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Hello from Iowa!
Hello! My name is Katie Decker and I am joining the team today as a CSM - GLM/SLM. My background is in nonprofit/grant management and I served as a grant manager at a community foundation for about 7 years. I live in a beautiful area in Eastern Iowa right along the Mississippi river. In my free time you will find my…
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Community Rooted in Philanthropy: Compass Community Story, Blog Parts 1 and 2
Read our latest blog posts for some insight into Foundant and what inspired this community! Part 1: Part 2:
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What does Spring look like where you live?
We highlighted Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s #RebloomOklahoma initiative in this month’s newsletter and want to share a few more photos of this amazing project with you… Special thanks to @ashleyelkins , Special Projects Coordinator at OCCF for sharing these photos. Please feel free to chat Ashley in this discussion…
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Shifting grant agreement process to electronic signatures, Collaborator and integrity
Our foundation recently adapted our grant agreement process to verify and submit signatures electronically as we all shift to working remotely. We require 2 signatures: one from a board officer and the second from the CEO. We are utilizing the Collaborator function to invite board members to complete this action item. We…
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Could you share your scholarship evaluation form?
We are starting to work on creating a new evaluation form for scholarship reviews. We want the evaluation to be numerical, but what we have right now is outdated since we no longer ask for SAT/ACT scores, essays, or letters of recommendation. I have attached our current form but would love to see how others set up their…
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Student Recommended for Multiple Scholarship Awards
I am currently reviewing committee selections, and we have one applicant who is being recommended for five scholarships! She is clearly a stellar candidate, but I am concerned that she will have scholarships exceeding her total cost of education. We do not have a scholarship policy addressing this, and I was wondering if…
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Awarding postsecondary scholarships to middle schoolers?
We have a donor interested in awarding scholarships to middle schoolers as an incentive when they graduate from high school. Has anyone ever attempted this? Thank you in advance for any suggestions about how that would work.
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Defending your decisions: How to stand up to those who claim you're not granting correctly
I'm curious if any funder has a protocol, practice, or tool to use when a community member says, "Hey, I don't think you're granting the way you should!" We know that not everyone is going to be pleased with your grant award decisions. And many people express disappointment. But every so often someone with privilege and/or…
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Help Share New Grant Opportunity
Hello All! We are proud to be a partner with Ferguson Enterprises, who has locations all over the United States. We learned of a new grant program they launched, Building Stronger Communities, and they would like help sharing the opportunity with nonprofits across the U.S. They have asked if we can provide a list of…
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Does anyone have experience with a scholarship like this?
The Delaware Community Foundation has been approached by a community organizer about doing scholarships for his MERIT STEM program students (grades 9-12 - they qualify if they have been active for the last 4 years in MERIT) but they want to add money to the BASE of the scholarship for other things they do beyond…
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Hello from Bozeman! New Client Services Intern
Hello All! My name is Mark Bejcek and I am a new Client Services Intern here at Foundant Technologies. I currently live in Bozeman and I am a senior at Montana State University in Business Management. I enjoy skiing, spending time outdoors with friends and family, and traveling around the world. I am so excited to be…
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Senior Analyst Investment Operations and Accounting at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
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Senior Finance Accountant wanted at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
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Hi Community Foundation Friends!
Hi everyone - While new to the Foundant team, I couldn't be happier to continue the journey in the field of community philanthropy in my capacity as Regional Director, Community Foundations! My passion for community foundations has extended from serving nearly a decade as CEO of two merged CFs in Indiana to over five years…
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Database Ranking - Development Plan
Hello, I have been working our Development Committee to put a system together to rank our database and determine categories and scoring for follow-up and marketing based on a profiles score. We have been progressing along but I have hit a bit of a hurdle. Our database is very large, 14,000+ donor profiles to export,…
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Citizenship question on scholarships?
