Create a Scholarship

Create a Scholarship in CommunitySuite. 

1. Navigate to the Funds page and search for the fund that is giving the scholarship.
2. In the left-side menu, click Action and then click Add Scholarship. 
3. Fill in the Create Scholarship section, then click Create.
   
   • Name - Enter the name of the scholarship.
   • Description - Enter a description.
     
     
4. Click Edit in the left-side menu.
5. Fill in the applicable Scholarship information, then click Update. 
   • Name - This is a required field.
   • Description - This is a required field.
   • Fund Advisor - If this box is checked, the scholarship and associated awards will appear in the Fund Advisor Portal.
   • Auto Approve - If this box is checked, all grants associated with the scholarship will move directly into the Voucher stage. This will bypass the charity check and regular grant approval process. Two use cases are listed below for using auto approve. 
     
     • The foundation treats approval in GLM as approval to pay a scholarship.
     • The foundation treats the posting of scholarships as approval to pay a scholarship.
   • Default School - The default school will be listed for all awards created from this scholarship.
   • Send Scholarship to SLM - This is for clients using an integration with SLM for their scholarship application, review process, and decision process. 
   • Post by Payment - If Post by Payment is checked, the scholarship can be adjusted as payments are made. This gives the option to post each individual payment line for the award rather than the entire award all at once.