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Improving Student Communications in Your Scholarship Process

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Communicating with students is a key part of the scholarship process. While it can be time-consuming and occasionally overwhelming, it is also incredibly rewarding to congratulate them on their scholarship awards, collect post-acceptance information and thank-you messages, and share those messages with donors.

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3 Challenges and 4 Solutions to Increasing Scholarship Applications

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This complicates and prolongs the award process and contributes to a more significant issue: underutilized scholarship funds. The first step to increasing the number of applications is simplifying the scholarship application process. Scholarship applications are redundant. The right student is hard to find.

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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

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You want applications from organizations that align to your mission, but the frequency of the requests can easily bog down your processes if you aren’t careful. To avoid overwhelming your team, standardize how you receive and process grant applications at your organization. How long is it? Are there regular deadlines?

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Creating a Connected Campus to Award More Scholarships and Improve Student Outcomes

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By creating a connected campus, institutions can streamline funds administration, improve relationships with key donors, and provide awards to more students. It can also alleviate manual processes for institutional stakeholders, improve communications, ensure data security, and provide insights into funds and disbursements.

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$25,000 national student award for outstanding social entrepreneurship now accepting applications

Charity Village

The NU Community Board has just opened up the application process for their first ever national award for student social entrepreneurs. The 2021 awards will […]. The post $25,000 national student award for outstanding social entrepreneurship now accepting applications appeared first on CharityVillage.

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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

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Whether you are thinking about applying for your first grant or your organization manages several grants each year, it’s important to have clear processes to meet those mandates and avoid straying outside your mission. When you are putting together your grant applications and reporting, you want to emphasize achieving the desired outcomes.

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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

MacArthur Foundation’s $100 million 100&Change competition has launched with roughly 1,000 nonprofits expected to vie for the winner take all award. Applications will be accepted online only , from May 22 to August 15, 2024. Complete applications are due before 5 p.m. The award will be announced in late 2025.

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