> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/news/2026/2026-11-08-donor-portal.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

## What's new

- **Donors and the donor portal.** A fund's new `Donors` tab invites a donor by name and email,
  shows them as `Pending` until they accept, and removes them with `Remove Donor`.
  `Record Contribution` adds what a donor gives to the fund's `Distribution Amount` and its
  ledger. An invited donor signs in to a `Donor` mode that shows only their fund's balances,
  ledger, paid distributions and published reports, with nothing to change.
  [What a donor sees in the donor portal](/administrator/funds/donor-portal) explains it.
- **Grant recommendations.** A donor selects `Recommend a Grant` to name a registered organisation
  or another organisation by name and charity number, an amount up to the fund's available
  balance, and a purpose. The fund's new `Recommendations` tab lists them: `Accept` creates a
  `Pending Approval` payment carrying the fund in a Draft batch, and `Decline` asks for a reason
  the donor then sees. See [A fund's record and its child funds](/administrator/funds/fund-record).