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title: How to Associate a Contact or Organisation with a Project
description: How to link contacts and organisations to projects in Hive, including decision-maker and grant recipient labels.
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# How to Associate a Contact or Organisation with a Project

## Linking stakeholders to advocacy and grant projects — available from August 2026.

Projects come from Grid. When a project is created in Grid, it automatically creates a matching project in Hive — you don't create them manually.

Associating stakeholders with projects lets you answer questions like: who signed the joint consumer submission on this law reform? Who are the researchers on this grant? Who is the decision-maker we need to influence?

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### Linking a record to a project

**Step 1.** Open the contact or organisation record. In the right-hand panel, find **Projects** and click **+ Add**.

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**Step 2.** Click **Add existing**, then search for the project.

**Step 3.** Choose the association label, then save.

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### Association labels

| Label | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| **Decision Maker** | The individual who is a decision-maker for an advocacy project — for example, the NSW Energy and Climate Change Minister. |
| **Aligned** | A contact who is aligned to the aims of the project. |
| **Opposed** | A contact who is opposed to the aims of the project. |
| **Grant recipient** | A contact associated with a grant project. |

**A project can have multiple decision-makers.**

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### Suggesting new labels

As Hive's functionality develops, there's scope to create more association labels. **If you have an idea for one, contact the System Administrators.**

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**Related articles** *(link once published)*

- Grant Recipient Categories
- How Contacts Are Categorised
- How to Associate a Contact with an Organisation

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