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Now Hiring: Vice President of Advancement as well as Director of Grantmaking
The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, the state's second-largest city and approximately 40 miles from Chicago, is hiring a Director of Grantmaking as well as a Vice President of Advancement, both positions are full-time. To learn more or to apply, visit: The Foundation…
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Cohort Model Scholarships
Greetings from The Miami Foundation! We are beginning to explore cohort scholarships and would love to learn more from anyone who currently oversees any. I am new to the world of philanthropy and scholarships. If you're available, I would love to connect and pick anyone's brain about cohort scholarships (or scholarships in…
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Congratulations Letter/email
Anyone care to share their congratulations letter? I'm looking for some not just basic ways to say what we have to say. Also, when you award a scholarship, do you send an email or paper letter? We're first timers using SLM this year. Thanks all, Marsha
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Assignment of grant reviewers
Hi everyone - would appreciate hearing your thoughts on the following, but some background first. We launched a one-cycle grant program earlier this year. We're about to wrap up our LOI stage and get back to applicants on whether or not they advance to the full application stage. My question is: When you assign reviewers…
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Job Opportunity - Philanthropy Assistant
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Scholarship event activity?
Hi everyone! We are bringing back our scholarship event this summer after a two year hiatus. In the past we have called each recipient up to the front and handed them a certificate, similar to a graduation. This year, we are hoping to make it less formal and more fun, providing time for the students, donors, and committee…
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Featured Badges for Pride Month!
To celebrate Pride Month, learn about or request these badges!
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non-discrimination disclaimers
Hello All, We are preparing a new scholarship application and wanted to include a text stating that we are asking certain questions regarding race, ethnicity and gender for purposes of statistics only. We wanted to actually include a non-discrimination disclaimer text in the application. Is anyone doing this? Do you…
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Quick Survey: Receiving feedback from applicants on our grant application process
Has anyone posted a quick survey at the end of an application to gain feedback from grant applicants on how they liked the application process and suggestions for improvement? If so, what type of questions did you ask, and did you find the survey helpful?
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Hello!
Hello everyone! My name is Patrick Laorden. I currently serve as a grants associate with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in Connecticut. I'm excited to be in philanthropy full-time. I have experienced working with grants, more on the grant-seeking side of things, having served as a grants consultant and volunteer…
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Scholarship Room & Board/Potentially Taxable Expenses
Hi everyone, We have a new scholarship in which the donors want the scholarship to have the option of the student being allowed to use funds for room and board; specifically, assistance with off campus apartment rent or living expenses. All our scholarship payments are made to the student's tuition account at his/her…
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New Intern Introduction
Hi everyone! I am Jacob Hofer, and I just started working at Foundant as a client services intern in Bozeman. I just completed my third year at MSU studying Computer Science and Mathematics, and plan to graduate at the end of next year before working towards a Master’s degree. In my free time I enjoy basically anything…
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Grant guidelines and decision making framework for granting ARPA funds
Our organization is partnering with our county to support their grantmaking efforts for APRA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for nonprofits. They would like to grant us $500,000 to then create a Nonprofit Economic Recovery fund. We will provide unrestricted funding to our local nonprofit organizations from this fund to…
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Congratulations to the May Top 10!
Congratulations to @sloanalberhasky, @DeanBusack, @DeanBusack @GracieMaxwell, @MarshaStrauss, @TammyPrater, @AmieMorgan, @HollySpitz, @JenniferAllain, @CalvinReinholtz, @DavetteSwiney! 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.…
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Let's talk about affiliate committees!
Happy Monday, everyone! I would love to hear from some of you about two things: 1) How you engage your affiliate committee members and 2) how you go about recruiting new members for your committees. Our community foundation has a total of 23 affiliate regions, and each region has its own affiliate committee. Some…
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Let's talk scholarships!
At the Summit 2022, we had a great opportunity to have scholarship-based discussions with peers all over the country. I've tagged scholarship professionals who attended this year. Do you have any topics you'd love to continue to chat with your peers about? Please add some ideas in the comments, or continue on one of the…
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Privacy Policy
Hello! I'm looking for examples of a Privacy Policy to post on our website. What do we need to include beyond "we will not sell or share your information? Thank you, Abbey Cameron CEO 3 Rivers Community Foundation (Richland, WA)
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Casual coffee with a potential donor
What do you take with you when invited for coffee by someone who would be a potential donor?
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Certificates in Grant Writing and Management
Hi Everyone, Hope all is well. Happy Friday! I am new to a grants manager position and was wondering if there were any certificates that I could take or helpful resources. Anything helps. Just looking to obtain more knowledge so I can help the people I serve in the best way :)
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Connection-Based Strategies to Maximize Donor Giving
Let's use this space to continue the conversation about the strategies discussed on our webinar: How do you break through "donor fatigue" in annual donors? What are you doing to drive deeper connections with mid-level donors? How have you uncovered the "hidden gems" of larger gift-givers in your database using the art…
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Scholarship Evaluator Survey
We have over 100 volunteers serving on our scholarship selection committees and would like to get their feedback on the review process. Has anyone created a survey to collect feedback from scholarship evaluators? If so, would you be willing to share your form/questions? Thank you!
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Travel Grants/Scholarships
Are any Foundations managing a scholarship process for travel grants/awards? We've been approached by someone who is interested in supporting individuals who desire to travel to other countries for work, educational opportunities, and/or cultural exchanges. We have awarded scholarships to high school students for mission…
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Big THANK YOU to the Foundant Help team
I didn't know what category to put this in so I thought a testimonial might be best. I want to publicly thank the Foundant Help/Support team, engineers, software people, whomever was involved in resolving the reporting issue on Thursday, May 19. Nebraska was in the middle of a live panel review process when the system…
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Compass Intern Introduction
Hey everyone! My name is Melia Swirsky, and I am the new Compass Intern here at Foundant Technologies. I became interested in working for Foundant after discovering them at Montana State University's “Meet the Business Recruiters Event". Foundant's mission and values align with my own moral compass. I am originally from…
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Could you share your Universal Scholarship Applications?
We're building out a universal application for our 2021 scholarships and I'm looking for examples of universal scholarship applications. Would anyone be able to provide me with a copy of their application? The question list pdf version would be great. Thanks!
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Development Committee Responsibilities
Hello everyone, I have been at our CF for about 18 months. I want to re-envision our Development Committee's job description (it is currently non-existent). Does anyone have templates they could share of what is working well for them? We are currently a committee of 4-6 (myself as the Development Officer, our Board Chair…
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ACH Payments
We usually send checks out to pay our grantees but need to move to ACH due to COVID 19. Are any of you using ACH and how do you collect the checking info? We are trying to make sure we do this securely. Any info/best practices would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and hope everyone is well!
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May 15th is the Deadline for filing your organization's 990
Just a friendly reminder that May 15th (which is on a Sunday), so technically May 16th is the deadline for submitting your 990 to the IRS. If your 990 isn't quite finished, don't panic, it's easy to request an extension. Here is the web address for IRS Form 8868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File an…
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Virtual Site Visits
Hi! I'm new to Foundant and new to the funder side of the non-profit world. I work for several foundations which fund around the country/globe and which have board members scattered about. We are investigating doing virtual site visits. Does anyone have experience with Virtual Site Visits? What worked? What didn't? Any…
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#TuesdayTip: Make your links fancy!
Change your links from this: https://www.foundant.com/ To this! When including a URL in a post, start it on a new line: https://www.foundant.com/ Immediately following the end of the post (right after the / in the example above) hit Enter. That will convert your URL text into a graphic link! Note: This works for the…
