Apply a Payment to an Outstanding Commitment

A constituent can use any payment method to pay an outstanding commitment, such as a pledge, a recurring gift, or an event registration. To pay an outstanding commitment, add a new payment for the revenue and select the applicable commitment. When you add a payment, the program automatically displays the constituent’s outstanding commitments as a reminder that you can apply it to a commitment.

Constituents can make payments toward their own commitments or toward commitments made by other constituents. For example, Georgia Thomas pledges $100 to your organization. Her husband, Henry Thomas, who is also a constituent, pays the pledge. When you add the payment, you make it in Henry’s name and apply it to the balance of Georgia’s commitment.

Note: When you apply the payment to an outstanding commitment, the designations of the commitment automatically apply to that amount of the payment.