Abstract: A method of facilitating pledges of monetary value between a pledgee and pledgor, the method including the steps of providing a graphical user interface having a plurality of selectable performance metrics and at least one input for a factor of monetary value, receiving a selected performance metric of the plurality of performance metrics and the at least one input for a factor of monetary value, transmitting and storing the received selected performance metric and the received input of a factor of monetary value to computer readable memory of a computer server system, periodically querying and obtaining a measured value of the selected performance metric and storing said measured value in the computer readable memory of the computer server system, and calculating a pledge amount of monetary value by applying said factor of monetary value to the measured value of the selected performance metric and storing the pledge amount of monetary value in the computer readable memory of the computer server system.