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scholarship reporting - awarded vs. distributed?
Hello! Each year there unfortunately is a discrepancy between the total # and $$ amount for scholarships due to a variety of factors; I'm sure many of you can relate. Curious to know how other scholarship providers handle reporting for marketing, annual reports, etc. do you use awarded vs. distributed totals? or a combo of…
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Webinar follow up - Connecting Your Scholarship Program to Your Organization's Strategy
@JuliaDaSilva from the Triangle Community Foundation shared how they have made significant changes to their scholarship administration practices to align their scholarship program with the foundation's overarching strategy. In this webinar, she highlighted changes they made to their application to remove barriers for…
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Sample Template Letter to Donor to reach Minimum Endowed Fund Balance
Hi all, Would you mind sharing or uploading any template you may have on notices to endowed fund holders (DAFs, Agency, Designated, Scholarship, etc) to share that they have not met their minimum fund balance per policy guidelines, and advice on next steps? Thank you very much! Missy Belles
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Non-discrimination Clauses and Race-specific Scholarships
What language do you use related to non-discrimination in your fundholder agreements and public communications about scholarships? Do you refer to a specific law, or have a list of "we do not discriminate based on X"? How do you rectify these non-discrimination clauses with scholarships that are for a specific race,…
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Scholarship Policies - focus on administration of multi-year awards
We're looking to add some strength to our scholarship policy. While it covers the necessary/required bases, it leans more toward the nuts and bolts of establishing the fund and its criteria. Many of the nuances that come along through administration are handled on a case-by-case basis and I'd like to make it more…
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Scholarship Application Abandon Rate?
Hi everyone, Do you look at your scholarship application abandon rate? We are looking at historical data on how many scholarship applications are started but not completed. I'm wondering if others have done this and what percentage of students do not finish their applications? Is there any average or national data on this?…
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Scholarship Evaluations and Committees
We have several committees that review multiple scholarship applications for different scholarships. Many of the applications for the different scholarships are the same students in each group. This year we had one student come out on top for a group of 5 scholarships the committee was evaluating. Does anyone have…
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Award Displacement Language
I was on a coffee talk yesterday Re: WORKING WITH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, and someone mentioned that they use Award Displacement Language in their check letters. I would really appreciate if someone could share that verbiage. Thanks😊
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Loan forgiveness or Reverse scholarship programs
Coming out of our Summit conference there have been a few scholarship clients expressing interest in the concept of loan forgiveness or reverse scholarship programs. Loan Forgiveness (also known as Reverse Scholarships) is a process of awarding scholarships after the expenses have been incurred. These funds pay back loans…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Donor's Legal/Criminal History
Recently, a question was raised re: a scholarship donor's legal/criminal history, which has caused us to wonder: If any of you do some kind of background check into your donors before setting up a fund? How much of the scholarship awardee student's personal information (if any) do you share with the donors of the…
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How are you fostering relationships with your scholarship donors?
In today's Coffee Talk we discussed how Scholarship Managers are connecting with their donors to communicate the impact of their generosity. How are you using social media to connect with your students?
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Do you remind your scholarship applicants of the due date?
This is my first year with our Foundation for managing the scholarships. The due date is coming up shortly. There are more drafts every day, but some have been there since it began. Is it a common task to let applicants know the due date is a week away?
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Scholarships for Job Skills Retraining for Adults
Does anyone have experience managing a scholarship to support adults looking for job skills retraining (trade, technical, certificate programs)? In addition to the standard tuition, fees, we have a donor that would like to support needed supplies, equipment, etc. All of our current scholarships are traditional ones aimed…
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Scholarship Evaluation
This is the first year we are having evaluators review and evaluate scholarship applications online. Would anyone be willing to share correspondence sent to committees introducing first time online evaluations? (Example emails, instructions, etc.) In the past staff has created a cover sheet and attached all supplemental…
