--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Fundraise Up - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Add designation\" in Fundraise Up." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-fundraise-up" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Fundraise Up When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Add designation** in [Fundraise Up](https://apiant.ai/connections/fundraise-up). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Benchmark Email Classic **6** triggers Benchmark Email Classic **10** actions Fundraise Up **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Benchmark Email Classic and Fundraise Up to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Benchmark Email Classic can start in Fundraise Up - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add designation** in Fundraise Up - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add donation** in Fundraise Up Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Benchmark Email Classic and Fundraise Up ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **Email Opened** Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign. - Trigger **Link Clicked** Triggers when a contact clicks a link in the selected email campaign. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected Benchmark Email contact list. - Trigger **New Contact in Segment** Triggers when a contact is added to the selected segment. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a new contact list is created in your Benchmark Email account. - Trigger **New Unsubscriber** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from the selected email campaign. - Action **Add Contact to List** Adds a contact to a Benchmark Email contact list. - Action **Add list** Creates a new contact list in Benchmark Email. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from a Benchmark Email contact list. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts by email address across all lists, returning each list membership found. - Action **Get contact** Returns the details of one contact in a contact list, including its name, email, opt-in info and custom field values. - Action **Get email** Returns the details of an email campaign, including its subject, sender, contact lists and content. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in a Benchmark Email contact list, optionally filtered by a search value or status. - Action **List emails** Returns the email campaigns in the Benchmark Email account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List lists** Returns the contact lists in the Benchmark Email account. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact by moving them from a list to the account's Do Not Contact (master unsubscribe) list. - Action **Add designation** Creates a new designation (a fund that donations can be allocated to) in your Fundraise Up account and returns it. - Action **Add donation** Creates a one-time donation, or a recurring plan when a frequency is given, charged to a Stripe payment method in your Fundraise Up account. - Action **Add fundraiser** Creates a Fundraiser — a supporter-led fundraising page connected to one of your campaigns — and returns the new fundraiser. - Action **Delete designation** Deletes a designation. A designation can't be deleted if it is the account's default designation or is still used by donations, recurring plans, campaigns or gift catalogs. - Action **Get campaign** Returns one Fundraise Up campaign with its status, currency, donation frequencies, tags and assigned designations. - Action **Get designation** Returns a single designation (fund) by its id, including its name, code, default flag, account and timestamps. - Action **Get donation** Returns one donation by its id, including amount, status, campaign, designation, supporter, payment details and the campaign's custom fields. - Action **Get recurring plan** Returns one recurring donation plan, including its amount, frequency, status, supporter, campaign, designation, payment details and custom fields. - Action **Get supporter** Returns one supporter's details, such as name, email, language, mailing address, phone number and employer. - Action **List campaigns** Returns your Fundraise Up campaigns, optionally filtered by account, designation or creation date. - Action **List designations** Returns the designations (fund allocation categories) in your Fundraise Up account, including ones inherited from a parent account, optionally filtered by campaign or creation date. - Action **List donations** Returns the donations in your Fundraise Up account, newest first, optionally filtered by creation date. - Action **List fundraisers** Returns the peer-to-peer fundraisers in your Fundraise Up account, with each fundraiser's name, status, campaign, designation, goal, currency and creation date, optionally filtered by creation date. - Action **List recurring plans** Returns the recurring donation plans in your Fundraise Up account, newest first, optionally filtered by creation date. - Action **List supporters** Returns supporters from your Fundraise Up account with their latest contact details, optionally filtered by creation date. - Action **Update designation** Updates the name or code of an existing designation (fund) in Fundraise Up. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update donation** Updates a donation that was created through the API within the last 24 hours, including its supporter details, campaign, designation, comment, custom fields and question answers. Changes also apply to the donation's recurring plan and future installments. - Action **Update fundraiser** Updates an existing fundraiser's name, description, campaign, designation, goal, image, slug or status. Fields left blank keep their current values. ## Each app on its own - [ **Benchmark Email Classic** Benchmark Email Classic is an easy-to-use email marketing tool, the original version that has helped...](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic) - [ **Fundraise Up** Fundraise Up is a donor-centric, AI-assisted online giving solution that helps nonprofits significantly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/fundraise-up) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Benchmark Email Classic - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-hubspot) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-salesforce) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-slack) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-sheets) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-gmail) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-calendar) ## More into Fundraise Up - [ **HubSpot to Fundraise Up** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-fundraise-up) - [ **Salesforce to Fundraise Up** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-fundraise-up) - [ **Slack to Fundraise Up** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-fundraise-up) - [ **Google Sheets to Fundraise Up** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-fundraise-up) - [ **Gmail to Fundraise Up** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-fundraise-up) - [ **Google Calendar to Fundraise Up** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-fundraise-up) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Fundraise Up, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Benchmark Email Classic's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Contact in Segment, New List and New Unsubscriber. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Fundraise Up when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Fundraise Up's 18 actions, including Update designation, Update donation, Update fundraiser and Add designation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Fundraise Up to Benchmark Email Classic? Fundraise Up has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Benchmark Email Classic. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Fundraise Up's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic or Fundraise Up? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Benchmark Email Classic and Fundraise Up without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.