Donor Funded Payment Approval Still Pending Email Template

Use this page when the payer says donor approval, donor budget clearance, or program sign-off is still required before it can release invoice payment. This is different from a normal grant-funding follow-up because the blocker is a named donor or sponsor approval step, not just internal budget timing. Your email should ask whether the donor has already reviewed the cost, whether only one approval layer remains open, whether the invoice is otherwise accepted for payment, and when the payer expects donor clearance to be completed. The outcome you want is to pin down the specific external approval holding the money. It is commercially strong because the supplier is often dealing with a funded program where delivery is complete, but disbursement is still trapped behind sponsor-side or donor-side approval bureaucracy.