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Thank you for your interest in being a part of the Women's Giving Circle of Missoula County Steering Committee. The Women’s Giving Circle of Missoula County empowers women and non-binary individuals to be leaders in philanthropy and inspires collaborative giving to create positive change in our community. Every member, whether they give $10 per month or $1,000, has the opportunity to learn about community needs, hear how nonprofit organizations address those needs, and make decisions on how to give collective funds for maximum community impact. Our voices, too often muted in traditional philanthropy, are amplified by working together, so we can invest collective dollars for change.
A program of the Missoula Community Foundation, we collectively pool the resources of our members to leverage their modest gifts into $10,000 grants for worthy local nonprofit organizations. The Circle is an evolving organization with ongoing recruitment events and efforts.
Steering Committee members express their interests in whichever ways are most effective for them. This can be by designing processes and policies, working to expand membership, contributing to our social media and online presence, and generally acting as a leader for the Circle. Committee members guide the work of the Circle through the annual grant cycles and choose the best applications to present to the Circle members. In these challenging times, the Circle is working hard to address serious needs of our community. We hope you'll join us!
Please complete this application form in order to be considered for the steering committee.
Steering Committee Description
- Application: Members at all giving levels are eligible to serve on the Steering Committee.
- Size: 11 - 13 Giving Circle members plus ex-officio representatives from Missoula Community Foundation (Executive Director or designee and MCF Program Manager). MCF Executive Director and Program Manager cannot vote in committee meetings but may vote as part of grant cycles as long as their membership is in good standing.
- Quorum: Defined as half of the committee members plus one for the majority. Quorum is based on committee membership for any given year.
- Terms of Service: The term year is January 15 – December 31. Members serve three-year terms depending on openings to ensure that the Committee which ensures continuity on the committee. Members are expected to contribute to the work of the Committee, attend meetings, and conform to standard codes of conduct including courtesy, responsibility, and respect. Committee members can serve 2 terms consecutively, without reapplying. After a second term is complete, committee members must take one year off before re-applying to the committee.
- Sub-committees: Each member of the Steering Committee is expected to serve on one of the sub-committees (Policies & Procedures, Events, Marketing, and Membership). These committees are where most of our work is done.
- Contributions: Steering Committee members are encouraged to contribute financially to the WGC at the highest level acceptable for their household.
Steering Committee Roles and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include (but may not be limited to) active participation in:
- Grants application process.
- Determination of grant focus and the timeline for the grant cycle.
- Evaluation of grant applications and determination of applications to be presented to the membership at large. (Depending on the number of applications, generally, the time commitment is approximately 10-15 hours for the year).
- Events for grant cycle, membership recruitment.
- Active ambassadorship for the WGC.
- Strategic planning activities.
- Steering Committee recruitment, nominations, and selection.
- Oversight of Conflict of Interest Policy compliance.
Thank you again for your interest in serving on the Women's Giving Circle of Missoula County Steering Committee. Please be assured that we are working to ensure this committee is non-partisan, diverse, and inclusive. All are welcome.
Missoula Gives and Bitterroot Gives participants:
The Missoula Gives 30-second Ad Challenge is a great way to tell people about the great work your organization does to benefit our community. In order to participate in the challenge you will need to create a 30 Second Ad and promote this Ad to your constituents. Winning Ads will be showcased on our social media and run on KPAX Media the week of Missoula Gives (social media, streaming, and television). This video can be used on your giving day profile, in your future marketing efforts, and more. Share your stories and show us what you do. Submissions will be voted on by the public, so you will have an opportunity to push your supporters to vote for you. The top finalists will have their video aired on local television. You can do this, it doesn't have to be professionally done.
There will be 4 winning videos awarded in the following categories; Small Nonprofit, Medium Nonprofit, Large Nonprofit, and Ravalli County Nonprofit.
Winning videos will:
- Run as an ad on KPAX TV and streaming services the week of April 29th
- Shared on KPAX TV’s Facebook page.
- Shared on Missoula Community Foundation social media channels to promote the giving day.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS = April 10th at 11:59 PM
PUBLIC VOTING PERIOD = April 15th-25th at 5:00 PM
Video creation:
- Our wonderful community resource and partners at MCAT can help you film and edit your Ad. Schedule studio time with them HERE or, request that they help you film onsite HERE. All filming with them will need to be done by March 29th in order to submit your Ad on time.
- Please refer to this link to the Missoula Community Foundation website which includes Commercial Specs and Guidelines to consider when creating your 30-second ads.
For more information visit the 30 Second Ad Challenge Page on MissoulaGives.org
Questions? Contact info@missoulacommunityfoundation.org