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)
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Jen Hammerstrom
- Jul 18 2025
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And if you change the term, I find the Project End Date recalculating. I also have to check every application document to review and ultimately correct the project end date. Project Start Date encounters a related issue in that during a batch approval process, which our president uses, it changes the Project Start Date to the date of the approval and then resets the Project End Date. These links need to be broken between the term and the start and end dates. We don't use the term field at all. It's pointless for us and makes alot more work.
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.
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.
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.