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The 3 C's to Thriving in a Pandemic
Are you tired of the grim statistics? ...that 11-38% of nonprofits will close down within 3 years, or that three out of five nonprofits had to cut costs last year due to the pandemic? Like you, I want to know the latest data, but even more so, I'd like to talk about what we can do to not just survive, but to THRIVE this…
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Hello everyone!
My name is Susan Remy and I am the Dir of Development at Child & Family Services, Inc. here in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The reason I joined this group is to meet others in my profession and expand my knowledge. Learning is a never ending process! I was born and raised in Fall River, MA and attended college at…
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Family Foundation Historical/Impact Reports
Hello! We are considering creating a historical/impact report for the Foundation's 15th anniversary. I've spoken with a couple of people who have created these types of things but would love recommendations on good reports you've seen/created and/or good consultants who specialize in this sort of thing. Our Board Chair…
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How do you define DEI?
The following graphic was shared in a Foundant presentation this week. I really liked how the DEI terminology was presented here, so I thought I'd share it with you!
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New Canada, Australia and USA badges!
Foundant has customers in Australia, Canada and the USA, and now we have badges for you to share your country pride on your Compass profile! You can also click on any badge to see who else has the same badge, and meet people with something in common! Click the Badges link at the top of the page, or the links next to the…
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New Australia, Canada and USA badges!
Foundant has customers in Australia, Canada and the USA, and now we have badges for you to share your country pride on your Compass profile! You can also click on any badge to see who else has the same badge, and meet people with something in common! Click the Badges link at the top of the page, or the links next to the…
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Determining When Your Foundation is Listed as a Beneficiary
Does anyone have a best practice for identifying when your foundation is listed as a beneficiary for an estate, an IRA account, etc? We ask our donors to let us know, but we have not historically had a great protocol for saving and storing this information and we are not certain we are aware of all of the accounts for…
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Hello from Atlanta!
Hello everyone! My name is Emma Wojack and I am from Oak Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago. I am one of the new team members here at Foundant technologies. I am a sophomore at Georgia Tech in Atlanta and I am a business administration student with a concentration in information technology management! I am on the club swim team…
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Scholarships and off-campus housing
My organization is trying to sort out how to best handle scholarships for off-campus housing (aka paying apartment rent). This has been a request from a few students who have explained that they've received a softball scholarship at their local community college (*with no campus housing*), but the school or coach (I'm not…
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Caramels arrived! Thank you!
What a lovely surprise that arrived today! And they are very very yummy 😋 Thank you ever so much! it's been fun learning from and chatting with everyone. I'm so glad we have Compass!
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Best Practices for Youth Engagement
We are preparing to launch a new program that would invite funding proposals from local youth (12-24 age range). We want to make the process accessible and invite creative approaches for applicants to share their vision and ideas. I'm curious to hear some ideas about the dos and don'ts when it comes to getting teenagers…
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Scholarship Processes Thought Partner Needed!
Greetings, I'm looking to have some scholarship process chat with anyone that is available. I need a thought partner. There are so many different processes involved with administering scholarships and renewals and my brain is fried as I'm trying to think through some more efficient processes! I'd love to talk through/pick…
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Volunteer Evaluators & Student Privacy
Hello everyone - we are looking to update some of our policies for scholarships, and specifically one for our volunteer evaluators that addresses student privacy. Our evaluators access the students applications through SLM, but I do know some of them print the forms out to review. We want to ensure proper destroying of the…
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Texting Service to Reach Students
Hi Compass Community! Our foundation is considering purchasing a text service so that we can better reach our students (our student advisory committee keeps stressing that this is better than email). I’m going to start doing some research on what options we have, but does anyone have recommendations for a texting service?…
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Scholarship funds for wraparound services
Good afternoon, I have a question about some of our affiliate scholarship funds. Have you ever applied variance power to named scholarship funds to provide wraparound services to students? We would like to change these funds since the affiliate has a Promise Zone that will be able to provide 4 years of full tuition…
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Seeking Arts Therapy funders
I research/write grants for a Canadian nonprofit wanting to do Art Therapy for those experiencing trauma & mental health challenges. I'm finding almost nothing in my database searches, re this specific interest -- but know these funders must be out there. Any suggestions?
