User Groups

There are now only seven Torque User Groups. The matrix below explains the groups and lists which permissions are assigned to which User Groups.

Questions about User Groups and their associated permissions can be directed to Jeff Ubois (jubois@leverforchange.macfound.org) or Jim McGowan (jimmmcgowan@hey.com).

User Groups:	Torque Admin	LfC Staff	Decision Maker - Select*	Decision Maker - Full	Interested Donor	Research Partner	Torque Basic
Description:	Application Administrators	Lever for Change Staff and Data Fellows	Board Members, Donors and Selection Committee Members (View is limited to a specific subset of proposals)	Relevant Donor Advisors, Selection Support Team, Contracted TA Advisors and Decision Makers that require access to all proposals	Any interested Third Party Donor (with an NDA) who wants to explore proposal options but is not part of a competition or selection team	Any interested Third Party (Academic Institution, Infomediary, etc.) partnering with Lever for the Change for the purpose of data sharing and research	All others including MacArthur Foundation Staff and Partners without an NDA
Application visibility	All	All	Limited	All	All	All	All
Access application data	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Access peer-to-peer review comments/scores	√	√	√	√	√	√
Access judge review comments/scores	√	√	√	√	√	√
Access Stage 1 application analysis	√	√	√	√
Access aggregated scores**	√	√	√	√	√	√
Access aggregated rankings***	√	√	√	√
Access confidential attachments†	√	√	√	√	Shared on a case-by-case basis with AD/VP approval
Access non-confidential attachments††	√	√	√	√	√
Edit proposal data	√	√
Admin Torque (edit TorqueConfig pages)	√
Read team comments	√	√	√	√
Write team comments	√	√	√	√
See team comment usernames	√	√	√	√
See PickSome picks	√	√	√	√
Add PickSome picks	√	√	√	√
Admin PickSome picks	√
Edit/create wiki pages	√	√
View logs	√	√
Admin MediaWiki (add users, remove users, etc)	√
Unrestricted MediaWiki UI	√	√
Emulate user groups	√	√
* Decision Makers - Select are typically limited to viewing a subset of proposals - like Finalist Candidates - for the purpose of award selection.
** Includes: Anonymized Peer-to-Peer and Judge Comments and Scores (Evaluations page)
*** Includes: Applicant Ranking
† Includes: Project Governance, Legal Compliance, Organization Financials, Donor References, Financial/Legal Review, Virtual Q&A Recording and Notes, In-Person Site Visit Notes, LFC Analysis (Stage 1 and Stage 2), Audited Financials and 990s.
†† Includes: Narrative, Finalist Q&A Responses, Project Budget, Strategy Documents, Evaluation & Learning, Stakeholder Engagement, Bibliography, (Anonymized) Tech Review, DEI and Accessibility.