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Blood Drive @ Foundant HQ
Thanks to @TheodoreJohnson - and all the donors! - for coordinating a Red Cross blood drive at Foundant headquarters today. It always feels good to give back!
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International Scholarships
Hi from New Orleans! We are considering offering scholarships to dependent children of employees in non-us offices which include Australia, Ireland, Great Britain, France, and Canada. Does anyone have experience with this? Some of my specific questions are: We normally make the check payable to the university and the…
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Accounting Software
Does anyone use an accounting software they love and would like to recommend? What do you love about it?
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Outreach for National Scholarships
We are looking for ways to increase our reach and impact for our national scholarship program, shifting from select partner colleges (8-10 total in the past) to a larger national scale (jumping from ~50 scholarship recipients per year to potentially 200-300 scholarship recipients per year). How do other scholarship…
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Record Keeping - Moving from paper to electronic/digital
Hi all, This is our first year going electronic with our scholarship process - and we LOVE the capabilities and flexibility it has provided. But moving to the electronic process also brings changes in how we need to think about doing some things - and the way we've always done things. My old brain sometimes has trouble…
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#TuesdayTip: Personalize your profile with badges!
Some badges can be requested, while others have to be earned! All badges are worth points that will help you climb the Compass leaderboards. Click on any badge to learn more and to view other community members you may have something in common with! Simply visit the Badges link at the top of the page. And since I know…
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Conflict of Interest
On today's feature webinar on evaluations, we demonstrated how to record an evaluator's conflict of interest declarations on an evaluation form. Is anyone willing to share their conflict of interest policy? How do you explain to evaluators what is a conflict, and what is not?
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Hello from Oakville Ontario
Hi everyone! I'm Michelle from the Oakville Commuity Foundation. We've been using CSuite since Jan 2018 (which is coincidentally the same time I joined the org) and have since added GLM and SLM to our Foundant tool box. I've been a fan since Day 1. 😀 I'm really looking forward to learning and sharing ideas from my fellow…
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NEW CATEGORY: Foundant Product Q&A!
You may have noticed some changes to our Compass homepage navigation this week. We've dedicated a new category to focus on Foundant Product Q&A, and moved several amazing discussions to our Philanthropic Best Practices category where all Compass members can benefit from the knowledge, experiences and questions that are…
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Thank you Weston Paul and Elsie Thomson
Dear @WestonPaul and @ElsieThomson , I just wanted to let you know how smooth everything went on opening morning for two of our grant cycles. We went live today and so far so good! I don’t think others on the team felt we would be up and ready to go in such a short time-frame, especially with me having no experience with…
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Moved: Adding Additional Funding to a Previously Given Grant
This discussion has been moved.
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International Scholarships
Hi from New Orleans! We are considering offering scholarships to dependent children of employees in non-us offices which include Australia, Ireland, Great Britain, France, and Canada. Does anyone have experience with this? Some of my specific questions are: We normally make the check payable to the university and the…
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Events you LOVE <3
Are there events - virtual or otherwise! - that you always look forward to? I know a lot of people have a can't-miss conference on their calendar, a networking event where they've met amazing mentors, or a webinar series that is always super insightful. If you've been to a cool event that is creative, always has good…
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Shifts in grant making approach in response to current racial tensions
How are your organizations supporting your grantee partners who have increased their engagement or have entered the racial equity advocacy space, in response to recent events?
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Domestic Violence Relief
I would really be interested to see how and what our clients are doing to support those experiencing domestic violence as a result of recent shelter-in-place orders. Please share any and all stories!
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#TuesdayTip: Upload a profile photo!
Help us build a more personal community by replacing your avatar and putting a face to your name! To upload a profile photo, visit your Account Details area at the top right of Compass. Click Edit Profile. Under the left side bar, click "Change my Picture": Upload a photo. Drag to resize and place the square on the area of…
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Extensions/Amendments
How do people handle these requests in Foundant? Not necessarily processing them or making changes but collecting the requests, especially now when there is a greater need than usual? We are thinking through two options and wondering if anyone has tried either and what the benefits or pitfalls were. An Ext/Amd follow up…
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How are we celebrating awardees in 2020 (since events can't be the answer)?
On today's coffee talk we had some great ideas surface around ways to celebrate our scholarship students in the current circumstances. We heard: Video exchanges between donors and students. Newspaper ads/articles with student photos. Yard Signs "I am a xyz scholarship recipient!" ( I personally think this sounds super…
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Connecting with donors
I"m curious what people are doing to connect with their donors while we are all working from home. Kent C. Weimer, Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® Director of Trusts, Estates and Gift Planning Parkland Foundation Chair, National Association of Charitable Gift Planners
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Scholarship Committee Member Job Description
Here is our job description that we provide our scholarship committee members at the beginning of each scholarship cycle. I have not updated this with the new timeline that we'll be working with COVID-19, but we still intend for them to be able to do their scoring entirely online and not have a need to meet in any way to…
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Hello from Central Kansas
Hey everyone! Like the majority of humans across the globe, I am working from home...My current "office" is an upstairs porch that is literally 4'x6', but has windows on 2 sides, which allows me to feel like I'm in a treehouse. I do very much enjoy watching the birds and seeing the squirrels jump from limb to limb and to…
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High community needs related to COVID-19
Our local health department has identified 2 potential needs, but we don't have an org who has done this yet: a. Provide deliveries of basic needs to Covid patients who are quarantined. b. Provide some type of shelter for Covid patients when released from the hospital who can't return home (they live with others who may be…
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Greetings from Michigan!
Greetings! I am the grant administrator for the Trinity Assurance Ltd. Grant Program. I have used Foundant to administer our program since 2016. Each year I add more functionality to my process and have come to love the system. I look forward to connecting to others to learn more about how you use the system and how I…
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Hello from Delaware!
Hello Compass world! I am the Scholarship Administrator for the Delaware Community Foundation; I am located in southern Delaware in a small town called Georgetown, while our HQ is in Wilmington. We are a staff of 15 doing great things to address Covid-19 and help our state NPOs through the crisis. Just finished our…
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High community needs related to Covid-19
Our local health department has identified 2 potential needs, but we don't have an org who has done this yet: a. Provide deliveries of basic needs to Covid patients who are quarantined. b. Provide some type of shelter for Covid patients when released from the hospital who can't return home (they live with others who may be…
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What do you love best about your team?
What do you love best about your Community Foundation team?
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Minnesota
Hi, My name is Courtney Whited and I am in Minnesota. Would anyone else find it beneficial if we started a Minnesota discussion group? Hoping to start a group. Thank you, Courtney
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Beyond COVID-19: Taking the next step
Hi y'all, During last week's Coffee Talk on Thursday (4/30), one of the questions posed was what does the next step in COVID-19 response look like? For many of us on that call, there are no clear answers or even a direction to start looking for answers. I wanted to try and continue the conversation here about what folx may…
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2020 IPA Virtual Conference: Philanthropy Leads
The Philanthropy Leads virtual conference brings new ideas and best practices from across the industry to foundations, corporations, and other impact-minded professionals working to enhance our society and environment. Join us online for inspiration, connection, and learning with your peers. Click here for more information…
