diff --git a/app/models/spending_proposal.rb b/app/models/spending_proposal.rb
index f198bcb57..b19ab4e2e 100644
--- a/app/models/spending_proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/spending_proposal.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ class SpendingProposal < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   apply_simple_captcha
 
+  RESOLUTIONS = ["accepted", "rejected"]
+
   belongs_to :author, -> { with_hidden }, class_name: 'User', foreign_key: 'author_id'
   belongs_to :geozone
 
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ class SpendingProposal < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates :title, length: { in: 4..SpendingProposal.title_max_length }
   validates :description, length: { maximum: SpendingProposal.description_max_length }
-
+  validates :resolution,  inclusion: { in: RESOLUTIONS, allow_nil: true }
   validates :terms_of_service, acceptance: { allow_nil: false }, on: :create
+
+  def accept
+    update_attribute(:resolution, "accepted")
+  end
+
+  def reject
+    update_attribute(:resolution, "rejected")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160107132059_add_resolution_to_spending_proposals.rb b/db/migrate/20160107132059_add_resolution_to_spending_proposals.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18365a715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160107132059_add_resolution_to_spending_proposals.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddResolutionToSpendingProposals < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :spending_proposals, :resolution, :string, default: nil
+    add_index :spending_proposals, :resolution
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0d9396440..7bc4652d9 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -289,10 +289,12 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160108133501) do
     t.datetime "created_at",   null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at",   null: false
     t.integer  "geozone_id"
+    t.string   "resolution"
   end
 
   add_index "spending_proposals", ["author_id"], name: "index_spending_proposals_on_author_id", using: :btree
   add_index "spending_proposals", ["geozone_id"], name: "index_spending_proposals_on_geozone_id", using: :btree
+  add_index "spending_proposals", ["resolution"], name: "index_spending_proposals_on_resolution", using: :btree
 
   create_table "taggings", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "tag_id"
diff --git a/spec/models/spending_proposal_spec.rb b/spec/models/spending_proposal_spec.rb
index e9b5f8ee4..ed99a2ecf 100644
--- a/spec/models/spending_proposal_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spending_proposal_spec.rb
@@ -41,4 +41,16 @@ describe SpendingProposal do
       expect(spending_proposal).to_not be_valid
     end
   end
+
+  describe "resolution status" do
+    it "can be accepted" do
+      spending_proposal.accept
+      expect(spending_proposal.reload.resolution).to eq("accepted")
+    end
+
+    it "can be rejected" do
+      spending_proposal.reject
+      expect(spending_proposal.reload.resolution).to eq("rejected")
+    end
+  end
 end