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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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Artificial Intelligence Survey - Drury University Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved
I am a Master of Nonprofit and Civic Leadership graduate student at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. For my capstone project, I am researching the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in philanthropic foundation grantmaking. I invite you to participate in a digital online…
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Happy 4th Birthday, Compass 🎂
It's time to break out the confetti and party hats because we're celebrating our 4th anniversary! 🥳 Can you believe it's been four fantastic years of sharing, learning, and growing together? To mark this special occasion, we're excited to announce some incredible prizes for our top contributors: 🌟 Top 3 Most Viewed…
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Negative Spendable Balance after posting grants and scholarships
Hi everyone, Our foundation has recently discovered that we are having some grants and scholarships post thru the system without flagging us that the spendable balance will go negative. It is not consistent and we have tried various scenarios to reproduce the problem. We've reached out to support and it has been escalated…
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Anniversary year
Hi all, Next year is our 35th anniversary and we're trying to think of fun and impactful "gifts" to our various constituents - grantees, scholarship recipients, donors, and the broader community. Has anyone done anything like this? Other anniversary ideas you would like to share? We are likely not doing a big event but…
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Tuesday Tip: Summit 2024 Badge!
Do you want to earn more points for your profile? Or, do you want to connect with others also attending Summit 2024? Show off your registration by requesting the Summit 2024 badge! Foundant is so excited to see all the new registrants roll in and we cannot wait to have everyone come together. Before and after Summit,…
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#FurryFriday
Share a picture of your FURiends and four-legged coworkers! Here are Barkley and Shadow somewhere in Wyoming last summer!👇
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Dear Compass Community...
I have recently decided to accept a new opportunity and will be moving on from Foundant. I have thoroughly enjoyed being Foundant's community manager for the last 3.5 years. Starting Compass from scratch and seeing it grow to where it is now has been a really cool experience. I want to thank YOU for all your contributions…
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Remembering Debi Clark
Many of you on this forum (like myself) have a history with FIMS. For those of us with that history, we undoubtedly worked with Debi Clark along the way. When I heard today that Debi passed away after a battle with cancer, it made me sad personally from the many interactions I had with Debi as a coworker and as we talked…
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Siesta Week
Some of Foundant's clients take a Siesta Week -- a full week off to rest and recover. Because Foundant's clients do this, we think Foundant's staff should do this as well. Do you think the Foundant staff should take a Siesta Week?
