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Submitted GPA vs. GPA on the transcript
Hello scholarship administrators. We are struggling with the GPA inputted by students vs. the unweighted GPA on the transcript. Although we specifically ask students to input their unweighted GPA as it reads on their transcript, we have found that often it's not a the same as what's on the transcript...which we discover…
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FAFSA Delays
Hello! I'm struggling with deciding how to best move forward with our scholarship application due to the FAFSA delays. We typically ask students to upload a copy of their FAFSA Student Aid Report and have them input their Student Aid Index found on the report. The problem is that many students have submitted their…
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Second Semester Scholarships
Help us settle a debate. We have a number of scholarships that are paid in the student's second semester (usually January). Should the payment of these scholarships be counted toward the year they were awarded, or the year they were paid? For example: a student graduates in 2023 and is awarded a scholarship to be paid…
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With the FAFSA issues, has anyone changed the application for finanical information?
As a Community Foundation with a Live scholarship application, I have received a couple of calls from frantic students. I have the FAFSA estimator in my application and am considering using that number for financial-based scholarships. We could change the due date to later, but I want that to be my last resort. I am…
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Required Financial Documents for a Grant
What financial documents do you require from an organization requesting a grant. Specifically, do you require an audited financial statement from the organization requesting a grant? If not, what do you require and what do you suggest we look for?
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Funds released on training completion - best practices
Hi, Our organization is looking to create the process for the following grant and I was wondering if anyone else has implemented a similar grant? What worked, what did not? Any landmines I should look out for? [Some of the grant overview language is off as names of our partners have been redacted.] Grant Overview: Through…
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Multiple tribute cards under one tribute object.
We are just moving over to CSuite and I am looking for some suggestions on how to adapt our current tribute card process. We have people donate to a fund in memory/honor of a person and ask that a tribute card be sent to a specific person. A tribute "object" is created in CSuite, with the memory/honor persons name. All…
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When do you disburse your scholarship funds? Timing of scholarship fund disbursement
Hello everyone! When do you send scholarship checks to your recipients' school/university/college etc? Is it possible to send funds in May? In the past I have disbursed the funds for new recipients and renewal recipients in August/September. However, my boss was wondering if we could disburse the funds right after making…
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Third Party Request Form
How can I resend the original third party request email? Our grantees miss it when it comes through and then ask for us to resend it. I can send a e-mail from that page but it doesn't include the original link.
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Thoughtful Application Design [Connecting and Continuing the Conversation]
Hello, Friends! Our recent webinar on crafting applications that truly connect had some of our highest engagement. We're starting this discussion as a "hub" for the folks looking to connect with other attendees, continue conversations started in the chat (transcript to come), and build on the advice our presenters shared.…
