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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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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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Emergency scholarship funds
Good morning, Do any of you provide scholarship students with emergency funds (funds for living expenses, emergency school expenses, etc.)? If so, what is your process like? What are the pros and cons of a program like this? Thank you! Robin Cowles Fremont Area Community Foundation, MI
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Is your Foundation using a Letter of Intent to screen grant applicants? If yes, how?
Hello! I am the new Community Investment Officer at the Hamilton Community Foundation. We are considering using a Letter of Intent in our grant application. Does your Foundation use a Letter of Intent, and if yes, how are you using it? Can anyone provide their question list? Does the Letter of Intent streamline the…
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College Majors in Eligibility Rules
For those who use a Universal Application for scholarships, if you use a dropdown menu listing college majors to determine students' eligibility for certain scholarships, would you be willing to please share the dropdown list of majors you list?
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DAF letters to advisors regarding pledges
Hi. We are looking to update our wordage in our letters to our DAF advisors regarding pledges. Specifically, the United Way pledges. Does any have any examples of their letters that they are willing to share? Thank you in advance!
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Demographic questions in scholarship application?
Hi everyone, Do you ask demographic questions as part of your scholarship application? We have not included a demographic section, but starting next year, we plan to add optional questions at the beginning of the application to better understand who is applying and receiving our scholarships. Initially, I planned to use…
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SAT Scores for Scholarships
Good Morning, I am curious how many of you require SAT Scores on your applications for scholarships vs do not require it on your application. Last year we had it as optional, but are trying to determine if we should make it required or not. If you have it optional, how do you factor it into the scoring? Does the…
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Coffee Talk: Funding Displacement and Scholarship Awarding Process
Thank you to everyone who joined us today to talk all things scholarships and the awards process! Below are some other resources on scholarship displacement that you can take a look at! Use this space to continue the discussion!
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Ending grantee relationships, shifting strategies
Hi folks, I'm looking to connect with other community foundation colleagues who have undergone strategy shifts that made significant changes to grant processes (e.g., decreased grant amounts, sunsetting previous grantee relationships that no longer are strategy aligned). We are shifting discretionary resources to…
