Compass National - Grant Funding review: Grant Fraud 47

I DONT BELIEVE THAT THE ARE SCAMMERS AT COMPASS, I KNOW THEY REALLY HAVE FUNDED PEOPLE, YOU SOUND LIKE A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE, TO MUCH INFO AND IF THATS TRUE, WHY DONT YOU SAY WHO YOU ARE I WORKED FOR ONCE AND THEY ARE PROBABLY ON OF THE FEW THAT GET PEOPLE MONEY SOUNDS, LIKE YOU DIDNT CUT IT WHY DONT YOU JUST SAY THE TRUTH AND GET SET FREE, SINCERELY ED

COMPASS NATIONAL SAVED OUR BUSINESS!

I dont know where you got your facts from but it wasn't from a reliable source.

If it wasn't for the people at Compass taking care of things for us I would not have a business to be writing about!

THANK YOU COMPASS NATIONAL!

lol. get a job loser. u have no evidence. if u put more energy into finding a job, instead of slander. ###in pathetic ### telemarketer trying to get revenge for being terminated. loser...

So, u admitt ur an ex employee. Obviously u have no education or you wouldnt be working in a 'boiler room'... If your such a filanthropist or vigilante, why aren't you doing something more productive with your life? Yeah, whistleblower, Im talkin to you... Your have ZERO EVIDENCE to support ur claim...its shallow and pedantic my friend. So get a job becase your unemployment will run out soon. Your movr whistle...Im sure it will be a good one. This time, SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS AND ACCUSATIONS WITH EVIDENCE! . but wait, ur just.an unempoyed pissed off telemarketer...so you have no evidence-or job. Lol.

I checked on this also and look on the BBB and check them out the only thing that bothers me is they got a C rating on them.

All the services that all of these grant companies are offering, every business owner or individual can get it for FREE! Yes for FREE! Check it out and dont get scammed like LOTS of people did!
www.freegrantinfousa.com

Sara S.

Don't sign up for these people! Don't throw away your money! You can get everything for FREE!
They have been scamming people for years!
They are owned Corporate Capital Team Inc, Elite Writting, Quid Corp and many others! And if you do your research they are ALL SCAM!

No I am not, like you I am trying to show people that there is ways to get all of the services for free...and they don't have to throw away their money on these companies. And I came across this website and I thought it would be nice to share it.

I just had some guy named CHARLES send me info and keep telling me to check them out on the BBB. I was actually going with them! My wife took ill, was admitted into the hospital so I couldn't get back to them. He left me a nasty message saying I was "unprofessional" because I didn't return his calls! GET this, He left the wrong return number for his OWN company! LOL

Who does that? Glad I found out! saved me thousands. He wanted me to fly to Las Vegas to "check them out". This guy, I found out was so bad it became funny!
My name is Kevin. Dispute that! I live in CT so I clearly don't work there.

So what is your retort going to be now?

in case everyone doesn't understand, the others posting for the company are either employees, owners or paid to post. I would run, don't walk from this company!

Dear "whistleblowernevada",
I really appreciate your information but just for your own sake, so that you can continue to write informative posts, you need to calm down. As it is, I'll use your information to do some more research but because you sound like a crazy, you don't have much credibility which is hurting your overall goal of exposing any truths.

Has anyone here actually applied for and received grant money?

I have had nothing but pleasant interaction with the people at Compass National. And was recently notified that I qualified for a grant. So what will they do next? They want money upfront . Which I did not give them. I am smarter than that. But $289, 000 is temping.

The only negative thing I have found is that their is no proof of there history. I am on the fence here. need to research more.

Elnor,

Please do not throw your money away, this is not a legitimate company, they will NOT fund anybody period.

Next time you talk to them ask them for a client reference, IF they have funded anybody they should be able to give you, (1)The client's name and contact information and (2) The name of the foundation and contact information where the funds came from, of course they might say to you that they cannot show you this information because is "private", which is a lie because the foundation will post the companies that they have funded in their website.
All the information that Compass National will sell you for thousands of dollars, this website is giving it for free; www.freegrantinfousa.com

I hope you don't fall for this people. Good luck!

Sara S.

I got funded.

Godislove,

From what foundation?

Sara S.

