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Note keeping across staff
Hi - I searched but couldn't find this thread already. We have several staff out in the community having conversations with orgs, performing site visits, etc and want to establish a good way of sharing that information across the team. How do other CFs track notes and takeaways from meetings with nonprofit orgs and other…
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Submitted GPA vs. GPA on the transcript
Hello scholarship administrators. We are struggling with the GPA inputted by students vs. the unweighted GPA on the transcript. Although we specifically ask students to input their unweighted GPA as it reads on their transcript, we have found that often it's not a the same as what's on the transcript...which we discover…
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Team Coordinator position in Chicago, IL or Lake County, IL
The Hunter Family Foundation (HFF) is seeking its first Team Coordinator to help strengthen our communication, partnership, and administrative capacity. Our small but mighty team hopes to bring a highly collaborative, detail-oriented problem solver onto our staff as we grow and deepen our work together and in our…
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Hiring 2 Outreach Program Officers - United Arts of Central Florida
United Arts of Central Florida seeks two (2) Outreach Program Officers to play a vital role in developing and implementing engaging outreach initiatives that expand our reach, build relationships with key stakeholders, and advance our mission. This role requires a blend of creative curiosity and strategic thinking. Read…
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Marketing Documentation
Our team really wants to focus on building awareness of our larger funds and showing the community what the fund is contributing to. We have decided that we are going to showcase these funds on social media platforms or create blog posts, but we want to document that within Foundant. Does anyone have any good ideas on what…
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Ability to download shared templates in Compass
Hi all, I would love to be able to create a shared space in Compass where we could add templates or processes and procedures to share. Would this be possible to add to compass point and would others support this idea? Please forgive me if this should be in idea lab :) Thanks, Mary Ellen
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Merged fields in TY letters
Hi! We are retooling our TY letters for the new year. We currently used merged fields such as name, address, donation amount, fund name, date, check #, etc. We would love to be able to merge the fund purpose (current CSuite field) into the TY letter as well. Is that a possibility? Any tips greatly appreciated. Thank you…
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Donations via Donor Portal
Do you ask permission from your fund creators if they want their fund 'promoted' in order to receive donations to the fund, or do you automatically make that an option for all funds?
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Is there a name for the feeling you get when submitting a grant application/LOI/RFP?
Or is it just adrenaline? 🤸♀️🤑🎉😝
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FAFSA Delays
Hello! I'm struggling with deciding how to best move forward with our scholarship application due to the FAFSA delays. We typically ask students to upload a copy of their FAFSA Student Aid Report and have them input their Student Aid Index found on the report. The problem is that many students have submitted their…
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🌟 February's Top Trailblazers 🌟
Kudos to our Top 10 community members who lit up Compass with their engagement and dedication throughout February! 🎉 Let's give a round of applause to: @EvannaHardin, @BryantPhillips, @juliedowell, @FionaRoss, @TinaMoreno, @TempesttBui, @AnnKvach, @AmyPearson, @LinseySauer, @JessicaGilmore As a token of our appreciation,…
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CFGC is Hiring a Community Investment Manager
About the Foundation For almost 60 years, the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga has strengthened the community by transforming generosity into lasting change. It exists to connect donors’ passions and their values with purpose, so that they can have a meaningful impact on the community. The mission of the…
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Finance and Office Administrator Position-- Hiring PT
Job Posting – Finance & Office Administrator, The County Foundation The County Foundation is one of 201 community foundations across Canada, offering collaborative leadership and funding to support initiatives that benefit our community. Our ongoing work as an asset-builder and grant-maker provides a strategic perspective…
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Successor advisor form
Does anyone have a successor fund advisor form that they could share? This would be a form that a fundholder would complete to make clear their wishes should they pass away. And what is your process for collecting them?
