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Hello from Central Florida... I'm new to Foundant
Hi this is Maggie Soderholm, I am the new Grants Manager at the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, which is in Central Florida. I'll be at the 2025 FPN Summit this week in Orlando. I'd love to connect with others, especially those who live in the area. Please feel free to ping me if you're using the conference app. I'd love…
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Scholarship Successor Advisors?
Hello everyone! Our scholarship program at The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation is celebrating 30 years and we are starting to have a generational shift. The individuals who signed the original fund agreements would like to "pass their scholarship" on to the next generation of their family. What policies do you…
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Donations Postmarked before End of Year
What are your common practices for inputting donations that have been postmarked before the end of the year, but are not deposited to the bank until the New Year?
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Could anyone share the questions they use in their LOI process?
We've recently started using Letters of Intent (LOIs) as part of our grant process, but we’ve found that the questions we currently ask aren't providing us with enough useful information. If anyone is willing to share the questions they use in their LOI process, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your…
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Best practices - Evaluating Grant Applications
Being new to Foundant Grants - this is our first year - I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for doing an informative and useful application evaluation process for the reviewers? We've always used a simple worksheet. Going online with our grant applications, we changed up the application. I want to develop a process…
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2024 Year in Review
Enjoy scrolling through this recap of 2024 community activity in our annual edition of the Compass Year in Review! Thank you for all your contributions, and being part of our community for philanthropy! In 2024 we had…. 664 New members 356 New discussions 651 New comments 242 Contributors 71 Questions answered 66, 967…
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January's Top 10 Compass Members 🥳
Congratulations to @BradWard, @AmandaHester, @valeriaarriaga, @KatieDecker, @lydiagracey, @AndreaGerhard, @SarahDill, @MarcyAllen, @elizabethmesserli, @LenoraLaVictoire for being on January's leaderboard in Compass! 🏆️🏆️🏆️ As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered…
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Advice for using & implementing Nonprofit Directory
Hello colleagues and happy new year! We will be implementing the Nonprofit Directory later this year and would welcome any advice, suggestions, or lessons learned from those of you using it. A specific question I have is this: Do you have a maximum time length (i.e. 90 days, 6 months, etc.) you keep funding…
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Fund Advisor Portal, Nonprofit Directory, Grant Catalog
Hello! We are looking for other community foundations who are currently using the Fund Advisor Portal, Nonprofit Directory, and/or the Grant Catalog. Would you mind sharing your experiences? How are you using them? What is your experience with implementation? What features do you like the best? Share your experiences here…
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If SAI is not currency, then why is it used in the over award formula?
Federal Student Aid website states: Your SAI is not a dollar amount of aid you’ll receive, what your family is expected to provide, or your final financial aid offer. But also says: An overaward exists when a student’s aid package exceeds their need or overall cost of attendance (COA). Remember when packaging subsidized or…