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Need Based Scholarships for Private School Students
Wondering how other scholarship programs handle the issue of private high school student eligibility for their need-based scholarship opportunities. Currently, out of over 100 locally offered scholarships for graduating high school seniors, none have been created that specifically include private schools. Typically they…
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Temporary Job Opportunity - Part-Time Grants Manager (Mar-Sept)
We are looking for a temporary part-time grants manager to cover during maternity leave of one of our staff. We're open to remote candidates. See job description for more details.
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New to Foundant!
Hello everyone! My name is Ethan and I am an applied math major and varsity swimmer at Wheaton College! I am new to the Foundant team and am really looking forward to working with you! I used to work at a Community Foundation, primarily helping them implement Community Suite, so I hope I can be helpful! I enjoy spending…
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Payroll Service Providers
We are migrating to CSuite from Quickbooks which included payroll processing. Since we will need a different Payroll Service provider going forward, I am wondering if anyone has a recommendation. Our needs are simple at this point with 3 staff (One is salaried, Two are hourly). We do not currently have any paid benefits to…
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Performing Arts Orgs: What you need to know about PPP Part 2 vs. Save Our Stages Funding
Hey, everyone! If you work for or with performing arts organizations then you know that you have a big decision coming up: whether to pursue a PPP Part 2 loan or to pursue the Save Our Stages (SoS) grant funding. You can only choose one, so it's important to know as much as possible. Details are still coming out about SoS…
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Rewriting your grant proposal for 2021
Hi community! I am excited to lead the webinar next Tuesday, January 19 on a very timely topic: updating your grant proposal for 2021 to be successful at winning grants in the "new normal." With all that has changed, and 2020 behind us, you can't count on last year's narrative to win this year's grants. Grant funding is…
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What software products are people using to print 1099s for your vendors?
Recommendations?
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Hello from your Community Manager!
Hi everyone! We have many new members in this community, so I wanted to introduce myself here as well. I'm the community manager here at Foundant Technologies, and based in Bozeman, Montana. I have two dogs - a Bernese Mountain Dog and a Pomeranian-mix - who I love roadtripping with in the summer in my Jeep. I also enjoy…
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Are you hearing about Mergers, Acquisitions or Fiscal Sponsorships popping up because of COVID-19?
The Florida Nonprofit Alliance conducted two surveys this year (in April and July) asking Florida nonprofits about the effects of Covid-19 on their institutions. The results around nonprofits’ sustainability and viability have stuck with me: The Effects of Covid-19 on Florida Nonprofits reported roughly 73 nonprofits…
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Card Testing
Hi All, We've just gone through a major issue with Card Testing. This is where hackers use scripts to verify stolen or generated Credit Card numbers through a donation link. We've had more than 10K of these types of charge attempts. Generally, these donations are at the $1 mark because it flys below most people's radar.…
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Should employees be asked to become donors to the organization they work for?
Heck no! Heck yeah! When it comes to employee giving, everyone has an opinion one way or the other. But the issue itself is not a clear cut and dry one. It covers a wide range of topics including fundraising, storytelling, grant writing, Board giving and much more. Based on a survey I conducted in 2019, I have a published…
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#TuesdayTip: Setting up your email notifications!
Welcome new Compass members! Here's a quick how-to for setting up your notification emails if you haven't done so already! On the top right corner of Compass, click your picture/emoji and select Edit Profile On the left side of the Edit Profile page, click Notification Preferences: Opt-in for emails for actions by checking…
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The Pandemic and Philanthropy
Philanthropy has changed. Read this insightful white paper on the new realities we face. Encore is a consulting firm that helps philanthropic leaders welcome, engage and manage a changing environment. Encore’s team of consultants and associates have combined the benefit of their experience in combating the many obstacles…
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The Pandemic and Philanthropy
Philanthropy has changed. Read this insightful white paper on the new realities we face. Encore is a consulting firm that helps philanthropic leaders welcome, engage and manage a changing environment. Encore’s team of consultants and associates have combined the benefit of their experience in combating the many obstacles…