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Charting Projected Giving/Workflows
Hi Compass, I'm wondering how others are understanding and charting their projected giving. We're currently struggling to understand what our next year looks like in terms of paying out installments, and how heavy our reporting workflows will be because there isn't a straightforward way to track estimated/anticipated…
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Second Semester Scholarships
Help us settle a debate. We have a number of scholarships that are paid in the student's second semester (usually January). Should the payment of these scholarships be counted toward the year they were awarded, or the year they were paid? For example: a student graduates in 2023 and is awarded a scholarship to be paid…
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Looking for a general "intake form".
Can anyone share a link to or attach a general "intake form" that your foundation uses for an initial call or email about starting a scholarship or new fund.
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With the FAFSA issues, has anyone changed the application for finanical information?
As a Community Foundation with a Live scholarship application, I have received a couple of calls from frantic students. I have the FAFSA estimator in my application and am considering using that number for financial-based scholarships. We could change the due date to later, but I want that to be my last resort. I am…
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Outside Funding for an Employee Emergency Relief Non Profit
Hi, we are a nonprofit employee emergency relief fund helping our employees across the US through unforeseen financial hardships. We are proudly funded by employees for employees but would like to be able to learn if there are any outside funding/grant opportunities that we could explore to help with our limited funding.…
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How many Wisconsin-based foundations are in the GrantHub Pro database
The nonprofit I'm working for is considering different options, and we'd like to know how expansive GrantHub Pro's database of Wisconsin-based foundations is. Ideally, we'd find a software/platform that lists many so that our nonprofit can pitch them. Thank you!
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We’re hiring! Donor Services Officer for our growing community foundation
The Hamilton Community Foundation in Hamilton, OH is growing and in need of a full time Donor Services Officer to help us with new and existing donors. The Hamilton Community Foundation is the oldest and largest community foundation in Butler County, OH. We are looking for an engaging, and professional individual to join…
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Congrats to the January Top 10 Leaders!
Congratulations to @TessDeHart, @AmyNossaman, @ErinArmstrong, @BrittanyBailey, @vaseycoman, @chandrabrubaker, @ElaineHolliday, @FionaRoss, @PattyMastel, and @CarrieMiller for being on January's Top 10 Leaderboard! 🏆️🏆️🏆️ As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered…
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Bequest Scam Warning
Hello all, We wanted to make everyone aware of this scam that was attempted on our Community Foundation. Please share this! We received an email (copied at the bottom of this post) from someone stating his mother, Julia Sadler, had recently passed away and indicated in her trust that she would like donations made to…
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Required Financial Documents for a Grant
What financial documents do you require from an organization requesting a grant. Specifically, do you require an audited financial statement from the organization requesting a grant? If not, what do you require and what do you suggest we look for?
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Funds released on training completion - best practices
Hi, Our organization is looking to create the process for the following grant and I was wondering if anyone else has implemented a similar grant? What worked, what did not? Any landmines I should look out for? [Some of the grant overview language is off as names of our partners have been redacted.] Grant Overview: Through…
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Multiple tribute cards under one tribute object.
We are just moving over to CSuite and I am looking for some suggestions on how to adapt our current tribute card process. We have people donate to a fund in memory/honor of a person and ask that a tribute card be sent to a specific person. A tribute "object" is created in CSuite, with the memory/honor persons name. All…
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When do you disburse your scholarship funds? Timing of scholarship fund disbursement
Hello everyone! When do you send scholarship checks to your recipients' school/university/college etc? Is it possible to send funds in May? In the past I have disbursed the funds for new recipients and renewal recipients in August/September. However, my boss was wondering if we could disburse the funds right after making…
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Third Party Request Form
How can I resend the original third party request email? Our grantees miss it when it comes through and then ask for us to resend it. I can send a e-mail from that page but it doesn't include the original link.
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Thoughtful Application Design [Connecting and Continuing the Conversation]
Hello, Friends! Our recent webinar on crafting applications that truly connect had some of our highest engagement. We're starting this discussion as a "hub" for the folks looking to connect with other attendees, continue conversations started in the chat (transcript to come), and build on the advice our presenters shared.…
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Capacity building grant application samples
We are in the process of updating our capacity building grant process. I am wondering if anyone offers capacity building grants and would be willing to share their grant application with us. Thank you.
