Funding opportunities let you seek money or resources to support your initiative and track contributions against a target. This article covers posting a Funding opportunity, how people apply and pledge, and how donated funding is tracked when you mark the opportunity complete.
📝 Note: Funding was previously called "Sponsorship." If your app still shows the old label in places, it refers to the same opportunity type.
📝 Note: The opportunity types available to you depend on your app's configuration. If you don't see Funding as an option, it may have been switched off for your app - this is your programme manager's decision. Reach out to them if you think it should be available.
1. Choose Funding as the opportunity type
Open the + Post Opportunity form and select Funding. The form then shows the fields specific to funding.
2. Link the opportunity to an Activity
Every opportunity must be linked to an Activity, which groups your delivery work, opportunities and hours together. Select an existing Activity from the dropdown, or create a new one if none fits.
👉 See also: Posting an opportunity and linking it to an Activity for a full walkthrough of selecting an existing Activity or creating a new one.
3. Review the inherited fields
Once an Activity is linked, several fields will be automatically populated:
Host: inherited from the Activity. You can edit this if needed - remove the inherited host and select a different one for this opportunity.
Beneficiary groups: inherited from the Activity. You can remove groups here if needed, but to add new ones you'll need to update the Activity first - they'll then appear on this post opportunity form.
Cause: no longer a field on the opportunity form. It's inherited from the Activity and shown as a badge on the Activity card.
4. Complete the rest of the details
Fill in the title, and details (What do you need funding for?*) - so supporters understand what their contribution will achieve.
5. Set your funding target
Under Funding Details, fill in:
Amount needed* — enter the total funding amount required. The currency symbol shown (for example €) reflects your app's currency settings.
Description* — describe what the funding is for.
As pledges and donations come in, progress is tracked against the amount needed, so you and your supporters can see how close you are to the goal.
6. How supporters apply and pledge
Once published, members can apply to the funding opportunity and record a pledge toward your target. The opportunity page shows progress against the target so everyone can see momentum building. Whatever they pledge here becomes the starting point for the confirmed amount once you mark the opportunity complete.
7. Mark the opportunity complete
When the funding round is finished, use Change Status → Mark as complete. This opens a popup with one card per accepted participant, defaulting to Yes:
Yes (did they actually deliver on their pledge?): the card expands to show Amount Pledged (from their application, for reference), an editable Amount Confirmed (pre-filled from the pledge - adjust it if the actual amount differed), and Currency (from your app's Settings).
No: the fields collapse, and a note appears: "No donation log will be created."
You can mark complete for everyone at once (bulk - this must cover every accepted participant, partial submissions aren't allowed) or one at a time from the Accepted tab.
What happens next depends on the outcome:
At least one Yes: the opportunity becomes Completed. For each Yes participant, a Money donation log is automatically created - Approved immediately, using the confirmed amount, your app's currency, the opportunity's title as the description, and linked to the opportunity's Activity. These logs show up in the admin Donations listing, the Activity's Donations tab, and the donor's own dashboard. The usual "now or later" feedback prompt appears, same as other opportunity types.
All No: the opportunity becomes Not Completed instead - no donation logs are created, and there's no feedback prompt.
Once an opportunity is Completed or Not Completed, you can't mark it complete again.
👉 Want to track the confirmed amounts afterwards? Go to Admin Panel → Measurement → Donation Logs - they appear there. Depending on your app's settings, an admin may need to approve them before they count.
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