Crimson: Treasury - My Payment Requests

Use this feature to request payments from your organization’s Treasury department.  Examples would be: expense reports, vendor expenses, contributions to political committees and donor contribution refunds.  You will be able to create a request, attach documents, submit it for payment and view the payment status.

Note: Payment requests must be supported by your organization.  Contact your Treasury team to confirm.

Add a Payment Request

1. Go to the Home Dashboard navigation bar, and select the My Payment Requests A “My Payment Request” search window will appear displaying results for all open requests.

2. Click the  button to create a new request.
3. Search for existing Payee/Vendor records. As you type, possible matches will display. Select one to begin the payment request.  If no payee matches are found, click the  button.
   • Record the following for a new Payee: Entity Type, Payee name, Address. Click Save when done. The other fields are optional.  Some information may be completed by Treasury staff.
4. Once a Payee is selected, the Payment Request screen appears. You will only fill in items in the first column: Date, Amount, Fund Code, Payment Request Type, and Description.

5. When complete, click  at the bottom of your screen.
6. Click , at the footer of the screen, to make updates to the request before submitting.
7. When ready, click the  button. This will update the payment request status from “Open” to “Submitted”.  Below are the levels of status you may see:

Rejected Payment Requests

The Treasury staff may reject the payment request.  An explanation can appear in the Comment section.  The status will appear as Rejected for the request.  Make changes using the Edit button, and resubmit your request.

Adding Expenses

You can add Ultimate Vendors expenses, which are the transactions you are requesting be reimbursed by your organization.  This option appears after your request has been saved.

1. Click  to begin adding expense information.
2. Click  in the Ultimate Vendor section to add or select an existing Payee.
3. The Date, Fund, and Request Type will prefill to match the Expense Report. Fill in the Amount and Description and click the  button when done.  Note: Click (press)  to continue adding Ultimate Vendor expenses without leaving the entry page.

Adding Attachments

Include attachments for the request, like: receipts, purchase orders or other documents/images required by the Treasury department.  The Payment Request must first be saved in order to add an attachment.

1. To add an attachment, click .
2. Drag/drop a file or click and click the  area at the bottom of the first column.
3. Choose the document for attachment.

Note: A receipt can be attached separately for each ultimate vendor, or you can scan/save your receipts together as a single document, and attach it to the main Payment Request.

Payment Delivery

Once a payment request is paid, you have the option to go back to edit the request, and record the delivery of the payment.  For example, a committee contribution check could be issued and held until you attend an event.

Search and Review Payment Requests

Filter requests by payees or categories. Filter by Status to monitor Open, Submitted or Rejected requests.

Donor Refunds

Initiate a request for a donor refund directly from a donor’s contribution record. 1.       Open the contribution details. 2.       Click Request a Refund in the third column. 3.       Enter the amount of the refund and click Request.

You will be taken to a Payment Request form that can be saved and submitted as described above.

At that time, the Refund adjustment will be automatically applied to the contribution.  Note: If there is a U1 – Refund Requested Exception Code, it will automatically be changed to U2 – Refund Issued.