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Seeking Executive Director for Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF)
Rapidly growing, 4-year old community foundation seeks full-time Executive Director for position in "The Heart of The Rockies". Located approximately 2-1/2 hours south and west of Denver on the Arkansas River, surrounded by 14,000' mountains, Chaffee County is a 4-season mecca for outdoor recreation, the arts and small…
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Capital Projects- Payment After Work has Already Been Done
Good morning, We are encountering nonprofits who are completing grant applications while work is in process, and requesting funding after work has been completed. Does anyone have experience dealing with this? We have a policy that states we will not pay for work that was done prior to the grant award, but it seems to be…
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Finance administrator part time
We are a small CF team in Ohio, looking for an amazing part time person who is a CSuite pro. I've attached the job description but the quick info is: Remote Part-time / 8-12 hours hours a week (flexibility on how that's divided up) AP, AR, bank recon (all in csuite), Audit Letters associated with above tasks (thank you's…
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Fraudulent Activity
We just experienced fraud on one of our bank accounts. This is an account we use for all of our grant writing. Somehow they have images of our checks and have been able to remake checks payable to themselves. We had one that succesfully cleared our account, but have been able to stop others. We closed the account and are…
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"Virtual meetings have leveled the playing field"
Do you agree that "virtual meetings have leveled the playing field—and more board members are showing up to play?" Have you seen your Board improve its efficiency and engagement over the past year?
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Accommodation Language for Low Tech Applicants
During a recent call we discussed some great strategies for assisting low-tech applicants and needs. A variety of methodology is being used to let applicants know the service is available (only if they ask, word of mouth, provide information in webinars, etc). Our language is: If you do not have reasonable access to a…
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Did you know...
I share these numbers with the team here at Foundant every week, so I thought I'd share an update with you all as well! Compass currently has over 2,500 members, 1,100 discussions and 2,800 replies. So far this year, 76 questions have received 135 answers. Compass has an 82.5% engagement rate (good!) with 423 contributors…
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GuideStar Charity Check
Hello, We are brand new to Foundant. If your Charity Check does not pass on a grantee from a donor advised fund, what information do you require from the organization before you allow the grant to be approved?
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New Auditor Search
Hi everyone! We are getting ready to start the process of looking for a new auditor. I wanted to reach out to see if anyone has experience with this transition and if there is any guidance you can give for necessary steps. Is there a formal process, specific questions I should be asking, etc? Thank you! Jen Brambley…
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Foundation Directory Online?
Good afternoon all, Do any of my community foundation peers offer grantee access to Foundation Directory Online (either as funding for individual subscriptions or onsite access through the foundation)? We are considering an onsite subscription and I'd love to hear best practices from any of my colleagues. Thanks in…
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Grant Application Timeframe
Hi, For those with annual grant cycles, how long do you keep your grant application open? I've played around with 2, 3 or 4 weeks and it seems like most organizations will wait until the last minute to submit regardless of how long the application timeframe is. Curious what others do and if you see the same thing? Thanks!…
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Grant Budget Guidelines
Hello: I'm looking for best practices regarding budget guidelines. Our major grant allows for the PI to charge 10% of their salary and they have to commit 20% of their time to the project. They can charge 100% of their benefits to the project. Also, we allow other team members working on the project to charge 100% of their…
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CFC (Canada) Grants Survey
I was just filling out the Community Foundation of Canada 2019 Grants Survey. I realize we have Groups, Subgroups and Divisions in the Fund area. In Profile area we have Profile Types. Is there any where in Grants/Grantees to give them an additional designation, i.e., Education, Health and Wellness, Arts and Culture and…
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Strategies to address DEI
What is your Community Foundation doing to address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within the communities you serve?
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Recent Board Member Agreement Refresh?
We want to update and refresh our Board Member Agreement. Curious if anyone has done this lately and or willing to share theirs with us? Also curious about how best to include a commitment to Equity and Diversity / Racial and Social Equity pledge/commitment or if this should be separate.
