Available Board Opportunities

Expertise Desired:
see below

Committee Needs:
Most volunteers are asked to become familiar with ECCF by serving on the County leadership Council before transitioning to the Board.

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
Board members are encouraged to make the organization one of their top three charities.

Contact Details:
Richard Sumberg
Email
(978) 886-2674

Additional Details:
Skills Needed
• Work of ECCF: Endowment Campaign Experience
– Ability/experience to fundraise and those with strong connections

• Work of ECCF: Community Leadership Work Experience
– Knowledge in community leadership type work (Arts, IEC, EEO)

Other Needs?

• Geographic area: Newburyport/Amesbury/Haverhill , Cape Ann, Lynn (light)
• Candidates that represent diverse populations underserved on board (female, non-white, under age 40)

Position posted: 01/05/2021

Expertise Desired:
see description below

Committee Needs:
Racial Equity Committee

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
Board members are encouraged to make the organization one of their top three charities.

Contact Details:
Richard Sumberg
Email
(978) 886-2674

Additional Details:
ECCF Racial Equity Committee | Committee Description

Mission:
The mission of ECCF’s Racial Equity Committee is to advise ECCF staff and trustees in its current and evolving racial equity strategy and hold the organization accountable for the actions needed to effectively bring about change.

This Committee will identify opportunities to improve our capacity to act as an equitable and inclusive organization in all we do (internally). Equally important, this Committee will guide ECCF in leveraging resources and relationships (externally) to advocate for racially equitable systems, structures and practices (externally) that will create a more racially just Essex County.

Membership & Terms:
Appointed by ECCF’s Chair of the Board, the Racial Equity Committee will have no more than eleven members of which at least five will be ECCF trustees, with the remaining members joining as community leaders.
• Community members nominated for and appointed to the Racial Equity Committee should ideally have deep knowledge about race, racism, and antiracism, with strong experience and relationships in advancing inclusion and racial equity in Essex County and beyond. Committee members, regardless of racial equity experience, are also sought as key stakeholders that bring a special skillset or wide networks that can advance the work of the committee.

• ECCF Trustees appointed to this Committee should be active members on at least one board committee, ensuring each board committee is represented for alignment with ECCF board committee work.
Given this vision requires the long-view, Committee members will be appointed for a 2-year term, with the ability serve additional two-year terms. Appointments will be staggered.
The Committee will meet monthly in the beginning stages of this work (year one) for regularly scheduled meetings and future time commitments will be assessed as needed based on the work outlined.
This Committee will be chaired by an appointee of the Chair of the ECCF Board of Trustees and supported by an ECCF staff member and additional staff members as assigned.

Expectations:
While the ECCF Board of Trustees will approve and resource the organization’s racial equity strategy and implementation, it is the expectation that the Racial Equity Committee will identify and make recommendations on needed actions and evaluate the effectiveness of our work.
Members of this committee will bring their expertise to bear by reviewing materials provided and offering feedback and ideas to further develop, advance and evaluate strategy, practice, and actions.
Committee members will be asked to connect ECCF with the community leaders and/or explore partnerships with organizations who can work collaboratively to advance this work.
Members will take the time to understand ECCF, our mission and operations, as well how ECCF’s current racial equity strategy was developed in order to provide advice to improve and advance our work.

Position posted: 01/05/2021

Expertise Desired:
Fundraising

Committee Needs:

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
$1500 can be paid monthly

Contact Details:
Michele Simos
Email
(781) 844-4916

Additional Details:
If you are an enthusiastic, can-do professional looking to roll up your sleeves and help us fund The Dignity Institute, we would LOVE to hear from you. Our 7-year-old organization needs to make a giant leap forward this year, so we can male a bigger impact with youth. Our focus is personal leadership development. We also offer Art Therapy during the pandemic to help youth manage the trauma associated with isolation. We would love to hear from you msimos@thedignityinstitute.org.

Position posted: 11/12/2020

Expertise Desired:
Board of Directors

Committee Needs:
Development, Building, Nominating & Governance, Finance, Academic, and Corporate Work Study Committees

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
$10,000

Contact Details:
Stephen Giulietti
Email
(617) 589-3441

Additional Details:
Established in Lawrence, MA in 2004, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School is a private, Catholic, college preparatory high school currently based in Methuen, Massachusetts serving 290 economically disadvantaged youth. Sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur US East-West Province, a division of the international community of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, NDCR is part of the Cristo Rey Network, a growing association of 37 schools across the United States whose education model is built around the Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP), a unique and highly successful partnership with the business community developed by the Jesuits. Through the CWSP, each of our student works five full days per month during the academic year at one of 75 companies throughout the Merrimack Valley, I-93/495 corridors, and southern New Hampshire.

