Business Glossary

Proposal Unit

Identifies the school or unit that will recieve the commitment if the proposal is funded by the donor.  

Proposal Unit

The unit that the proposal will benefit, which will enable each school/unit to develop a pipeline of anticipated solicitations regardless of which team created the proposal

Prospect Address

The preferred address listed on the entity's record. If there are more than two entities sharing a single prospect record, this address will reflect the primary entity's address.

Prospect ID

The unique identifier for a prospect record.  

Prospective Student

A person who will potentially attend the University, but who has not yet applied or been accepted to the University.

Prospect Lifetime Giving

Cumulative amount that the prospect has given to GW

Prospect Manager

On the Prospect Assignment Record, this is the individual who is most responsible for the overall management of a prospect, which includes strategy development, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. This is reserved for DAR staff only. 

Prospect Name

The name of the prospect as it appears on the Advance Prospect record. A prospect represents one or more entities with the capacity and affinity to donate at least $50,000 to the university.

Prospect Stage

Stages are used to track the prospect’s “moves” from one cultivation stage to the next, illustrating where the donor is within the donor lifecycle at any given time. Stages reflect proximity to solicitation, not a prospect’s inclination.

PR Year

PR Year is the year of the payroll to which an earning applies. 

PT Observation Hours

Total number of observation hours a physical therapy student completed at the time of application

Public Assistance

Indicates if a student responded "Yes" to the following application prompt: I am from a family that receives public assistance (e.g. Aid to Families with Dependent Children, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing) or I receive public assistance

Public Health Core/Prereq

Indicates whether or not a course is a core or prerequisite for the undergraduate Public Health program

Public Sector Ind (Y/N)

An indicator that displays either Y,N  for the public sector

Purpose

These codes were originally defined by the Council for Financial Aid to Education (CFAE) to standardize gift recording and create the benchmarking report called the Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey. The survey is now managed by CASE (The Council for Advancement and Support of Education). The codes are recorded on each allocation. The purposes include current use, endowment and property, buildings & equipment.

Purpose

Purpose Code

Code which indicates the type of activity the award is funding.

PY Retained Donors

Of the donors from the previous fiscal year, the quantity that have donated again during the year in context.

Quantity

The current quantity of the Requisition or Purchase Order

Quarter

Quarter of the accounting period

Quarterly Affiliate Start Date

Quarter in which affilate position start date falls in.

Quarter & Year Date

The Quarter & Year is a concatenation of the calendar year quarter of the current hire date with the calendar year of the current hire date.

Race Code

Code used for Race

Race Desc

Description of Race

Race/Ethnicity

Contains
an individual’s self-reported race/ethnicity status.