All users require a set of permissions to navigate their sites. Site administrators have the necessary permissions to adjust other user's permissions to ensure their site is set up correctly.
Adjust User Permissions
- Navigate to the Sites page and click the gear icon next to the site name.
- Click User Access on the navigation bar.
- Click Edit next to the user whose permissions will be adjusted.
- Click any of the available permissions from the drop-down menu, and then click Save.
Default Permission Roles
Currently, the available permission roles are as follows:
- Admin - Has access to all functionality.
- User Admin – Ability to set up new users and assign the appropriate role for that user.
- View - Has access to view all data but cannot perform any functions.
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Accounting Admin - Has majority access to Accounting.
- This is useful for individuals who need to follow and manage transactions and accounts through their entire cycle.
- Accounting admin has access to almost all functionality in Accounting as well as imports, profiles, notes, and tasks. The accounting admin cannot add revenue or expenses and can only view deposits and payments.
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Accounting Staff 1 & 2 - Has limited access to Accounting. Can add new accounts and new services, and they can see journal entries and budgets. However, they cannot access all of the financial reports or edit expense/revenue entries.
- This is useful for individuals who need to manage their accounts and services but don't need to post or unpost any financial entries.
- Accounting Staff 1 has mostly full access to Accounting. They can add, edit, save, post/unpost, and delete within most of Accounting. They can also create, view, and send within correspondence, notes, and tasks.
- Accounting staff 2 has limited access to Accounting. They have view only access to most of Accounting but can edit, unpost, and add within payments, expenses, and revenue. They can also create, send, and view correspondences, notes, and tasks.
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Fundraising Admin - Has full access to Fundraising.
- This is useful for individuals who need to manage opportunities and their corresponding notes and tasks.
- These individuals also have limited access to Accounting. They are able to view and sort within most of the Accounting. In addition, they can download a template or import a file for revenue, expenses, and opportunities data.
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Fundraising Staff 1 & 2 - Has limited access to Fundraising. Can create new opportunities and custom fields but cannot add new donation options or promote opportunities.
- Fundraising Staff 1 has limited access to Accounting. They can view and sort within almost all of Accounting with the exception of financials.
- Fundraising Staff 2 has limited access to Accounting. They have the same permissions as Fundraising Staff 1 except that they have full access to revenue with the exception of posting entries.
- GrantHub Pro Admin – Site administrator for GrantHub Pro with full access to everything except for user management.
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GrantHub Pro Writer – Has limited access to Grant Management and CRM.
- This is useful for individuals who need to manage grant opportunities and the profiles associated with them.
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GrantHub Pro Accounting – Has full access to Accounting, CRM and Grant Opportunities.
- This is useful for individuals who need to follow and manage transactions and accounts through their entire cycle.
- GrantHub Pro Viewer – Can view all information within Grant Management.
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CRM Manager - Has full access to CRM.
- This is useful for individuals who need to manage and update profile information but do not need to manage any information in Grant Management or Accounting.
- CRM Viewer – Can view all information within CRM.
Generally speaking, it is advantageous to have a limited amount of users assigned the Admin role. Other users' assigned roles should reflect the duties they perform.
For specific permissions by role, visit the resources listed below.
- Admin Permissions
- View Permissions
- Accounting Permissions
- Fundraising Permissions
- GrantHub Pro Permissions
Additional User Information
If users can access more than one site, then their permission roles need to be set for each site. Permission roles can vary by site to ensure your users have the correct roles.
If users' permission roles do not grant access to an area of your site, then the link to the area will be gray.
Sector Education Resources
The following resources relate to this topic more broadly.