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Financial Consultant Job Opportunity - West Marin Fund (fully remote, as needed)
West Marin Fund is seeking a skilled financial consultant to maintain our financial records. Financial Consultant job duties include working closely with our staff and Executive Director to create and analyze financial reports, reconcile bank and investment accounts, perform budgeting and steward the audit and tax…
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Administration or Operating Costs
Our Global Program hires local people to be our Ambassadors to help us run our social entrepreneurship programs world-wide. They are part manager, part teacher and mentor. Can someone tell me if this position would be considered administration in the grant writing process or can their compensation be considered operation…
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Trust Based Grant Agreement Language - care to share a sample?
Hey everyone, With a new year comes fresh perspective (and new questions)! I'm looking for a handful of grant agreements from family foundations that could help us potentially reframe the "Grant Terms" section of our agreement. Bonus would be trust-based agreements, but all types would be helpful. I'm curious to see what…
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Congratulations to the April Top 10!
Congrats to @MadiSyring, @BethHarrison, @JulieKeller, @LaurenJournot, @RhondaThomson, @MaryKatherineKerr, @OwenMercer, @DanaJeffery, @AndrewTurenne, and @HeatherMcPeek for being on April's Top 10 leadership board! 🏆️ As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a…
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Colorado
Looking for contacts in the Colorado to expand our collaboration efforts. I'm the Donor Services Manager at the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. Feel free to email me at elizabeth@nocofoundation.org. Hope you all have a lovely week!
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Moved: Dallas, Texas Regional Training
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Transition To One Scholarship Committee
Hello! We are looking to transition to one committee that reviews all of the scholarship applications. Currently, each scholarship has their own committee. Do you have any tips on how to transition smoothly? How to select the best candidate for the committee? Or how to announce the change to current committee members?
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Scoring Preferences
Hi everyone! We are doing an audit of all of our scholarships and one question that has come up is what the best practice for scoring preference criteria is. For example, some of our scholarships have a preference for those with financial need or a preference for those that live in a certain area. Currently, we score these…
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How do I change my last name on my profile in Compass Community?
I have changed my last name and want to change it in my profile; however, it tells me I do not have permission to edit. Can you tell me how to do this?
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Funding Our Future: Solutions for Youth Mental Health Philanthropy
The data is clear: now is the time for philanthropy to invest in youth mental health. But in this complex and uncertain landscape, many funders are struggling to find the way forward. In light of the youth mental health crisis, Mindful Philanthropy embarked on a journey to understand barriers to philanthropic investment in…
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Resources for Funding Women and Girls' Mental Health
Last month, Mindful Philanthropy launched our new initiative, With Her in Mind. Mental health is the leading cause of disability for women globally, and it affects outcomes in many other issues that funders care about. Yet, women and girls’ mental health remains overlooked and undervalued by philanthropy. Investing in this…
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Moved: Letter of Intent Applications Based on Request Amount
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Jack Tetrault and I am the new Client Services Intern! I recently graduated from Montana State University with a bachelor's in computer science. I was born and raised right here in Bozeman, so the opportunity to work for such a reputable company in my hometown excites me. I spent the last three summers as a…
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Allegany Franciscan Ministries is Hiring an Administrative & Grant Services Coordinator
Allegany Franciscan Ministries is hiring an Administrative & Grant Services Coordinator to join our driven and compassionate, mission-focused team! The position is hybrid and provides comprehensive administrative services, database management, and bookkeeping. Attached is our Candidate Information Packet. For more…
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Foundant's Executive Leadership Team Named Most Valuable Community Champion!
Dear Compass Community, I have some exciting news to share. Our Executive Leadership Team has won Higher Logic’s Most Valuable Community Champion award! Higher Logic is a leader in the online community space, empowering growth-minded organizations to build more engaged and meaningful relationships with their customers.…
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Learn how to create your own Group in Compass!
