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May's Top 10: Outstanding Members! 🌟
Happy Summer 🌊🏖👙! Congrats to our Top 10 community members who lit up Compass with their engagement and dedication throughout May! Let's give a round of applause to: @AnnKvach, @KatieDecker, @EllaKunze, @JeanneMcAlister, @MeghanBaylor, @TaraRegan, @MichelleLeBeau, @LindaStansberry, @mitchellhollberg, and @AmandaPool! As a…
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How did you fix your NACHA formatting problem?
We’re really hoping to get NACHA working smoothly. While we are able to successfully upload our NACHA files to the bank, there is a formatting issue that’s causing a troublesome delay in the funds being transfered to the recipients. The bank's ACH department is having to manually push the payments through. I understand the…
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Separate, non Follow-Up form to Collect Thank You Notes from Students
The current methods of collecting and delivering specific thank-you notes to donors from students are often difficult. We'd like to see a system where a dedicated thank you note form can be configured and assigned to the student per opportunity and as needed and attached to the request, eliminating the need to use follow…
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Howdy from Texas!
Hi, my name is Sarah and I've recently made the switch from non-profit development (grant writing) to the foundation side of things. I've been really impressed with the Foundant software so far and I'm looking forward to continuing to dive in and learn more. Full disclosure, I've never once said "howdy" unironically.
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Newly Support Team Member - Hello!
Hi all - my name is Drake, and I'm so excited to be joining Foundant as a Manager on our stellar Support team. Prior to this role, I served as a member of the client services/sales team at Macmillan Learning, but have always been attracted to Foundant's mission and vision in the Founder/Philanthropic Space. My career has…
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Hi, I'm New Here!
Hello everyone! I am Kristen Neithercut, a new Client Support Intern here at Foundant. I became interested in working at Foundant when I decided to pivot my career away from hospitality/Food & Beverage towards a career that is still client-focused but not necessarily nights/weekends/holidays. As someone with a history in…
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Newly Hired Product Education Intern
Hello! I'm Ella Kunze - the new Product Education Intern at Foundant Technologies. When I heard about Foundant, I immediately realized interning at this company was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I am from a suburb of Minneapolis and am currently a marketing student with a minor in English writing at Montana State…
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Streamlining Scholarship Acceptance Process Share Your Insight
Hello! I am curious to learn about other foundation’s scholarship acceptance workflow to see if there’s a way to simplify my foundation’s scholarship acceptance workflow. Currently, they have a two-step process. First, the student signs a scholarship agreement, which confirms they are still attending college. I use…
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Does your foundation award many grants at low dollar amounts or few at larger dollar amounts?
Does your foundation award many grants at low dollar amounts or few at larger dollar amounts? Our foundation tends to award few grants at larger dollar amounts to maximize impact in the community among strong nonprofits.
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CRM Best Practices for Vulnerable Populations
Does anyone have suggestions for best practices when it comes to gathering data on vulnerable populations? I'd welcome articles, webinars, personal experience, etc. The practical concern of my colleagues is what information should/should not be included in Profile notes for our CRM, as well as the pros/cons of adding…