I agree withthese compies being fraudlent. A true grant comes from the goverment not a foundation. Finding and applying a grant is diffacult and time comsuming if you don't know where to begin or where to look. My advice is talk to a local fincial advisor to get information. A bank is good way to start. They will be able to recommend somebody they, at least professionally, and trust or at least get you pointed in the right direction. It is always important to stay vigilante during any of process. If you are being asked to for any service so they get you a grant I would rethink about using them.

A grant is free & a grant does come from the governement as well as the private sector, or corporate America. Large companies give grants to get tax benefits.

Here's the bottom line, you get what you pay for. You can either hire an attorney to handle your traffic ticket so it's off your record, or pay the fine and have your insurance go up. That's the great thing about America, you have choices.

The grant process is hard, long & extremely tedious. You first have to write Letters of Intent to multiple companies and government agencies (and hope you get noticed), if they request more information, you need to send them a very detailed business plan. Trust me, a 10 or 20 pager will not do. These foundations want to be sure they are giving their grant to someone who knows exactly how they're going to spend this money over the next 3 years.

The real challenge is, who do you send this information to? I have been unsuccessfully trying to apply and receive a grant. I am a female, minority and starting a non-profit. Perfect profile, right? It's supposed to be but I'm still getting nowhere. I am to the point where I'm prepared to try a company to do this for me. Win or lose, it's got to be better than my process. Either way, it is a business write off. Hopefully it will work out. My fingers are crossed and I'll keep you posted.

Desperate in KC.

This former employee is Stephanie Weston. Stephanie has a lot of personal problems with an employee that works there. So, to get back at him ( who still works there) she has to slander the whole company. Stephanie, your not hurting the company, your hurting employees. We have wives, husbands and children. We are here to make a living, and what we do is an honest job. I'm sure you will respond back but please, get a life and move on! Good luck to you.

I was speaking of whistleblower

I checked Compass National with Henderson BBB. They have no complaints because they have only been licensed there since Aug 2010. They have been doing licensed business since 2005 in Nevada. I can not find a site that lists any complaints against them. I also find no testimonials regarding grants awarded. How has this company not been prosecuted for fraud in 5 years, if they have been illegally bilking people? Have they? I am an out of stater who does not want to be scammed. Is there any evidence out there? So far I have searched many sites with no real answer. BTW- the site for free grants isn't free-a $49 dollar a month fee to access it and who can wade through all the pages to do the grant? If these companies are scams I hope NV finds a better way to protect people. I found the blog only confuses the issue more. If anyone on your site has proof, why aren't you contacting state authorities to stop this? ME.

Thank you for the advise. These people are professional crooks and very agressive.

I honestly wouldn't like to waste my money on something that is not going to get me anywhere, like they say "If you want something done right, you got to do it yourself"... freegrantinfousa.com is giving all the steps that I need to get a grant for free... And I know how hard is to make time for all this, is easier to pay somebody to do it for you right?, but from what I read on other pages these people don't do anything for you but give you more stress and headaches and the running around...Seriously people don’t get fooled! It is so wrong what they are doing to people...I also checked on Secretary of the State of NV and Quid Corp and National Compass where filed in the same company (NFH, Inc)...So there is no doubt in my mind that they are the same owners...

I hope you all don’t waste your $$

Sara S.

"COMPASS NATIONAL" seems to have a few complaints about grant fraud so I decided to look into possible court filings in courts at the state and federal level to get more exact and specific information, about fraudulent activities by this Grant Company. I was not surprised to find that there were no court cases pending, nor were there ever any court case on the docket EVER against "Compass National" for any type of fraud whatsoever. Now I figured that there must be some valid reason why people were complaining. Was it because they did not receive a grant or grants that they thought that they were entitled to, or was it that they did not qualify, or was there some sort of fraudulent documentation on their part?

As I investigated further I found that some disgruntled clients had actually contacted foundations that "Compass National" was working with on their behalf. Your relationship with funders is professional and your behavior should be professional at all times. At no time should you contact the trustee of a foundation or speak with a trustee about a foundation grant making decision, even if the trustee is your own father or mother.

The biggest mistake that grantees make in their interactions with funders is to be ungrateful. It's surprising, but program officers will tell you that they most often hear bitter COMPLAINTS, not when a grant is denied at all, but when a proposal receives a smaller grant award than requested. The proper response is not "well, why'd they do that?" or "how am I supposed to raise a match for that?" or "I can't possibly complete the project with that." The proper response is "thank you."