Hi--while the family foundation I work with does not fund scholarships, this question came up in a group discussion lately and I'm eager to hear what you all think and how some of you are handling the situation in your worlds. At a particular organization, it was a given for years that all scholarships only went to US…
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NCFP Webinar Invite - Leaning into Racial Justice and Sparking Cross-Sector Collaboration
Our partner's at National Center for Family Philanthropy would like to invite you to two free webinars: Leaning into Racial Justice with the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund (April 22, 2-3pm ET) Sparking Cross-Sector Collaboration for COVID Recovery: How a Family Foundation Catalyzed Local Investment (May 5,…
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Grants catalog question
Hello! What policies do your foundations employ for which organization granting opportunities are posted to your public grants catalog? We are considering only including grant applications that we didn't fund in full for the amount that we did not fund. I'm interested in hearing how other foundations have managed this!
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Hello from Australia
Hi I am Julie Rae and work for the Australian Community Foundation based in Melbourne Victoria. We are currently migrating to CSuite and GLM from BlackBaud. Would appreciate hearing from others who have experienced the same process and are happy to share the following: any documentation that has been developed tips on…
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Sample -Lilly Endowment Scholarship application
Hello all, Our community foundation just transitioned to CommunitySuite (financial part). We will be transitioning to SLM in June. Our Lilly Endowment Scholarship application opens August 1st. For those outside of Indiana- It is a scholarship application for high school seniors from our county; every CF in Indiana…
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Registration is open for PEAK2021 Online | May 4-13
Continuing PEAK’s 25-year commitment to centering equity and community, they’ll focus on how we listen to communities, support adaptable communities, learn with our community, and create equitable community. PEAK2021 program helps tell the story of how grantmakers are: Engaging with and investing in community by growing…
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Howdy from Enid, Oklahoma!
Hi, I'm Crystal! New CSA here at Foundant. I'm from Oklahoma but lived in the Vail Valley for 14 yrs. Moved back to Enid in 2014. I have a cat named Sophie and three crazy nieces - Carson, Gracie & Payton.
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Electronic Grant Payments Transition
We are considering transitioning at least a portion of our grant payments from checks to EFT's. For those who have converted, please share any tips/lessons learned. What is your process for collecting bank account information from grantees? Thanks in advance!
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Using Technology to Support Asset Growth Through Challenging Times
Thank you to everyone who joined us today for our Donor Management Coffee Talk: Using Technology to Support Asset Growth Through Challenging Times! We had a few requests for those who raised their hands and shared their projects with us to share some examples of the work that they have been doing. We are creating this…
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Board Portal Recommendations
I'm seeking recommendations on any board portal website, cloud-based software, or programs that you use to store documents for secure access and communicate with board members; I attached a screenshot of features we might be interested in for reference. If anyone has experience with BoardEffects, OnBoard by Passageways, or…
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NEA Requirements & Building Final Report Forms
I thought we might benefit from a place to discuss one of the topics from last week's Art Chat which particularly interested me. I'm interested in how you collect the data required by the NEA using Foundant. For example: How do you collect the demographic information? (During the days of paper applications, we collected…
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Happy 1st Anniversary, Compass!
One year ago, we launched this community. Today, we are celebrating with more than 2,100 members, 800 discussions and 1,900 replies. We're so glad you're here exchanging ideas, helping your peers and maximizing the impact of the philanthropic community! Let's have a little fun! This week, the Referral badge is worth double…
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Foundation Turn Over (Grants and Scholarships Role Descriptions)
I know one reality of Foundation work is regular turnover. I've had many conversations over the years with clients seeking advice on job descriptions for Grant and Scholarship Coordinator/Manager/Directors and suggestions on how to call out Foundant familiarity/technical aptitude in those descriptions. If you have a…
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Do your (DAF) fund fees contribute to discretionary grantmaking?
Hi Compass, Triangle Community Foundation is looking to benchmark our funding peers who attribute a part of their fund fees directly into their discretionary grantmaking program. This has arisen as one of many potential ways to operationalize our values of equity and community directly into our fund policies. What, if any,…
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Congratulations to the March Top 10!
Congratulations @KarenWolf @LaurelShulman @DwanaBackLamberson @HeidiFindlay @JesikaEllis @JoyceBrasher @loritrenholm @jessbarrie @LeahDroge and @BettieStammerjohn! As a thank you for your contributions to the community, you will all be entered into a random drawing for a little pick-me-up! The winner will be tagged in a…
