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• Thanks @SusanMiller ! The attorney we work with determined it IS permissible, as long as the donor agrees (which would be a prerequisite, as obviously we would not transfer any funds without a donor's permission!)

  in Internal Transfer: Scholarship fund to emergency assistance fund Comment by SarahBattersby June 2021
• so we have one scholarship meant for students participating in a Pop Warner football league (as middle schoolers) to get a college scholarship when they graduate high school. And I'll be honest--it's confusing and does not work. The students don't really remember who they're supposed to go to for the scholarship, and we…

  in Awarding postsecondary scholarships to middle schoolers? Comment by SarahBattersby April 2021
• @BettieStammerjohn We also approved in our new policy last fall that all of our scholarships can be used towards cost of attendance rather than restricted to an item/items of the donor's preference (tuition but not housing, etc). I think that's allowed students to use their awards mostly flexibly and utilize all their…

  in Emergency Scholarship Funds Comment by SarahBattersby August 2020
• Our Board passed a COVID relief memo in June that included the Student Assistance Fund and a GPA waiver for our current scholarship recipients for spring 2020. The Student Assistance Fund does pay directly to students, to ensure they can rapidly use the funds. We offer Award funds, which are grants to individuals, so we…

  in Emergency Scholarship Funds Comment by SarahBattersby August 2020
• @AlyseBraaten, myself and my colleague Julia Da Silva founded it after talking with one of our local credit unions (the Latino Community Credit Union) about each other's scholarship programs and realizing we were supporting some of the same students. Also, running into so many local providers year after year at awards…

  in Scholarship Providers Regional Collaboratives Comment by SarahBattersby August 2020
• We typically meet for about 2 hours (pre-COVID that included some time to eat lunch and generally network). The desire for what hte topic is varies, but we've done general sharing (fall meeting) and some small-group work (spring meeting). I imagine the fall meeting this year will be 1-1.5 hours (since it's virtual) and…

  in Scholarship Providers Regional Collaboratives Comment by SarahBattersby August 2020
• Glad to talk further about if there's interest! We have a good combination of foundations, university providers, (4 year and 2 year), nonprofits and credit unions, and our state educational assistance authority. We meet twice a year. It's been great to share struggles and resources, and it also helps us connect our…

  in Scholarship Providers Regional Collaboratives Comment by SarahBattersby August 2020