> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/news/2026/2026-11-09-donor-report-and-recommendation-emails.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

## What's new

- **A new donor report is announced.** When a donor report is published, the people named on
  its schedule (or, for a report you produced yourself, the Fund's donors) get an email saying a
  new report covering its period is available, with a link to the Fund's page in the donor portal.
  The email never carries the PDF itself. The `Publish` confirmation on the fund's `Donor reports`
  tab now says who will be emailed before you confirm.
- **Administrators hear about a grant recommendation.** When a donor recommends a grant, every
  Administrator who can access payments gets an email and a notification naming the donor, the
  amount, the recipient and the Fund, with a link to the Fund. Accepting or declining a
  recommendation sends no email. Each Administrator can switch the email off under
  `Email Preferences`, `Grant recommendation submitted`.