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.

Depending on how your system administrator configures the program, you can accept revenue from constituent groups and households. Constituents who belong to a group or household can apply payments to commitments for their group or household, or for commitments for other members of their group or household.

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