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What's Your Favorite Grant to Write?
We spend so much time, or at least I do, lamenting about the grant proposals with such limited character space, horrible portals, little money for way to much work, etc, etc. I thought it would be a nice change to hear about the applications you love. The ones that work, are easy to navigate, and don't take a billion hours…
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Community Foundation Grants to Non-501(c)(3)s
Hi there, I'm not sure there's been a discussion like this on this forum... Increasingly, we at Community First Foundation are finding opportunities to engage and better our community which lie outside of traditional 501(c)(3) grantmaking. What is your community foundation's process for making charitable grants to…
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Looking for a Foundant GLM consultant
Hello, We are looking for somebody to manage our GLM processes for the next few months. (Approval/Denials, assigning award agreement follow-ups, etc.) Please email me at mgoldberg@fieldfoundation.org if you are interested. Thank you, Michelle Goldberg Field Foundation
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Other funders seeing fewer applications submitted?
Hello. We’ve been getting fewer applications in recent weeks (possibly months), and we’re not sure of the reasons. One theory is that some NPOs are getting CARES money and are less reliant on grants. Are others experiencing this too? Thanks for any feedback!
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Coffee Talk: A Goal, a Path, and a Mission: Communications Planning at Your Foundation.
We had a great and lively coffee talk exploring how community foundations do communications planning and implementation. Let's continue the discussion here - especially for everyone who shared plans for their anniversary events! Here is the link to the recording: Thank you to all who participated and joined us and special…
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Expenditure Responsibility
Hi! I work for a community foundation and we don't typically award grants that require expenditure responsibility, however we have made the decision recently to do so. Are there any other community foundations out here willing to share their expenditure responsibility agreement template, reporting template, and…
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Seeking Executive Director for Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF)
Rapidly growing, 4-year old community foundation seeks full-time Executive Director for position in "The Heart of The Rockies". Located approximately 2-1/2 hours south and west of Denver on the Arkansas River, surrounded by 14,000' mountains, Chaffee County is a 4-season mecca for outdoor recreation, the arts and small…
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Follow your Favorite Discussion Categories!
Hi Compass Members! Many of you have asked for this one, and I'm happy to announce it's finally here! You can now "follow" specific subcategories, i.e. "Grant Writing" (shown below), Fundraising, GrantHub Q&A, etc. To view the options and customize your notifications, just look for the bell icon underneath the…
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Capital Projects- Payment After Work has Already Been Done
Good morning, We are encountering nonprofits who are completing grant applications while work is in process, and requesting funding after work has been completed. Does anyone have experience dealing with this? We have a policy that states we will not pay for work that was done prior to the grant award, but it seems to be…
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Finance administrator part time
We are a small CF team in Ohio, looking for an amazing part time person who is a CSuite pro. I've attached the job description but the quick info is: Remote Part-time / 8-12 hours hours a week (flexibility on how that's divided up) AP, AR, bank recon (all in csuite), Audit Letters associated with above tasks (thank you's…
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Fraudulent Activity
We just experienced fraud on one of our bank accounts. This is an account we use for all of our grant writing. Somehow they have images of our checks and have been able to remake checks payable to themselves. We had one that succesfully cleared our account, but have been able to stop others. We closed the account and are…
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"Virtual meetings have leveled the playing field"
Do you agree that "virtual meetings have leveled the playing field—and more board members are showing up to play?" Have you seen your Board improve its efficiency and engagement over the past year?
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Accommodation Language for Low Tech Applicants
During a recent call we discussed some great strategies for assisting low-tech applicants and needs. A variety of methodology is being used to let applicants know the service is available (only if they ask, word of mouth, provide information in webinars, etc). Our language is: If you do not have reasonable access to a…
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Did you know...
I share these numbers with the team here at Foundant every week, so I thought I'd share an update with you all as well! Compass currently has over 2,500 members, 1,100 discussions and 2,800 replies. So far this year, 76 questions have received 135 answers. Compass has an 82.5% engagement rate (good!) with 423 contributors…
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GuideStar Charity Check
Hello, We are brand new to Foundant. If your Charity Check does not pass on a grantee from a donor advised fund, what information do you require from the organization before you allow the grant to be approved?