Maxine Goldblatt

COMPASS NATIONAL" seems to have a few complaints about grant fraud so I decided to look into possible court filings in courts at the state and federal level to get more exact and specific information, about fraudulent activities by this Grant Company. I was not surprised to find that there were no court cases pending, nor were there ever any court case on the docket EVER against "Compass National" for any type of fraud whatsoever. I also checked to see who the owners of the various companies were that a blogger mentioned, and found that there were no associations, at least legally. Now I figured that there must be some valid reason why people were complaining. Was it because they did not receive a grant or grants that they thought that they were entitled to, or was it that they did not qualify, or was there some sort of fraudulent documentation on their part?

As I investigated further I found that some disgruntled clients had actually contacted foundations that "Compass National" was working with on their behalf. Your relationship with funders is professional and your behavior should be professional at all times. At no time should you contact the trustee of a foundation or speak with a trustee about a foundation grant making decision, even if the trustee is your own father or mother.

The biggest mistake that grantees make in their interactions with funders is to be ungrateful. It's surprising, but program officers will tell you that they most often hear bitter COMPLAINTS, not when a grant is denied at all, but when a proposal receives a smaller grant award than requested. The proper response is not "well, why'd they do that?" or "how am I supposed to raise a match for that?" or "I can't possibly complete the project with that." The proper response is "thank you."

Maxine Goldblatt

Be very careful what you read. After speaking with represetatives at Compass in Las Vegas, it is easy to conclude that the attacks against those like whistleblower are these same employees or reps (of Compass). It is way too coincidental that these writings (of what I just heard over the phone) are exactly the same. As for Sara...she is obviously soliciting on behalf of the website she is tauting, which happens to be EXACTLY these same "scammers".
In conclusion use your head...be smart..learn from other's mistakes. Unless a company can give references, and asks for money upfront your instinct should tell you to stay away. What an amazing concept to steal hard earned dollars in these tough economic times.

Assistant District Attorney Brooklyn, NY

Hi People-

I came here through Amazon Mechanical Turk. They are paying me 0.08 cents to mark this complaint as not useful. I am sure they would have spent so much just to make the complaint not useful. If the complaint is really not useful why would a company spend so much just to show to others?

This clearly states the nature of the company. I don't know anything about the company, but the way they are making people to vote here is not a good way to make people believe.

I am from India and if you still have any doubts over my above statements, you can check mturk.com and search for the title 'Quickly help us test our Site Analytics' posted by Ajonque.

They may have my HIT rejected there by reducing my accuracy %, but i would be more happy if i save some people of their dear money. Guess there may be some truth behind 'whistleblowernevada' comments above.

You type like an Indian. Go worship your sacred cow

Hi,

I received a call from these chuckle heads today on my home line. When I asked how they got my number (as I am on the do not call list) they stated that they could call us because we are a business. When I asked "David" for his telephone number, he responded 1-800-Goodbye, and hung up. Now working in customer service I found this to be a bit frustrating. So, I searched found this post, so as my addition to this love fest here are some extensions as well.

222- customer service
224 Chris Harvey
225 Jenny Knowles
226 David Geller

Also, they state that customer service is handled @ another number, [protected], but when you call that number (Interland financial Corp) they state that they only process the applications for Compass. However, you hear the same chatter in the background as from the Compass Call, and the woman's voice who answered can be heard on the 222 extension VM. To sum up my story, I called and left Chris a VM that he should hire smarter employees, ones that if they decide to give a smart ### answer won't give the company name right before they mouth off, and I left a VM for "David" letting him know that the 1-800-Goodbye number works great and took me right to his desk.

Add Charles at 232 - definitely a scam - They want to charge between $3, 600-$9, 000 to write grants for programs that do not fund small businesses. Please understand. THERE ARE NO GRANTS TO START BUSINESSES! There are lots of people out there who will take your money if you think otherwise.

Just admitt "hi there" n "dan" You are both broke ### mofo's. You [censored]s know nothing about grants. Poor ### ### want sumthin for nothing. Sad sad sad...

