New Forms: Term Length should calculate based on Project Start and End Dates

When an application contains both the project start and project end dates field, the "Term (Months)" field in BBGM should auto-calculate the number of months for the project.

Currently it is set to 12 months. There are only two options for this setting: (And these need to be updated by an Admin at Blackbaud).

Grant ends on same day as Start Date (ex 1/1/2002 to 1/1/2003)

Grant ends on day before Start Date (ex 1/1/2002 to 12/31/2003)


  • Jen Hammerstrom
  • Jul 18 2025
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  • Guest commented
    October 15, 2025 17:10

    This is absolutely ridiculous that the requests are not calculating the proper term length. My grant committee is not happy with the changes and is considering looking into a new portal. It sure makes a difference when a grantee asks for $2.5M over 12 months vs. 60 months. More work is not what an upgrade should be doing. Now our grant admins need to go through every app and calculate and update the terms on our reports. This type of item should have been done before this was rolled out.

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  • Patricia Forgy commented
    October 02, 2025 16:55

    Strongly agree, as this forces us to take extra steps to fix the term for any application that does not exactly match the 12 month default.

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  • cheryl dabat commented
    July 18, 2025 14:55

    I am having the exact same issue with the new grantee application poral. We ask for a project start date/project end date (just like in legacy portal), but now no mater what they submit, the term of the grant defaults to 12 month. This did not happen in legacy portal.

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