Lauren Rennie

After growing up on Lake Michigan, Lauren earned her degree from Western Kentucky University, lived in Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York City, and settled in Oklahoma City in 2009. Throughout her nine-year tenure with Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, she had the opportunity to work with donors, high schools, colleges, and students in her capacity as the scholarship director. In her role as the Manager of Client Success with Foundant Technologies, she now has the opportunity to support the philanthropic community on a much larger scale. She continues to live in Oklahoma City with her husband, Michael, and their daughters, Evelyn and Isabelle. They enjoy snuggling with their beloved pets Lonnie, Iris, Arlo, and Gunner. Areas of expertise: grant and scholarship best practices, high volume scholarship administration, Foundant’s Universal Application and common application strategies.

Coffee Talk: Funding displacement and scholarship awarding process

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Coffee Talk: How is your scholarship organization handling FAFSA changes?

Listen as we discussed upcoming changes to the 2024-2025 FAFSA form and how it will impact your organization's scholarship cycle!

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Coffee Talk: How Do You Save Time in Your Grantmaking Process?

In this grant management Coffee Talk we discuss time saving tricks you use. Whether is be an area of software functionality or an internal workflow or process that makes the grantmaking process easier

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Coffee Talk: Staying Connected with Scholarship Donors

Fostering good relationships with Scholarship Donors is an important part of administrating scholarships, but is often an area where expectations get misaligned. Listen to this coffee talk where we sp

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