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Language Settings (English and Spanish)

How FutureFund Connect decides whether to show English or Spanish, how to change it, and how dates and times are displayed.

Overview

FutureFund Connect is available in English and Spanish. You don’t have to turn anything on — Connect picks a language for you, and in most cases it picks the right one on the first try.

How Connect Chooses Your Language

Connect works down this list and uses the first answer it finds:

  1. The language on your FutureFund account. Your FutureFund account is shared across FutureFund products, and the language you set there follows you into Connect.
  2. The language in the web address. Pages under /es/ are shown in Spanish and pages under /en/ (or with no language in the address) in English.
  3. Your browser’s language. If your browser reports Spanish, Connect shows Spanish.
  4. English, if none of the above apply.

Changing Your Language

Your language lives on your central FutureFund account, not inside Connect:

  1. In the left sidebar, open Account.
  2. Choose Profile. This opens your FutureFund account settings in a new browser tab.
  3. Update your language preference there and save.
  4. Return to FutureFund Connect and refresh the page.

The change syncs across to Connect automatically, usually within a few moments, and applies everywhere you use it.

A quick way to preview Spanish

If you just want to see a page in Spanish without changing your account, add /es to the start of the path in your browser’s address bar. For example, connect.futurefund.com/es/.... This only affects the pages you visit that way.

Dates and Times

Dates and times throughout Connect — task due dates, submission timestamps, scheduled message times, payout dates — are displayed in Pacific time. There is no per-user timezone setting to change.

A few places that matter:

  • Term boundaries roll over at midnight Pacific, so a fiscal year that ends June 30 ends at 11:59 pm Pacific on June 30.
  • Document approval dates are stamped in Pacific time, so the date on a generated PDF always matches the date on your reports.
  • Scheduled messages go out at the Pacific time you pick.

If you’re on the East Coast, a task due “June 30” is due by 3:00 am your time on July 1 — in practice, treat the date as the deadline and don’t cut it close.

Tips

  • If Connect appears in the wrong language, check your FutureFund account profile first, then your browser’s language settings.
  • Changing your language does not translate content other people typed — messages, document names, and comments stay exactly as they were written. It changes the platform’s own labels, buttons, and navigation.
  • Board positions are set up with both an English and a Spanish name by your state PTA, so position names do change with your language.
  • Emails from Connect — task notifications, the Monday past-due reminder, invitations — are sent in your language too.

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