Groups are a great feature in Compass that allow members to create an area outside of the standard categorized discussions for collaboration around a specific topic or event. Any Compass member can create a group! Take a look at this Sample Group to see how Groups look. Explore the Group, read the how-to PDF and watch the…
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Create your own Group in Compass!
Groups are a great feature in Compass that allow members to create an area outside of the standard categorized discussions for collaboration around a specific topic or event. Any Compass member can create a group! Take a look at this Sample Group to see how Groups look. Explore the Group read the how-to PDF and watch the…
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Criteria for awarding grants
Hello! Our community foundation is in the process of reviewing the criteria we use to determine which grant applications we will fund during our competitive community grant cycle. We are looking for best practices. Would anyone be willing to share their foundations criteria and/or scoring rubric/matrix for evaluating grant…
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Creative ideas for Donor Recognition events or themes?
Hi there - we would like to hold a donor recognition event for our fund advisors, and were wondering what others do that may be unique or creative. We have had charities speak before, and were thinking of a charity tour, but also wondering how others added some ooomph and value, for the donor and for us an organization?
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Congrats to the March Top 10!
Congratulations to @JesikaEllis, @EricaBarnhart, @ElaineNedder, @TammyTilzey, @emilyszewczyk, @MadiSyring, @SidneySuttles, @TeresaDavis, @KelleyHoagland, and @MariaVeronicaBanks! 🏆️ As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a random drawing for a surprise. The…
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Combining Scholarship Funds
Hello everyone! We are currently seeking effective processes to combine smaller scholarship funds into one scholarship, perhaps by region, but want to make sure we are honoring the desires of our fund holders and donors. Is there any advice for how to effectively combine scholarships to better serve students and the needs…
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Scholarship Follow ups
I am wanting to know what other foundations' practice is for scholarships and follow-ups. We pay the school once a year for renewal scholarships and ask the students to submit a mid-year follow-up with their transcript from the fall along with the financials and then one for the end of the semester to make sure we know…
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In relation to scholarships how do you "score" essays and letters of recommendation?
We receive over approximately 500 scholarship applications each year and each application has three letters of recommendations and an essay question that relates to each individual scholarship (we have approx 40 scholarships total). Currently we have a scholarship committee consisting of board members and volunteers that…
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Happy Anniversary, Compass!
I'm so grateful for this community of philanthropic experts who are always eager to share their experiences and help others maximize their impact on their own communities! What is your favorite thing about Compass?
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Happy 3rd Anniversary, Compass!
I'm so grateful for this community of philanthropic experts who are always eager to share their experiences and help others maximize their impact on their own communities! What is your favorite thing about Compass?
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Help Finding a Web Designer for Donation Landing Page
Hello Compass Community! Crown Point Community Foundation is currently looking to work with a web designer to help format our donation landing page. We have over 300 Funds that we would like to organize in accordion menus with a search option at the top. If you have an example, please send the link to your donation landing…
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Grant Review Practices
I'm looking for advice from an organization that has experienced growth and had to adapt their grant review process. We are small, but growing. We now regularly receive 50+ grant applications for each cycle and our current process is an "everyone is involved in everything" approach. All board members evaluate the…
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Next Coffee Talk: Effective Internal Communication, Thursday, May 11, 10 am MT
REGISTER HERE Join us for a conversation about internal communication practices. With every struggle comes a new trick or process. Learn from your peers how they have created communication practices across departments and job types at their organizations. Be ready to share your own struggles and tips. This unique Coffee…
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How are YOU Working Smarter Not Harder? Let's Learn Together!
Hi Compass Community! My name is Rachel Myers and I have been working with the great team at Foundant to create a new learning series in response to this critical question: How can you release some pressure and create more space to work on what is most important to you and your organization? SPOILER ALERT: It is NOT about…
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Sales Tax on auctions - California
We are a new Foundation. We are located in California, which does not grant exemption to sales tax to non-profits. We have had a couple of auctions and have received some items from local retailers to auction. I am confused about the regulations. How do others report the basis for sales tax on tangible items where the…