Complaints Board can’t verify consumer complaints are legitimate. This is a dangerous site. This society is a social wilderness, and there is no gate, no fence nor block at this open field. In many cases the complainants use false contact information or fictitious names when making reports. Annoying someone via the Internet including email is a federal crime. Penalties for posting annoying messages without disclosing your identity include stiff fines and prison.
Let's face facts. As long as there is a corporate world there will be people who complain about it, using such words as too high, ring leaders, rip-offs, scammers, crooks, and fraud. Take a few moments to call to mind all the people that you know. Think of your relatives, co-workers, friends, and acquaintances. Now divide them into two separate categories: the complainers and the non-complainers.

The chances are probably quite high that you were able to place at least two or three of them into the complainer’s category, and it most likely did not take you very long to do so.
Now that we've established who the complainers are, the next obvious step is to ask why they complain so much. After all, complaining serves little, if any purpose. The majority of people who complain do so because they believe that repeatedly expressing their dissatisfaction will get them whatever it is they want. Few people have patience for individuals who complain above and beyond what might be considered purely human nature. The unfortunate result of this type of behavior is that complainers alienate people by using such words as ring-leaders, rip-offs, scammers, crooks, and fraud which of course give them even more to complain about.
Open your ears and you'll find that complaining is an integral part of most people's daily exchanges. "For example, we use complaints as icebreakers, " says Robin Kowalski, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Clemson University. "We start a conversation with a negative observation because we know that will get us a bigger response than saying something positive would." But here's the downside: Some people abuse expressive complaining, grumbling incessantly with no real interest in dialogue, problem solving, or human connection.

Michael Cunningham, Ph.D., a psychologist at the University of Louisville, says that "we mammals are a squealing species. We talk about things that bother us as a way of getting help or seeking a posse to mount a counterattack”. When that counterattack does not work fast enough they continue to multiply and mask the complaints to have the appearance of coming from different sources.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWVmpp02tx0

Auto-dialed a number on the do-not-call list. When I started to ask questions about the company, they hung up on me. Not the behavior of a reputable company. I reported them to the DoNotCall registry.

I am in the process of doing business with Compass/Interlan Finacial currently. We have been talking for several months. I is difficult to get a hold of them most of the time. They also go by many names such as Compass National, Quid, Interlan Financial. When I aske about all the different names, I received no answer. They have offered to fly me out there and many other free bees, but they also want ten of thousands of dollars down as well. I will continue to do research on them, so thamk you for this information. Who is Dr. Michael Spheres? Does anyone know?

Gloria

k, folks. Here is the nitty gritty:
It CAN, in fact, be free to request grant funding. However, because of the amount of research involved and the sheer specifics required by the funders/foundations awarding those grants, it is NECESSARY to enlist the assistance of someone who knows what they are doing to write the LOI's and RFP's. There are a plethora of sites on the 'net that offer free grant funding and help finding the grantors - but, I DARE you to actually visit a site and follow their "few simple" steps and actually receive funding. It would take an individual with no knowledge of the process of obtaining a grant YEARS to write a proposal on their own and the proposal MUST BE exactly right or the folks that award grants won't even look at the requests. I can only say this because I, myself, tried to go it alone. No luck at all. The money that would be required of you to retain the services of Compass National is FAR less than what you would spend to attempt the process on your own.
Scam? O.K. - there is no history of the companies location prior to 1999. It saddens me to think that not one person would look at this information and think to themselves "maybe that's because that's when they STARTED DOING BUSINESS!" We are all so focused on the negative aspect of all in the world that we CANNOT for one moment see that there might be someone willing to go to bat for us and obtain for us a piece of th 1.8 TRILLION dollars that WILL be given away this year. whether it is given to me or to someone else, these monies ARE BEING AWARDED TO SOMEONE! Next, I ask you this; how many services do you -as a business owner- provide for free? Attorneys don't work without retainers. You don't get to drive a new car for 8 months without making a payment. For those of you who visit this blog and believe for one moment that you should not have to pay a single cent to obtain funding - you are FOOLS. I'm not at all trying to be rude, just honest. It is, after all, a grant. . . . . Not welfare. Do a little research on the process. Find out how much it would cost you to do this on YOUR own. researching and writing your business plan. writing an LOI or an RFP. Find out that you don't receive a lump sum of money from one funder but that there are actually SEVERAL different sources funding your $100, 00 grant. AND that you must submit a different LOI and RFP to each organization you are requesting these monies from. There is no cookie cutter template that is sent to all the foundations I would request the money from. Yes, it is required that you spend a little money to make some big money. It hasn't changed since the beginning of time. Being grown people, we should have learned LOOOOOOONG ago that there is absolutely N O T H I N G for free. And to pay a couple thousand dollars to have a professional, QUALIFIED team (with years of experience doing naught else BUT writing grant proposals) in exchange for an infusion of monies to either expand my business, start a new one or simply keep my years old company from going under in this economy seems more than fair to me. Don't pay attention to my post or any others you may read on this or any other page - positive or negative. Grow the hell up and think for yourself. The proof is in the pudding. Hell, There are countless negative blogs pertaining to Disney World. Really?! People love to complain. Whether a disgruntled employee or just some ### with nothing better to do. Don't let a fool stop YOU from receiving your blessing. I stand behind my post and welcome any calls so that I might answer any questions or put to rest any concerns you may have pertaining to these posts. [protected] - yes, that IS my real cell phone number. There are your facts.

