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Re: Women in Philanthropy education session
Hi Elizabeth,
We have been thinking something similar, maybe specifically for our Women and Girls Fund that we launched in 2022. We haven't spoken to her or made any plans, but we saw Adrienne Penta speak at the Boston Foundation probably about five years ago on the topic you are asking about. Here's some info. Good luck!
https://www.bbh.com/us/en/bbh-who-we-are/inside-bbh/meet-bbher-adrienne-penta.html
Re: Women in Philanthropy education session
I am not the one who came up with it, nor implemented it, but we just did a Women In Philanthropy event this February. You can read about it here:
and the fund is here:Pink/Barbie-inspired theme (which over social media received many compliments, but a few detractors). Panel of 3 who covered areas of giving Time, Talent and Treasure. And, ticket sales supported a Flow Through Fund to help women and children in need. YWCA was one of our partners, and they suggested a fundraiser. They themselves receive funding for direct financial support for women in need from a national program, and sit on a committee that fields requests beyond women fleeing domestic violence. Because our focus is on food insecurity, homelessness, and mental health, being able to support directly women in need, through grants to a charitable partner who can make it happen, was a great fit. We had capacity for 100, and sold out. We plan on doing this again next year - and varying the theme for our guests year to year.
Re: Scholarships -- Determining Financial Need
Oh I see it now, after doing a little homework. The Boettcher is a Colorado scholarship. That was my next question, do you consider other "wins" from the area.
Thank you!
Re: Low price CRM recommendations for a growing nonprofit
Hi, thank you for the recommendation. I didn't know about this service. We have used TechSoup in the past for discounted software. This is another great resource. I'll be sure to share with colleagues.
-RB
Re: Low price CRM recommendations for a growing nonprofit
Salesforce has a program for small non profits. It's free if you have a low number of users. Here's a link
Re: Scholarships are in, now what
Would you mind sharing a copy of your full application with the admin questions in it? j.willis@dekalbccf.org
I'm going to rebuild our UA and put all of our scholarships in it and no stand alone processes (the goal), so I would appreciate seeing the structure of others' apps. We have about 90 scholarships so I feel your pain! ;)
Scholarships are in, now what
I'm looking for best practices or procedure list of how to process scholarships through SLM before sending apps to evaluators/selection committees. Do you review them and abandon ones that clearly don't qualify, etc. and then mark the app complete, etc? Would appreciate your insights or any shared docs of procedures. Thanks!