> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/applicant/milestones.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

Milestones are the deliverables you agree to complete for your funding. They are sent to you once
an application has been accepted, and many are part of a contract. `Milestones` lists every
milestone you can reach, by due date.

Labels that name `Milestone`, `Application` and `Contract` use your organisation's own term if
you've renamed it.

## The milestones list

Each row shows the milestone, its status once it is submitted, and its payment status (`Not paid`,
`Partially paid` or `Paid`). Select the title to see its details, or the row's button to work on
its deliverables: `Complete`, `Resubmit` or `View`.

If your contract's payments rise each year, the `Amount` of an indexed milestone shows three more
figures beneath it: `Base`, the amount before the rise; `Uplift`, what the rise adds; and `Indexed`,
the amount after it. A later year that hasn't been confirmed yet is marked:

- `Projected`: the figures are worked out but not yet final.
- `To be indexed`: the rise isn't known yet, so only `Base` shows.

A milestone's details page shows its `Amount`, `Due Date`, `Description`, `Status`,
`Payment Status` and the payments made so far.

## Complete the deliverables

1. Select `Complete` on the row, or `Complete Deliverables` on the details page.
2. Fill in the deliverables. They save as you go.
3. Select `Submit`, then `Submit Milestone` to confirm. You see `The Milestone was submitted.`

Some deliverables count towards an outcome your funder measures. Beside such a field you see its
unit, your baseline and your target: enter what you achieved in this period. It counts once the
milestone is approved.

A file you upload as a deliverable has `View`, `Version n of m` and `History`, as an application's
files do; see [Applying for a grant](applying-for-a-grant.md#files-you-upload).

Once submitted, the deliverables go for review and can't be changed unless a resubmission is
requested. You must complete and submit all deliverables by the `Due Date`.

## What you committed to

Some deliverables show what you committed to beside the field you complete, read only, labelled
`From your application` or `From your contract`. Enter what actually happened beside it. Where
your application left the answer blank, it says `Not stated in the application`: the field is
still yours to fill, and still required if it is marked required.

A budget table lists each line of your application's budget with `Committed`, `Actual` and
`Variance`. The item and the committed amount can't be changed. Enter the actual for each line and
the variance updates as you type: `+` when you spent more than committed, `−` when you spent less,
with the `Total` underneath. Add spending your budget didn't include with `Add a line`; it shows
`Not in the original budget`. Only those added lines can be removed.

## When a resubmission is requested

The details page says `Resubmission Requested` and marks the deliverables to change.

1. Select `Resubmit Deliverables`.
2. Change the marked deliverables.
3. Select `Submit`, then `Resubmit Milestone`.

When every deliverable is approved, the page says `Approved: every deliverable was approved.`

## Share a milestone

`Share Milestone` shows `Who has access`. When the organisation allows sharing outside it, you can
set `General Access` to `Anyone with the link`: anyone with the link can complete the deliverables
without signing in. Select `Copy link`, then `Done`. Set it back to `Restricted` to stop sharing.

## Create a milestone

Some organisations let you create a milestone yourself. Select `+ Create New Milestone`, choose
the `Milestone Type` and, where asked, the `Application`, `Contract` and `Amount`, then select
`Continue to Deliverables`. This appears only when it is turned on for your organisation.

## See also

- [Contracts](contracts.md)
- [After you submit](after-you-submit.md)