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non-discrimination disclaimers
Hello All, We are preparing a new scholarship application and wanted to include a text stating that we are asking certain questions regarding race, ethnicity and gender for purposes of statistics only. We wanted to actually include a non-discrimination disclaimer text in the application. Is anyone doing this? Do you…
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Quick Survey: Receiving feedback from applicants on our grant application process
Has anyone posted a quick survey at the end of an application to gain feedback from grant applicants on how they liked the application process and suggestions for improvement? If so, what type of questions did you ask, and did you find the survey helpful?
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Hello!
Hello everyone! My name is Patrick Laorden. I currently serve as a grants associate with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in Connecticut. I'm excited to be in philanthropy full-time. I have experienced working with grants, more on the grant-seeking side of things, having served as a grants consultant and volunteer…
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Scholarship Room & Board/Potentially Taxable Expenses
Hi everyone, We have a new scholarship in which the donors want the scholarship to have the option of the student being allowed to use funds for room and board; specifically, assistance with off campus apartment rent or living expenses. All our scholarship payments are made to the student's tuition account at his/her…
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New Intern Introduction
Hi everyone! I am Jacob Hofer, and I just started working at Foundant as a client services intern in Bozeman. I just completed my third year at MSU studying Computer Science and Mathematics, and plan to graduate at the end of next year before working towards a Master’s degree. In my free time I enjoy basically anything…
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Grant guidelines and decision making framework for granting ARPA funds
Our organization is partnering with our county to support their grantmaking efforts for APRA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for nonprofits. They would like to grant us $500,000 to then create a Nonprofit Economic Recovery fund. We will provide unrestricted funding to our local nonprofit organizations from this fund to…
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Congratulations to the May Top 10!
Congratulations to @sloanalberhasky, @DeanBusack, @DeanBusack @GracieMaxwell, @MarshaStrauss, @TammyPrater, @AmieMorgan, @HollySpitz, @JenniferAllain, @CalvinReinholtz, @DavetteSwiney! As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a random drawing for a surprise.…
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Let's talk about affiliate committees!
Happy Monday, everyone! I would love to hear from some of you about two things: 1) How you engage your affiliate committee members and 2) how you go about recruiting new members for your committees. Our community foundation has a total of 23 affiliate regions, and each region has its own affiliate committee. Some…
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Let's talk scholarships!
At the Summit 2022, we had a great opportunity to have scholarship-based discussions with peers all over the country. I've tagged scholarship professionals who attended this year. Do you have any topics you'd love to continue to chat with your peers about? Please add some ideas in the comments, or continue on one of the…
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Privacy Policy
Hello! I'm looking for examples of a Privacy Policy to post on our website. What do we need to include beyond "we will not sell or share your information? Thank you, Abbey Cameron CEO 3 Rivers Community Foundation (Richland, WA)
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Scholarship Evaluator Survey
We have over 100 volunteers serving on our scholarship selection committees and would like to get their feedback on the review process. Has anyone created a survey to collect feedback from scholarship evaluators? If so, would you be willing to share your form/questions? Thank you!
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Travel Grants/Scholarships
Are any Foundations managing a scholarship process for travel grants/awards? We've been approached by someone who is interested in supporting individuals who desire to travel to other countries for work, educational opportunities, and/or cultural exchanges. We have awarded scholarships to high school students for mission…
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Big THANK YOU to the Foundant Help team
I didn't know what category to put this in so I thought a testimonial might be best. I want to publicly thank the Foundant Help/Support team, engineers, software people, whomever was involved in resolving the reporting issue on Thursday, May 19. Nebraska was in the middle of a live panel review process when the system…
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Compass Intern Introduction
Hey everyone! My name is Melia Swirsky, and I am the new Compass Intern here at Foundant Technologies. I became interested in working for Foundant after discovering them at Montana State University's “Meet the Business Recruiters Event". Foundant's mission and values align with my own moral compass. I am originally from…
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Could you share your Universal Scholarship Applications?
We're building out a universal application for our 2021 scholarships and I'm looking for examples of universal scholarship applications. Would anyone be able to provide me with a copy of their application? The question list pdf version would be great. Thanks!
