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Add import capability from Guidestar
If an organization isn't in my system and I use the link to Guidestar to look up their EIN and address, etc, I'd like to have the opportunity to click a button that says "Would you like to add this organization to your database?" rather than having to write down all the info and type it all in.
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Email merge from Foundant
It would be great to have the capability to execute an email merge for our decision notifications from within Foundant. Currently we have to generate a data set from Foundant and use that data set externally in Word to do an email merge.
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Applicant Dashboard Organization
As well as using Foundant GLM as an Administrator, I use it as an applicant. Several of the foundations I apply to use Foundant, which is great. One thing I don't like is the Applicant's Dashboard page. One community foundation in the area is the "mother" to 12 others, and I have applied to 6 of these as well as the "mother" foundation. My dashboard is a cluttered mess of applications in several different stages. Yes, they are arranged in order of application date, but that's the only organization there is. I only have 1 year's worth of applications (11…
5 votesWith our December 2024 release, we’ve rolled out exciting improvements to enhance every step of the applicant journey.
If you feel something could still be improved, we’d love to hear from you! Please share your feedback on this Idea Lab post and help us shape the future of the applicant experience:https://idealab.foundant.com/forums/339786/suggestions/49176485
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Add Applicant's name to third party email "Subject"
Add the Applicant's name to the third party email "Subject" line. This will be especially useful for guidance counselors who receive multiple (sometimes tens of) emails. It will make it much easier for our third party responders to organize their responses.
6 votesThis can be accomplished by adding the Applicant Name Merge field to the subject line when customizing the template. If you have questions contact support@foundant.com
-The Foundant Team
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Change question type
I could see a situation where I create a question of a certain type, and then realize later that I want to make that same question a different type. (The first thing that comes to mind is making a radio box a check box, or vice versa.) Right now, I have to create a new question, rather than just changing the existing question.
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is it possible to in the future be able to add batch installments
How our system is set up, we approve a grant for 4 years, and we pay on a grant monthly. After those 4 years a recipient can renew their grant for another 4 year term. If approved it can take quite a long time to add 48 installments to each new renewal. adding batch installments would be very helpful for us. Could this be possible in the future?
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LOIs - Skip for one or more organizations in a Process
We would love the capability to not have an organization(s) submit an LOI in a process, but still have all of the other organizations submit an LOI. We don't want to not have the LOI in the process, but the capability of one or more organizations to skip the LOI and be able to go straight to the application (for example ArtsWave and United Way).
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E-Mail Templates with Logos/Signatures
It would be helpful to be able to include a Foundation logo and signature in Foundant e-mail templates. Sending e-mails to grantees through Foundant is certainly easier than having to individually contact each grantee, but Foundant e-mail templates allow no formatting/images which makes our e-mails feel unprofessional and unofficial.
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Restricted Applications: Access Code Refresh Update
We are currently running a restricted cycle, using the
access code option. I have a pseudo applicant profile to check on what applicants will view and I noticed that when a grant applicant puts in an access code and pulls up the
application, if they want to go back to the main page (Apply page) with all of
the unrestricted applications (no access code needed; public cycles), they have to delete
the code in the box and then click the "Enter Code" button for the Apply page to refresh. It's a little counterintuitive.Any thoughts on updating this?
For example,…1 voteWith our December 2024 release, we’ve rolled out exciting improvements to enhance every step of the applicant journey.
If you feel something could still be improved, we’d love to hear from you! Please share your feedback on this Idea Lab post and help us shape the future of the applicant experience:https://idealab.foundant.com/forums/339786/suggestions/49176485
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Batch assign follow ups?
How about batch assigning follow ups? Otherwise I have go into each approved grant and assign follow ups on an individual basis, when all of the follow ups for that cycle are due the same date.
98 votesHi All,
Exciting news, our first version of batch follow up assignment has been released today, 4/6/2022. You can learn about this functionality Here.
As always here a Foundant we do iterative development. If you get in and use these features and have additional ideas around how it can support your workflows please create a new idea lab item or reach out to me directly.
Best
Sammie
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can the organization add a new user
I'm wondering if when an organization hires a new employee- or new grant writer- if they (the current registered user) could create a new user that would also be in the organization. Is it already possible? Could it be possible? What are the security concerns and such?
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"Flag" an Organization
Periodically we have organizations we need to flag because of various reasons: Not to Apply Again, Budget Questions, or Other...it really all depends on multiple things. But, we need to dig around in the Organization Comments or Request Comments to find specific notes.
With different staff members taking calls from applicants, we are not getting cohesive notes at times, or someone missed something and spoke too soon.
An example is letting an applicant know they can reapply in the next round, when another staff member had indicated that their last grant was, literally, to be their last grant.
If there…
97 votesHi All,
Our October 2024 Release included the additional new functionality "Pinned Commented." Based on conversations with many of you who have engaged on this thread, we felt that the functionality of a pinned comment would give you the most flexibility in communicating the need to Flag an Organization or User within the software.
I encourage you to review the support documentation to learn.
If for any reason you feel this feature does not solve the need you have for the software, please create a new idea or follow up with me directly at sammie.holzwarth@foundant.com.
As always, we will continue to enhance this functionality based on your feedback.
Best,
Sammie
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"Reason for Public Charity Status"
Each year for our Form 990 we have to supply information on our grantees including their "Reason for Public Charity Status" (Schedule A, Section 1 on the Form). Currently we request that information in the Grant Agreement, but it would seem to make more sense to have potential grantees provide that along with other organizational information. What do you think?
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Option for Applicant to "Abandon" a Request
This may be covered by the discussion under having a "Withdrawn" status but in case it isn't... with our first round of folks using the system (yeah!) I had several applicants, when I queried about their LOI still in draft, let me know they didn't know how to delete an unitendeded duplicate LOI, or one they decided not to submit. It was an easy thing for me to "Abandon" their request, but it would be time-saving to give the applicant the opportunity to "Abandon" or "Withdraw" a request themselves.
posted June 12, 2013 by Kate Shirah, John Rex Endowment
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Third Party Email Confirmation
We would be interested in an automatic email that could be sent to a third-party users confirming that their document or information was successfully uploaded into an application.
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Grantee Application Access
Hi Foundant,
Is there anyway to make all forms assigned to an applicant availble to them immediately once they have been assigned? It seems we have had numerous grantees emailing us lately because they need access to a follow up, but can't get to it because our office needs to go in and mark any previous forms complete. I am sure there is a 'method behind the madness' here, but it sure would help our efficiency as well as the grantees to know exactly when each follow up is due rather than only being able to see one form at…
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Have grantees update/confirm contact information before they can submit a new request/report
I would like grantees to be directed to a page where they have to update or confirm their organization and contact information before they can proceed to submitting a new LOI, grant, or report. This would put updates on the shoulders of the organizations rather than me.
posted April 19, 2012 by Amy Moore , last edited May 23, 2012, O.P. & W.E. Edwards Foundation
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Hyperlink to log-in page in email
It would be really handy if we could insert a hyperlink in an email to allow an applicant to be taken directly to their sign on page from the email. Example, if an automatic email goes out that an LOI has been approved and they can now go in to complete an application, it would be nice if they could access that link to the sign on page directly from the email.
Thanks.
Lynn Larson - Allegretti Foundation
posted February 1, 2012 by Lynn Larson, Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation
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Including an attachment with an email template
It would be really nice to have the capability to add an attachment to an email template. We have set up a "Follow Up Reminder" email template to be used when final reports are due. We request that budget summaries are presented in a specific format. I think it would help our grantees if they had an example to follow.
posted February 6, 2013 by Dee Ann Harris, Leightman Maxey Foundation
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