Oh, and whistleblower - I can see the busted vessels in your eyes and the spittle splashed in the corner of your mouth. calm down, baby. you're gonna give yourself a heart attack typing that hard.

I was informed by compass by a woman named MJ that my women owned company also qualified for a loan of 289, 000. They want 6, 000 up front. I am in need of a grant to save my small coffee shop and the offer sounds tempting but it sounds like a mistake from what the post say. Does anyone know of a legit grant writing company that can assist me.
Peace~
Annie

Help, I just got a call from Compass National saying I qualify for a 289, 000 loan but I need to give them 6, 000 retainer and eventually have to pay 20, 000. I own a small coffee shop and I am in need of some help. Does anyone know of a legit company I can locate?
Peace~
Annie

It amazes me how many of the "Compass National "employees are on this blog defending the name of a company that hides behind phone lines and keystrokes in order to "scam" people out of thousands. I was recently called by "Alice " from Compass... she said she got my info from a website saying I was interested in grant funding. Then she told me a fee of $3200 retaining fee and $3200 grant proposal writing fee. She then asked me if i had a business proposal and i told her yes, she totally disregarded my answer and said it was included and they would do it for me! I decided to do research and went to BBB, they had one complaint. But it red flagged my attention when it said try only bean in business since August 2010! When Alice called me today I asked her how long they have been in business, surprisingly she said 6 Years! Someone is lying... Then she said she got me approved for $223, 000 when the asking price was $243, 000 then she went up on the fee and said they would need $6200 after i receive $113, 000 . When i asked why can't the total fee be deducted from my "grant funding" she stated a smart comment. She wanted me to fax a "blank check". Truth is if most people could afford to pay $9000 upfront for a service they would not be requesting for funding. and if these ppl that work for these scam companies are so good why don't they write themselves some grant proposals and stop working for others?!?!?!... if i could write proposals to get people $200, 000 or more I would not be working for any company I would own my own! Do not be stupid people! The only ones defending this company are obviously employed! Smh God bless the liars!

its a fraud, i used to work there.

I work for Compass National and they do exactly what they say they are doing. We have two senior grant writers, one who has 2 Phd's with 17 years with the Department of Defense (Navy) writing over $69 Billion in Federal Grants and the other PHD writing grants for the private and public sector. There is a ton of work involved in writing Letters of Intent to each and every funding source who our clients qualify for and then following up with the actual grant. Our Business Plan writers (there are about 8 to 10 in this department) write comprehensive Business Plans with an Executive Summary, corporate structure, mission statement, marketing overview, description of products and services, charts and graphs, and a 3 year financial projection. They even go two steps further and put it on CD's and a powerpoint presentation for the Grant Administrator and board members to review.

This person who is writing all these blogs is a former employee. I don't know what she did but she was fired. She is angry as you can guess. She is spewing lies and mistruths. I understand she has hooked up with one of our manager's sons, is now pregnant and they are starting their own grant writing service.

Anyone can say anything about any business in blogs. It doesn't make it true. This is a real and viable company and they are getting grants for our clients.

I have their sales calls on tapes - lies and all. If any lawyer or agency wants a copy, contact me: John Longo, 681 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908.