At full enrollment, Cristo Rey Network high schools are able to cover nearly 80% of their operating expenses through the work program and a modest tuition.

NDCR has provided an opportunity for hundreds of youth in the Lawrence, MA area to be educated through a rigorous Catholic, college preparatory curriculum. Through the work of highly dedicated faculty and staff, the high school continues to celebrate 100% college acceptance of its students into four-year colleges and universities.

Position posted: 11/02/2020

Expertise Desired:
PR/publicity and contacts within Hollywood, Music or Sports

Committee Needs:
nonprofit liaison, industry liaison and business development (partnerships)

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Annual give required?
No

Minimum give amount (if required):

Contact Details:
Kevin Lee
Email
(212) 499-6599

Additional Details:
As Leigh put so eloquently, Giving Forward turns cachet into cash (for other nonprofits.) Our platforms use advertising and virtual events to generate revenue through content.
Global digital advertising revenue in 2019 was estimated to be $333.25 billion according to eMarketer. All of that revenue is driven by content consumption; the attention and behavior of consumers. What if great content combined with the passion that consumers have for their favorite nonprofit causes to harvest one billion in advertising revenue, converting it into cause marketing donations to nonprofits. That’s Giving Forward’s primary model.
Our second initiative is virtual events. Our event ticketing and production platform will allow tickets for a benefit event to be sold by any participating nonprofit. No longer will events ned to be single charity.

Position posted: 10/29/2020

Expertise Desired:
Legal, Fundraising, Marketing, PR, Real Estate, Philanthropy

Committee Needs:

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
1,000

Contact Details:
Stacy Handler
Email
(305) 978-0870

Additional Details:
Urbanity Dance is a multi-faceted arts organization based in Boston, MA with a mission to inspire, engage, and empower individuals and communities through the art of dance and movement. It does this through its three pillars of Company, School, and Community, which serves over 10,000 arts lovers each year.

Urbanity Dance is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2021 and is looking to further professionalize its operations by expanding its Board and being more intentional with its programming choices to ensure that resources are being allocated to better serve its direct community and to center diversity, equity, and inclusion at every intersection.

Urbanity welcomes professionals who are interested using their expertise to further the goals and impact of the organization and who believe in the power of the arts, and dance, specifically, as a tool of social justice.

Position posted: 10/28/2020

Expertise Desired:
Financial

Committee Needs:
Treasurer

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
$1,000

Contact Details:
Tom Formicola
Email
(781) 648-6220

Additional Details:
Arlington Center for the Arts, a community based nonprofit organization, seeks a Treasurer to join our volunteer Board of Directors. The Treasurer will share their skills, experience and enthusiasm to help navigate our 30-year-old organization through the current COVID crisis toward future stability and growth.

Primary responsibilities of the Treasurer include:
● Participating in regular discussions of ACA’s financial status with the Executive Director and bookkeeper, and advising on preparation of financial reports;
● Communicating financial condition and data to the board;
● Reviewing and advising on ACA’s Financial Policies and Procedures; and
● Meeting with auditors to review annual financial reports.

The ACA Board meets bi-monthly on Wednesday evenings. The treasurer is expected to share a brief summary of ACA’s financial status during the meeting. The treasurer also serves on the Internal Affairs Committee which meets during the months when no full board meeting is scheduled. Additionally, the treasurer plays an important part as a member of the Executive Committee along with other officers. The Executive Committee meets prior to Board meetings and at the discretion of the Executive Director and Board co-chairs.

ACA asks each board member to contribute at least $1000 annually. We also ask that Board members are aware of and participate in ACA events and fundraising activities throughout the year.

The enthusiasm and expertise of Board members is warmly welcomed, and essential to ACA’s success.

Please submit a letter of interest and resume by email to Tom Formicola, ACA Executive Director (tom@acarts.org).

Position posted: 10/22/2020

Expertise Desired:
finance and accounting (CPA a plus), nonprofit leadership, governance board experience

Committee Needs:
Must serve on a committee for a minimum of one year prior to consideration for board candidacy. Committees include board finance and governance, other operational committees available.

