Future Fund Tracking
Our development team would love to have a way within the system to track future funds that are coming once we receive estate gifts. (i.e., we already have a fund agreement, but there are no assets that have been transferred). To me, this sounded like asking for the fund equivalent of pledge vs. promise within the system.
They suggested adding a designation in the system as part of the "open" or "closed" options (maybe "future" or "inactive") so the information could already be entered and tracked within the system. This would streamline info instead of using spreadsheets or other tracking that is difficult to pass between multiple staff.
Anna Wagner
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This sounds like a great question for Compass! I have seen a lot of clients use Opportunities for this. You can create an opportunity for the profile and tie a fund beneficiary to the Opportunity. The Fund is created and added to a "legacy" fund group that can be moved once the estate gift is received.
The Opportunitiy is created (titled Bequest Expectancy - or similar) with the following stages:
- Open
- Bequest Documented
- Realization Notification
- In Process
- Closed