Community Rules
Welcome to Compass: A Foundant Community!
The Compass community has been created as a space for discovering solutions, learning helpful tips and tricks, contributing expertise and exchanging ideas with others in the philanthropic sector.
Here are our Community Rules:
Keep your posts relevant to the forum category.
Solicitation of funding or donations of any sort in public forums, private groups or private messages within this community is prohibited.
Please do not post any private personal information, sensitive organizational information or photos that you wouldn’t want seen by the public.
Do not post hateful or illegal content. Do not post copyrighted material without proper attribution.
SPAM will not be tolerated.
Please be respectful of others and don’t sweat the small stuff.
In short: Be kind, have fun, and let’s help each other enrich the philanthropic community!
Questions? Contact, community@foundant.com
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#TuesdayTip: Notification Management
Every once in awhile, I'll remind you to check-in on your notifications so you don't miss anything important here in Compass! Click on your profile pic in the upper right corner. In the drop down, select "Account & Privacy Settings" Under your photo, select "Notification Preferences." I recommend opting in to receive an…
Compass has officially reached 6000 members! 🎉
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Donor involvement in scholarship process
Good morning, Do you allow donor involvement in your scholarship process? If so, how are donors involved? What information do you share with donors? Do you allow donors to review their own scholarship applications? Thank you!
Grant Process Changes
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Job Posting: Finance and Administration Manager at the Athens County Foundation (Athens, Ohio)
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Students Who Apply for Every Scholarship Without Reading Requirements/Preferences
Hello … we are a Community Foundation that has 30 online scholarship processes. We have a number of students who copy and paste their application into almost all of the available processes without ever looking at the requirements and/or preferences. It is not feasible to go with a Universal Application, as every process…
#TuesdayTip: New Look on Groups
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Feedback needed on donation workflow
Hi everyone, I’m looking for feedback on our current donation workflow to see where we might improve efficiency, strengthen internal controls, or streamline steps. We have a part-time gift entry person and another staff member who assists with gift entry. Below is our current process: Current Donation Workflow Mail Opening…
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Top 10 Compass Members in March!
Happy April! 🐣🌿🌸🕊️💗 Congrats to our Top 10 community members who lit up Compass with their engagement and dedication throughout March! Let's give a round of applause to: @TammyOppel, @MarkBejcek, @JulieAnderson, @ErinHahn, @RobynKeating, @KirkAmaralSnow, @AaronKoontz, @NikkiHilchey, @LauraClark, and @RachelMasilamani!…
#TuesdayTip: Notification Management
Every once in awhile, I'll remind you to check-in on your notifications so you don't miss anything important here in Compass! Click on your profile pic in the upper right corner. In the drop down, select "Account & Privacy Settings" Under your photo, select "Notification Preferences." I recommend opting in to receive an…