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New Auditor Search
Hi everyone! We are getting ready to start the process of looking for a new auditor. I wanted to reach out to see if anyone has experience with this transition and if there is any guidance you can give for necessary steps. Is there a formal process, specific questions I should be asking, etc? Thank you! Jen Brambley…
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Foundation Directory Online?
Good afternoon all, Do any of my community foundation peers offer grantee access to Foundation Directory Online (either as funding for individual subscriptions or onsite access through the foundation)? We are considering an onsite subscription and I'd love to hear best practices from any of my colleagues. Thanks in…
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Grant Application Timeframe
Hi, For those with annual grant cycles, how long do you keep your grant application open? I've played around with 2, 3 or 4 weeks and it seems like most organizations will wait until the last minute to submit regardless of how long the application timeframe is. Curious what others do and if you see the same thing? Thanks!…
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Grant Budget Guidelines
Hello: I'm looking for best practices regarding budget guidelines. Our major grant allows for the PI to charge 10% of their salary and they have to commit 20% of their time to the project. They can charge 100% of their benefits to the project. Also, we allow other team members working on the project to charge 100% of their…
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CFC (Canada) Grants Survey
I was just filling out the Community Foundation of Canada 2019 Grants Survey. I realize we have Groups, Subgroups and Divisions in the Fund area. In Profile area we have Profile Types. Is there any where in Grants/Grantees to give them an additional designation, i.e., Education, Health and Wellness, Arts and Culture and…
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POLL: What would you like to talk about?
Let us know what you'd like to discuss here in Compass. What challenges do you face in your job? What resources would support you? Choose your top category in the poll and/or comment below!
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Strategies to address DEI
What is your Community Foundation doing to address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within the communities you serve?
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Recent Board Member Agreement Refresh?
We want to update and refresh our Board Member Agreement. Curious if anyone has done this lately and or willing to share theirs with us? Also curious about how best to include a commitment to Equity and Diversity / Racial and Social Equity pledge/commitment or if this should be separate.
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Want to follow a discussion that's really relevant to you? Bookmark it!
Just click the star. ⭐️ (Link to this discussion: https://community.foundant.com/funders_community_foundations/discussion/1137)
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L3c Investments in Low Profit Organizations
Hi! Has anyone granted funds to the new designation L3c organizations yet? Are you using a loan document or a grant agreement for the details? Many thanks for any insight on the new designation.
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Scholarship Associate position at Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
Come work with us! CFNIL, located in Rockford, IL, is looking for someone with excellent communication and critical thinking skills to join the team as a Scholarship Associate. This person will be responsible for overseeing CFNIL's scholarship programs, which includes working with students, educators, donors, and a large…
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Identifying Volunteer Stewards
We would like to identify our Volunteer Stewards in CSuite and wonder how others might be doing this. We don't want to make them Foundant users. Currently I have them set up in the Relationship tab with a Relationship Type of 'Volunteer Steward'. With the addition of Custom Fields I'm wondering if there is a more efficient…
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Budget Forms
We are looking for a new budget form for our applicants to use to upload in their application. Preferably a budget that contains a spreadsheet for the project budget as well as a spreadsheet for the applicant's full organizational budget. Does anyone have one they would like to share with us? Thanks so much! Kaitlyn
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Congratulations to the July Top 10!
Congratulations to @andriabaker, @GloriaDillard, @KathyReiter, @coreygetchell, @MarynBoess, @StaceyRivard, @JennyPraytor, @SteveWick, @TomWickersham and @jameskirkland! As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a random drawing for a little surprise. The winner…
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Looking for a Foundant "guru" as a grants adminstrator... ideas?
Hi everyone. We are in need of someone with good Foundant skills to help our team - either as a consultant, or perhaps even as a position w/our small Foundation. We have a growing list of things needed to mop up as well as projects ahead that we are falling behind on and think a person w/good skills would be a great asset…
