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Emergency scholarship funds
Good morning, Do any of you provide scholarship students with emergency funds (funds for living expenses, emergency school expenses, etc.)? If so, what is your process like? What are the pros and cons of a program like this? Thank you! Robin Cowles Fremont Area Community Foundation, MI
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Coffee Talk: Cybersecurity-Staying Safe Online
During Cybersecurity Awareness month, we discussed how to protect sensitive data and maintain security protocols in a quickly changing environment. We hope you will join this discussion and share what your organization is doing to prevent security threats.
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La Crosse Area Community Foundation Hiring CEO Position
La Crosse Area Community Foundation is seeking a CEO with a passion for leading a dynamic, forward-thinking team and organization. The ideal candidate inspires community action through innovative approaches, strategic partnerships, impactful planning, and the development of social capital. Learn more about the position: La…
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Data Governance Policy / Data Management Plan examples?
We are creating a Data Strategy cross-departmental team at our CF to address data governance and management (and eventually broader strategy related to our strategic goals). Is anyone willing to share their data management plans or data governance policies? We would very much appreciate seeing other examples. Attached are…
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Ending grantee relationships, shifting strategies
Hi folks, I'm looking to connect with other community foundation colleagues who have undergone strategy shifts that made significant changes to grant processes (e.g., decreased grant amounts, sunsetting previous grantee relationships that no longer are strategy aligned). We are shifting discretionary resources to…
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Stripe Fees
I was curious if anyone has stripe fees going into a separate fund at your organization versus going back into the fund the donor is making the donation to. If you do, is it your operations fund or did you create a new fund? I'm also curious if other foundations are covering the cost of the stripe fee if the donor doesn't…
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CF - legality of paying a scholarship award to a student's student loan
We have a few funds that award scholarships to the contestants in a pageant or rodeo. These recipients may be older and already have earned degrees or are committing to a one-year reign so are not able to attend college the next school year. Do you pay scholarship awards directly to a student loan? As a Community…
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How to gather updates on awardees for donor stewardship
Hello! As part of our donor stewardship strategy, we use follow-up forms to gather information from awardees. We then use templates to create a summary page that we can share with our donors using the details shared on the follow-ups. However, we have been having issues with the information that the templates pull, so we…
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Is your Foundation using a Letter of Intent to screen grant applicants? If yes, how?
Hello! I am the new Community Investment Officer at the Hamilton Community Foundation. We are considering using a Letter of Intent in our grant application. Does your Foundation use a Letter of Intent, and if yes, how are you using it? Can anyone provide their question list? Does the Letter of Intent streamline the…
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Scholarship Grant Press Release
Do any of your community foundation's do a post-scholarship grant award press release? If so, what kind of information do you share and more importantly does it get published? 😂 Any examples are appreciated!
