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• Hi Rand! It's great to hear from you and I'm thankful that we're fortunate to work with you and other amazing clients that are doing such important work in your communities. This year has had it's share of challenges but it's been rewarding to watch our team and our clients rally to the many causes. ...and it's been…

  in Just Curious: Thanksgiving and Serendipity Comment by DarenNordhagen November 2020
• The team at PKF O'Connor Davies does tax & audit work for hundreds of private foundations. They are strong partners of philanthropy and provide educational content to sector leaders such as Exponent Philanthropy, PEAK Grantmaking, etc. We have a good relationship with their team and can make connections if anyone would…

  in Share your Accounting resources! (CPA, PEO, OCIO, CPE, etc!) Comment by DarenNordhagen July 2020
• Sounds good and keep us posted on the experience so we can share with others. Don't hesitate to reach out to your CSM if you need guidance as you consider options for potentially transferring Profile and/or financial data into CSuite from Classy. It would likely be a manual export/import but still better than a lot of…

  in Use of Classy for fund-specific fundraising? Comment by DarenNordhagen May 2020
• Hi Kathy, I'm certainly familiar with Classy but I can't say that I know of any specific foundations that are using their platform. (I'm guessing we have clients using them but I'm just not familiar) I know of multiple community foundations that use GiveGab for their P2P and giving day programs so I could make some…

  in Use of Classy for fund-specific fundraising? Comment by DarenNordhagen May 2020
• I'm a part-time PTZer since AZ doesn't transition to daylight savings time and I'm spending a good chunk of my time in AZ these days. (It was awesome to tease folks in the Montana office in January but I'll get payback next week when the forecast is calling for 105+!) Being in the PT gives me lots of new empathy for how…

  in West Coast Clients Represent! Comment by DarenNordhagen May 2020
• Forgot about this one. I'm not a regular listener but have downloaded a few episodes when I knew the guest that was being interviewed.

  in Podcasts on Philanthropy Comment by DarenNordhagen May 2020
• Hi Donna. Thanks for raising awareness of "No Little Plans"! The folks at Community Foundations of Canada do great work on many different fronts and this podcast is just one example so I hope more folks in the US listen in. The roughly 30-min format is easier to consume than many of the longer shows I follow. I can't give…

  in Podcasts on Philanthropy Comment by DarenNordhagen May 2020