> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/news/2026/2026-11-06-recommended-amounts-and-milestones-on-approval.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

## What's new

- **Recommended amounts beside Amount granted.** With Fund Management on, Step 3 of an approval
  Decision now shows each Application's recommended amount under its `Amount granted`, for
  example "Recommended $5,000.00". It is the sum of the Application's allocation values across
  your funds in this year's annual allocation. It is there for reference only and never changes
  the amount you enter. An Application with no allocation shows no recommendation. See
  [Funding decisions](/administrator/decisions/funding-decisions).

- **The same figure on the API.** The Funding Applications API returns it as
  `recommended_amount` when you ask for that extra method. An allocation takes precedence over a
  value you imported.

- **Milestones issued on approval.** Application Milestones you prepared before a decision are
  now issued to the Applicant as soon as the Application is approved. That happens when an
  approval is sent, or when the Applicant (or their Institution) accepts the offer. The Applicant
  is notified and sees them in their [Milestones](/applicant/milestones) list. Contracts and
  payments can then be created on the approved Application as before.