form.
Modern Content Editing Experience- Build and update microsites easily with drag-and-drop layouts and inline content editing.
Self-Service Campaign Management- Launch, configure, and manage Day of Giving campaigns without requiring design or development support.

This release establishes the foundation for future Giving microsite enhancements while enabling institutions to create and manage fundraising campaigns more efficiently.

The Giving Microsite Builder is available through an Early Access Beta program upon this release. Any customers interested in participating can request access using the Beta interest form ( https://airtable.com/apphZBqzgWGBut1hU/pagWf0eBqI5zufMpr/form). We welcome customer feedback as we continue enhancing this new feature in preparation for the full release.

Accessibility Improvements

The Giving Microsite Builder was designed with accessibility in mind from the start. Administrative controls were developed and tested to support keyboard navigation and screen reader compatibility. The built in template approach also helps admins create accessible content more easily and consistently without requiring accessibility expertise.

WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value Enhancement

Improved accessibility of sortable column headers within Email Constituent Engagement reporting. Screen readers now correctly announce sort actions and sort status, and keyboard focus remains on the column header after sorting.

Reference- 529774

Resolution

Functional Area	Reference	Description
Email	526277	Corrected email reporting calculations to prevent unique open rates from exceeding delivered counts.
Email	527418	The Token-populated Preview As search functionality failed when quotation marks (") were entered in the search field, displaying the error message "An error occurred while searching. Please try again." instead of returning matching results.
Email	527793	A copied email containing a Loop element displayed the correct, updated articles in Preview mode, but after release, the email populated with articles from the original email instead of the current content.
Forms	529179	The Dual Dropdown field continued to fail required-field validation, even when valid selections were made in both dropdowns.
Giving	529810	Users were able to access and view the Giving microsite dashboard by directly using or modifying the published URL, bypassing the expected access restrictions.

Release Details

Schedule: The release is targeted for September 8, 2026.

Approval: The contents of this release have been approved by the Product and Engineering teams.