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The Compass community has been created as a space for discovering solutions, learning helpful tips and tricks, contributing expertise and exchanging ideas with others in the philanthropic sector.
Here are our Community Rules:
Keep your posts relevant to the forum category.
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Please be respectful of others and don’t sweat the small stuff.
In short: Be kind, have fun, and let’s help each other enrich the philanthropic community!
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Recent Discussions
Preparing for Post Award Grant Management
During the educational webinar on post award grant management with Kristen Krey from Kim Joyce and Associates, many questions came up. We didn't get to them all. What questions do you have related to post award grant management? tracking indirect costs, grant spend down, systems to help track, division of duties within…
Low price CRM recommendations for a growing nonprofit
Hi yall, We are a growing nonprofit, with now over 1,000 donor profiles in our current CRM. From your experience, can you recommend a low cost or free CRM that integrates with payment systems, supports landing pages, quickbooks and syncs with email list software? Thanks in advance. UPDATE (4/23/2024) Since this original…
Is there a place in the grant budget for facilities our nonprofit owns outright?
Through strong local support our nonprofit owns our campus and facility outright, so our grant budgets never include rent or mortgage. Yet it seems to me there should be some way to show this value in a grant budget. Afterall, this is money we don't have to spend to continue our programs. Can I show it in the budget as…
Tuesday Tip: 📸 Upload Your Profile Picture Today! 📸
Let's put faces to the names! Upload your profile picture to your Compass account and: 🏆 Earn Points: Boost your Compass rank! 🎖️ Earn the "Photogenic" Badge: Show off your style! 🌟 Create a Friendlier Community! Click your profile in the upper right. Select "Edit Profile." Click "Change My Picture" on the left. Upload…
alternative to deceasefinderrecord?
We are looking into other platforms that are similar to but not DeceaseFinderRecord (Blackbaud). Do you use a platform to search for deceased information for records in your database? If so what do you use? Are the results reliable?
Is there a name for the feeling you get when submitting a grant application/LOI/RFP?
Or is it just adrenaline? 🤸♀️🤑🎉😝
Outside Funding for an Employee Emergency Relief Non Profit
Hi, we are a nonprofit employee emergency relief fund helping our employees across the US through unforeseen financial hardships. We are proudly funded by employees for employees but would like to be able to learn if there are any outside funding/grant opportunities that we could explore to help with our limited funding.…
How many Wisconsin-based foundations are in the GrantHub Pro database
The nonprofit I'm working for is considering different options, and we'd like to know how expansive GrantHub Pro's database of Wisconsin-based foundations is. Ideally, we'd find a software/platform that lists many so that our nonprofit can pitch them. Thank you!
Chart of Accounts
Are there guidelines and best practices on how to set up and maintain your nonprofit's chart of accounts? How does the structure of your chart of accounts impact your ability to plan and understand your budget - as well as create and analyze your financial statements? Join us on our webinar to learn more.
What you wish funders knew OR what is the worst question you've had to answer
I'm working with the Foundant Team to create a webinar for grantmakers to share with them the things that we as grant professionals wish they knew. Please share the worst question you've had to answer on a grant application. What do you wish you could tell them? No need to identify the funder. I promise to keep everything…
Trending Discussions
Preparing for Post Award Grant Management
During the educational webinar on post award grant management with Kristen Krey from Kim Joyce and Associates, many questions came up. We didn't get to them all. What questions do you have related to post award grant management? tracking indirect costs, grant spend down, systems to help track, division of duties within…