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Annual give required?
No

Minimum give amount (if required):

Contact Details:
Kandis Branum
Email
(303) 452-1212

Additional Details:
The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.), a Denver-based, nonprofit professional membership association with a commitment to diversity and inclusion, is looking for dedicated professionals, from a variety of fields, seeking to apply their expertise to our board of trustees.
Your participation will have a profound impact as you help govern and represent our dynamic organization and shape strategic directions to support the PATH Intl. community. Our 880 member centers provide activities that include therapeutic riding, Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy/Speech Therapy incorporating equines as a treatment strategy, equine-assisted psychotherapy as well as other equine-assisted services that improve the lives of more than 66,000 children and adults with special needs, including more than 6,000 veterans.
We are seeking capable individuals with a commitment to best-practice nonprofit board governance, and encourage qualified applicants who will balance our ranks in regard to gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, and disability.
We encourage qualified applicants to apply via email to kbranum@pathintl.org. You will be sent an application and detailed description of our phased process that asks applicants to serve on a committee for a minimum of a year prior to being considered for Board candidacy.
About this organization: www.pathintl.org
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/pathintl
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/path_intl
View our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/pathintlvideo
Follow us on Pinterest: pinterest.com/pathintl

Position posted: 10/21/2020

Expertise Desired:
We need board members from all backgrounds with a variety of skills, who are willing to roll up their sleeves to help the board and the organization. Fundraising experience a plus but not necessary.

Committee Needs:

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Annual give required?
Yes

Minimum give amount (if required):
2500

Contact Details:
Flor Saltiel
Email
(917) 544-6194

Additional Details:

Harlem Dowling West Side Center is the successor to the famed Colored Orphan Asylum that was founded by White female reformers in 1836 and destroyed during New York City’s draft riots in 1863.  One of this nation’s oldest charities serving children of color and today, recognized as the longest surviving historically Black led child welfare organization in the country.  Located in the heart of Harlem, one block from the famed Apollo Theater with a relatively small annual budget ($4.5m in revenue), this well run organization provides local families with the necessary means and knowledge to become self-sufficient and engaged community members. They offer a wide array of family and child welfare services that are dynamic, holistic, and driven by the specific needs of those whom they serve in Harlem and Queens, including family preservation and child abuse prevention, service coordination for individuals with developmental disabilities, after school programming, and emergency food pantry services. A majority of the staff are from the area they serve and intimately familiar with its nuances and needs: they are trained professionals who care deeply about each and every individual they service and take great pride in the important work that they do each and every day. If you are interested in helping with Black Lives Matter, this could be the opportunity you have been looking for. Now that our board has met remotely since March, we are open to board members from outside the NYC area.

Position posted: 09/16/2020

Expertise Desired:

Individual(s) with the following expertise:

• Law firm experience to assist with Clerk of the Board needs
• Individual with an entrepreneurial mindset to help Founder look at growing the organization; develop the board’s development acumen & lead board nominating  efforts.
• Others who are motivated to help client organizations through PMD’s volunteer run projects.

Committee Needs:

No individual committees at this time.

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Annual give required?
No

Minimum give amount (if required):

Contact Details:
Lori Tsuruda
Email
(781) 963-0373

Additional Details:
Mission & Services
People Making a Difference (PMD) seeks to create a world in which people and businesses are socially aware and engaged in their communities such that they approach volunteerism by learning about problems and needs, becoming familiar with local charities that are working to address them, volunteering reliably, and providing other needed resources to make a difference. Our vision is for everyone to be able to volunteer productively a few times a year so that together we make a real difference throughout the year while learning important things along the way.

Board Director Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits
PMD Board Directors are involved in the Greater Boston community professionally and personally; contribute “time, treasure, and talent” by participating in all quarterly board meetings; volunteering for PMD service projects and increasing PMD’s volunteer base; identifying and cultivating prospective donors, contributors, and benefit attendees from personal circles to raise a collective $136,000 in operating income; attend, sell tickets for and organize benefits and other fundraising events; promote the positive public image of PMD; and receive governance experience, networking connections, and opportunities for direct impact on PMD, its volunteers, and charity partners.

Individual directors are expected to participate in the following activities:
+Make personal financial contributions through annual appeal, annual benefit, and board-organized event every year. (PMD must be the top, or among the very top, charities a director supports.)
+Prepare for and participate in all quarterly board meetings.
+Volunteer for at least two PMD service projects each year.
+Identify and cultivate donors and benefit attendees from one’s personal circle of friends, colleagues, family, etc.
+Increase the volunteer base and then cultivate donations from this group.
+Attend PMD’s annual benefit and actively encourage friends, colleagues, and family to purchase tickets, sponsor, or make donations in lieu of attending.
+Promote the positive public image of PMD by generating enthusiasm for the organization and its projects in the community (e.g., participation in promotional events such as volunteer fairs, public forums, award events, and friend-raising events, social media about PMD events, etc.).
+Inform the board president and chair of any situation which might be perceived as a conflict of interest with involvement on the board.

Position posted: 09/10/2020