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L3c Investments in Low Profit Organizations
Hi! Has anyone granted funds to the new designation L3c organizations yet? Are you using a loan document or a grant agreement for the details? Many thanks for any insight on the new designation.
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Scholarship Associate position at Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
Come work with us! CFNIL, located in Rockford, IL, is looking for someone with excellent communication and critical thinking skills to join the team as a Scholarship Associate. This person will be responsible for overseeing CFNIL's scholarship programs, which includes working with students, educators, donors, and a large…
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Identifying Volunteer Stewards
We would like to identify our Volunteer Stewards in CSuite and wonder how others might be doing this. We don't want to make them Foundant users. Currently I have them set up in the Relationship tab with a Relationship Type of 'Volunteer Steward'. With the addition of Custom Fields I'm wondering if there is a more efficient…
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Budget Forms
We are looking for a new budget form for our applicants to use to upload in their application. Preferably a budget that contains a spreadsheet for the project budget as well as a spreadsheet for the applicant's full organizational budget. Does anyone have one they would like to share with us? Thanks so much! Kaitlyn
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Congratulations to the July Top 10!
Congratulations to @andriabaker, @GloriaDillard, @KathyReiter, @coreygetchell, @MarynBoess, @StaceyRivard, @JennyPraytor, @SteveWick, @TomWickersham and @jameskirkland! As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a random drawing for a little surprise. The winner…
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Looking for a Foundant "guru" as a grants adminstrator... ideas?
Hi everyone. We are in need of someone with good Foundant skills to help our team - either as a consultant, or perhaps even as a position w/our small Foundation. We have a growing list of things needed to mop up as well as projects ahead that we are falling behind on and think a person w/good skills would be a great asset…
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Field of Interest Fund
Our foundation has one field of interest fund and we have had a question about Board insurance come up. The field of interest fund has it's own Board of directors and committees and they are overseen by the foundation staff and BOD. The fund has been paying D&O insurance which can be quite expense for a small organization…
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Scholarship Fund Minimums and Admin Fees
Hello, We are considering changing our minimums for donors wanting to start Scholarship Funds. We are also considering changing the annual administrative fee for scholarship funds. I was charged with the task of gathering information from other Community Foundations. I would appreciate your input on: What is the minimum…
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What gaps do you see in scholarship opportunities for students?
We are currently evaluating our general high school scholarship fund to see if we are making the best impact for our local students. I am reaching out to other foundations, counselors, local students, but wanted to see if any of you have any data or information on what kind of student is being missed by scholarship…
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Moving recurring donations to CSuite/Stripe
One of our community foundations recently went live in Community Suite and is in the process of transferring all of their community funds from their current payment processor to Stripe. One fund in particular has a large amount of recurring donations in the legacy credit card system and the advisors are reticent to make a…
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Does anyone offer application coaching?
Hi all, During this year's selection process one of our evaluators noted that he could see potential in several applicants but their written responses were not as strong as other more talented writers and therefore their evaluation scores were lower. His recommendation was to coach these students through the application…
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Congratulations to the June Top 10!
Congratulations to @KentWeimer, @LucyPoludniak, @eliseparma, @CelesteCarlson, @SaraPalmer, @KarenWolf, @MerrellBergin, @RandMorgan, @HeidiFindlay and @KatieBraswell! As a thank you for your contributions to our Compass community this past month, you will be entered into a random drawing for a little surprise. The winner…
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Finding an investment advisor for the small but growing community foundation
Any referrals for fiduciary or OCIO investment advisors, specializing in community foundations with less than $2mm in investable assets and in need of investment policy development and endowment fund setup? Preliminary research finds a limited pool, ranging from shaky to possibly credible.
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New Team Member- Turner Rowland
Hello everyone! My name is Turner Rowland and I am one of the new team members here at Foundant Technologies in Bozeman, MT! I live in Bozeman, but I am originally from Key West, Florida. My background is working with nonprofits and our grantseeker software, GrantHub, but I have now moved into a full-time sales and…