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Development Committee Responsibilities
Hello everyone, I have been at our CF for about 18 months. I want to re-envision our Development Committee's job description (it is currently non-existent). Does anyone have templates they could share of what is working well for them? We are currently a committee of 4-6 (myself as the Development Officer, our Board Chair…
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ACH Payments
We usually send checks out to pay our grantees but need to move to ACH due to COVID 19. Are any of you using ACH and how do you collect the checking info? We are trying to make sure we do this securely. Any info/best practices would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and hope everyone is well!
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Virtual Site Visits
Hi! I'm new to Foundant and new to the funder side of the non-profit world. I work for several foundations which fund around the country/globe and which have board members scattered about. We are investigating doing virtual site visits. Does anyone have experience with Virtual Site Visits? What worked? What didn't? Any…
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#TuesdayTip: Make your links stand out!
Change your links from this: https://www.foundant.com/ To this! When including a URL in a post, start it on a new line: https://www.foundant.com/ Then immediately following the end of the post (after the / in the example above) hit Enter. That will convert your URL text into a graphic link! (Note: This works for the…
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Hello Everyone!
Hi all! My name is Parker Stoltz and I am one of the new sales interns here at Foundant. I became interested in working for Foundant after hearing so many great things about the company from multiple friends of mine who currently or have previously worked here. I am originally from Girdwood, Alaska, however I've now been…
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Leveraging Donation Portal to Support Fundraising Efforts
Outside of COVID19 disaster relief funds, we've never really leveraged the customization of the donation portal through CSuite/Stripe to highlight other funds and their work. As we are looking to grow our development team and the ways in which we support donors and fund holders interested in fundraising, I've wondered…
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Do you have a collaborative giving group (i.e. Giving Circle or Funder Forum) at your organization?
We would love to hear more about what your organization is doing! Join us for this week's Coffee Talk! Register Here
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Storytelling Questions on Final Report
I attended the Storytelling Webinar yesterday featuring the City of Muskogee Foundation. It was mentioned that the Storytelling questions they use on their final report would be posted on Compass. Where can I find those questions? Thanks! Additional, related discussion here:
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Congratulations to the April Top 10!
Congratulations to @wyattjackson, @LindyWheatley, @AlisonHarris, @EliWennstrom, @JenniferAllain, @KimberleyHefner, @MandiOlson, @BrianVanVleet, @salberhasky, @KevinVahlbusch! As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a random drawing for a surprise. The winner…
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A little MORE conversation around grants management!
**I really hope you are singing this title with that signature Elvis drawl.** Hello! It was great seeing so many of you in Elvis's town last week at Summit 2022! As @AshleyHarper and I mentioned in our session, we are hoping to bring a little MORE conversation and a little more ACTION to grants management (we want to avoid…
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Introduction
Hi everyone, my name is Jeremy Heng and I'm a new Client Support Intern at Foundant Technologies. I found out about Foundant through Ezra, another intern. I am from Missoula but came to Bozeman to study at MSU. Currently, I'm studying Computer Science with a Data Science Minor. I like to hike and play video games. I am…
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Amaze your Friends: Tech Tricks & Resources
Favorite Excel Keyboard Shortcuts: Shift+Space: Select an entire row Ctrl+Space: Select an entire column Ctrl+Shift+Plus: Insert a new row or column above or to the left of the selected row or column Ctrl+Minus: Delete the selected row or column Alt+Plus: Calculate the sum of selected cells Ctrl+9: Hide selected rows…
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Donor's Legal/Criminal History
Recently, a question was raised re: a scholarship donor's legal/criminal history, which has caused us to wonder: If any of you do some kind of background check into your donors before setting up a fund? How much of the scholarship awardee student's personal information (if any) do you share with the donors of the…
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Medical Research Grant Application Example
Hi! We are going fund medical research for the first time. Would anyone be willing to share examples of relevant grant applications they have used? Thank you so much!
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Follow Up Forms (Share the Story)
In response to some of the comments regarding the webinar, Connecting Your Impact Reporting To Your Community Through Storytelling, I wanted to share the City of Muskogee Foundation's Follow Up Forms where I add a required question for grantees to share their story in narrative form with the option to upload additional…
