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Get to Know the Data Model
Learn about the main objects that Outbound Funds Module uses.
- Funding Program
A Funding Program represents a thematic or strategic program that an organization is championing and providing funding for. A parent and numerous children Funding Programs can exist in a hierarchy. - Funding Request
A Funding Request is an application for funding. This typically represents applications created and submitted for funding consideration by outside organizations or individuals, but can also be used for internal funding requests. A Funding Request can be linked to an Account, Contact, or User as the applicant. - Review
A Review tracks a reviewer's status and feedback about a Funding Request. - Funding Request Role
The Funding Request Role tracks Contacts related to a Funding Request. This allows you to add multiple Contacts to a single Funding Request. - Requirement
Requirements are deliverables or milestones that are needed for the Funding Request to either be approved or closed. - Disbursement
Disbursements are payments, or outgoing funds, that have been made or scheduled to be made to the funding recipient. - GAU Expenditure
The GAU Expenditure object connects the Disbursement object to the General Accounting Unit object to show which General Accounting Unit the funds should be disbursed from.
Funding Program
A Funding Program represents a thematic or strategic program that an organization is championing and providing funding for. A parent and numerous children Funding Programs can exist in a hierarchy.
Sample Use for Funding Program
A general education grant program and a scholarship fund are both examples of a Funding Program.
Funding Request
A Funding Request is an application for funding. This typically represents applications created and submitted for funding consideration by outside organizations or individuals, but can also be used for internal funding requests. A Funding Request can be linked to an Account, Contact, or User as the applicant.
Sample Use for Funding Request
A nonprofit seeking funding for an animal welfare program and a high school senior applying for a scholarship are both examples of Funding Requests.
Review
A Review tracks a reviewer's status and feedback about a Funding Request.
Sample Use for Review
The written feedback from a program manager or grant reviewer is an example of a Review record.
Funding Request Role
The Funding Request Role tracks Contacts related to a Funding Request. This allows you to add multiple Contacts to a single Funding Request.
Sample Use for Funding Request Role
A grants manager and an external consultant collaborating on an application is an example of using the Funding Request Role to add more than one Contact to a Funding Request.
Requirement
Requirements are deliverables or milestones that are needed for the Funding Request to either be approved or closed.
Sample Use for Requirement
An application and a letter of recommendation for a scholarship are both examples of a Requirement.
