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  • Hi Leeann, We moved to DocuSign for our new Fund Agreements starting in 2020 when we went to remote work. Now that we are back in the office at least a few days a week, we will prefer live signatures, but will continue to use DocuSign when most convenient for the donor. Ann Community Foundation Sonoma County
    in Electronic Fund Agreements - Establishing New Funds Comment by AnnButterfield March 2022
  • This is very relevant as we are looking into budgeting/financial reporting software now. We've been on CSuite for a year now and, as great as it is, does not have very good budget forecasting or financial reporting options. I don't want to have to invest in another application, but we need something more robust in…
    in Budgeting Software Comment by AnnButterfield October 2020
  • Our CF is undertaking a significant DEI project. We established a task force made up of cross-departmental staff and board members; they then selected and we retained a DEI consulting firm. We are now about to begin a 1 to 1 1/2 year process which will include all staff, board and other stakeholders. More to come...
    in Strategies to address DEI Comment by AnnButterfield September 2020
  • We provide our board a quarterly listing of all approved grants, with a one-page summary by category of grant (separated by DAF/CAF grants and Program grants). And we also include the full alphabetical listing of grants for the year, by grantee, # of grants and total $ of grants. I've attached a sample of the cover sheet;…
    in Board meeting presentation for small annual grants, fundraisers and memberships Comment by AnnButterfield August 2020
  • Hi Jennifer, Similar to you, we do revenue share monthly, but provide quarterly fund statements to your donors. However, we have a handful that need them monthly (agency funds) so we provide their online fund statements monthly. We provide interest/dividends and roll-up realized/unrealized gains into one figure for the…
    in Investment Activity/Revenue Share Comment by AnnButterfield July 2020
  • We are just finishing our first audit in CSuite as well. Once they had access, and a tutorial, they were able to do most of the testing and validating they needed. For the audit report, it was helpful, but we still did most of the work with that report in order to export the info into our Net Asset Roll Forward workbook.…
    in Audit Comment by AnnButterfield May 2020
  • Hi Alyse and Mike, Happy to meet fellow west coasters! We are a CF up in Northern California. Ann Butterfield VP for Finance and Operations Community Foundation Sonoma County
    in West Coast Clients Represent! Comment by AnnButterfield May 2020
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