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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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Reverse Scholarship Program
Good morning, If you are running a reverse scholarship program, I have questions for you! Are you storing applicants social security numbers in SLM? Have you converted any existing scholarship funds to fund a reverse scholarship? Thank you,
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Scholarship Criteria
Good morning, We are in the process of reviewing scholarship fund agreements. We have several scholarships that list criteria like high moral character, worthy citizen, constructive attitude, potential for future success, etc. Our scholarship process is blind (student names are redacted from the application) and we have a…
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Scholarship - room and board
Good afternoon, I have a few questions related to scholarship payments: Do you limit scholarship payments to tuition and fees required for enrollment or attendance at the educational institution, or for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses at the educational institution? Do you allow students to use…
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EFC to SAI change
After researching FAFSA changes I am in a state of confusion. I realize FAFSA changes were scheduled to go into effect on 07-01-23. I have found conflicting dates related to the EFC to SAI change. Our scholarship application opens October 1, 2022 and closes March 1, 2023. We typically ask students to list their EFC and…
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Texting students
Good afternoon, I was wondering if any of you use a texting software to stay in contact with scholarship students? If so, what software do you use? Thank you!
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Reverse Scholarships
Good morning, I am interested in starting a reverse scholarship program in our area. Reverse scholarships allow graduates to receive assistance with student loan debt. Do any of you manage a program like this? If so, I have a few questions: Did you get a legal opinion before starting the program? Are you issuing 1099's?…
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Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
Good afternoon! I am in the process of trying to define financial need for our scholarship program. I would like to target students that will not receive a Pell grant or any institutional aid. This is part of the formula I came up with "EFC greater than or equal to 6495 and less than 20000". I am trying to target students…
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Scholarship funds for wraparound services
Good afternoon, I have a question about some of our affiliate scholarship funds. Have you ever applied variance power to named scholarship funds to provide wraparound services to students? We would like to change these funds since the affiliate has a Promise Zone that will be able to provide 4 years of full tuition…
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Incident Response Plan
Good morning, I was wondering if any of you have worked on an Incident Response Plan for you organization? If you have would you be willing to share? Thank you!
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Scholarship reviewer anti-bias statement
Good afternoon, Do any of you have an anti- bias statement that require scholarship reviewers to agree to? If so, would you be willing to share the language? We currently have a statement regarding conflict of interest that reviewers sign and agree too, but I need to expand out policies. Thank you! Robin Cowles
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Fund Types
Good afternoon, I have a few questions regarding field of interest and designated funds. Do any of you allow a field of interest fund to have more than one field of interest? Example: Smith Field of Interest fund, grants for animal welfare and education. Do any of you allow designated funds to benefit more than one agency?…
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Fund Types
Good afternoon, I have a few questions regarding field of interest and designated funds. Do any of you allow a field of interest fund to have more than one field of interest? Example: Smith Field of Interest fund, grants for animal welfare and education. Do any of you allow designated funds to benefit more than one agency?…
