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POLL: What time of year does your organization prepare its budget?
Are you on a calendar year budget and do your budget planning in the fall? Does your fiscal year end in May and you work through budgets early in the year? Vote in this anonymous poll, and share additional details on your processes below!
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Distribution rate from 4% to 6%
Staff at our foundation are recommending that the Board consider increasing our 2026 distribution rate from the traditional 4% to 6%. This recommendation is based on two key factors: stronger-than-anticipated investment returns in 2025 and the expectation that nonprofits in our region will face increased demand and…
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Best way to handle a bank account that doesn't need balances swaps
We are considering reclassifying one of our bank accounts from a bank account to an investment account in Foundant. This account is not used for daily transactions, and we want to: Exclude it from all balance swap activity – it should not be swept or adjusted during cash management. Maintain a consistent reconciled balance…
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What is the best way to enter stock donations if you do not sell the stock?
We received several shares of different stock from a donor and our investment manager decided not to sell some of the stock. If I enter the information in public securities, I have to then "sell" the stock in CSuite. Should I only enter what was sold and then enter the other portion as "other payment?" This is the first…
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“True Multi Year” grants and “Renewals” in GLM and how this flows through to CSuite
We are looking at this presently – and the difference between “True Multi Year” grants and “Renewals” in GLM and how this then flows through to CSuite – with the critical date of the “Grant Date” meaning it then hits the GL… So we had wondered whether you had found a way to create True Multi Year grants in GLM, and then…
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Who can submit a grant application?
Do you accept grant applications from applicant organizations that are essentially a one-person incorporated entity (with one individual responsible for all aspects of the grant, including financial management and disbursements)? If so, how do you approach funding decisions in these situations? Do you fund this type of…
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How does your organization break down fund groups, subgroups, divisions, and segments?
Hello! We're currently evaluating how we utilize the organization of fund groups, subgroups, divisions, and segments and would love to hear how other community foundations are using these categories. Currently we use group like fund type - as in endowments, DAFs, fiscal sponsorships, scholarships, and community funds. But…
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“True Multi Year” grants and “Renewals” in GLM and how this flows through to CSuite
We are looking at this presently – and the difference between “True Multi Year” grants and “Renewals” in GLM and how this then flows through to CSuite – with the critical date of the “Grant Date” meaning it then hits the GL… So we had wondered whether you had found a way to create True Multi Year grants in GLM, and then…
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Applying Donations to Spendable
We are looking into allowing donors for endowed funds to apply some of their donations to the spendable to the fund. Doing this will allow endowed fundholders to be able to grant more beyond their normal spendable. We want to provide donors with more flexibility in their granting. Is anyone currently doing this? How does…
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Best Practices for using ACHs
Hello, Our foundation is thinking of moving away from checks and utilizing ACHs to make our grant payments. I was wondering how other organizations that are using ACHs get the banking information from the recipients. Thank you for your input. Linda Cleveland
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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…
