Women and Girls Serving Nonprofit Organizations with open board, committee volunteers opportunities
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Please make sure you read about the women and girls serving nonprofit organizations and their open board, committee and volunteer roles!
ANSWER Scholarship
ANSWER supports moms in creating greater economic mobility for their families by providing scholarships, mentoring and personal/professional development as they pursue their college degrees.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
Volunteer board members with financial and legal expertise along with professional caring mentors for our incoming Aug 2024 class of scholar moms are our greatest needs to fulfill most immediately.
Contact: Shannon Walker, shannonwalkeranswer@gmail.com
BraveWorks
BraveWorks empowers women overcoming trauma such as trafficking, violence, poverty and persecution, transforming them from pain to purpose through healing, training, connections, and earning a fair wage.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
Board members to serve on committees: Governance, Development, or Finance, each with monthly virtual meetings.
Contact: Anne Bridgeman, anne@braveworks.org
Changed Choices
We provide programming and services for women impacted by incarceration from arrest through Re-Entry.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
Board Member Volunteers and Correspondent Bible Study Partners and Mentors-by-Mail (Pen Pal) for each incarcerated woman; Administrative/Office Volunteers
Contact: Gail Clark, gail@changedchoices.org
Circle de Luz
Circle de Luz radically empowers Latina girls in Charlotte through extensive mentoring, holistic programming, and scholarship funds for further education.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer
Circle de Luz is looking for 4 Class Captains to mentor the Class of 2030 starting this fall. Our Class Captains are a group of adult women who engage with a group of 8 Latina girls 2-4 times a month. They build deep
relationships with students and their families as they guide and support the cohort over the course of the 6 years that they are in the program (7th grade to 12th grade of school)
Contact: Tere González García, teregonzalez@circledeluz.org
Crittenton
Crittenton promotes healing, hope, and empowerment through education and comprehensive physical and mental health services, focusing on maternal health and support for girls in foster care.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
Board members: to lend expertise and advocate on behalf of Crittenton; Events committee member: help support planning and implementation of fundraising events (Annual Luncheon and Gala); Skill-based volunteers: Health & Wellness activities - such as cooking, nutrition and meal planning.
Contact: Karla Escobar, kescobar@crittentonofnc.org
Despierta
Intentionally investing and transforming the lives of Latina women by giving them the emotional tools, empowerment, and life skills to find their identity and independence.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
Committee Member and skill-based opportunity. We are in need of fundraising committee members, volunteer coordinator, and development.
Contact: Juliana Lozano, juliana@despiertaclt.com
Diaper Bank of North Carolina
Diaper Bank of North Carolina provides hygiene essentials to families across North Carolina to help them thrive at every stage of life.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer
We are most looking for Board support in Greater Charlotte, volunteers for wrapping sessions, volunteer Hotspot pickup drivers, and volunteers to host their own Hotspot donation sites.
Contact: Dr. Alexis League, alexis@ncdiaperbank.org
Digi-Bridge
Digi-Bridge sparks interest and passion in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) learning ensuring that students have the opportunities and skills to succeed in a rapidly-changing world by fostering curiosity, creativity, exploration, persistence, and resilience.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer, Special Committees
Hands-on & skill-based, as well as group/corporate volunteering.
Contact: Piper Barnes Piper@digi-bridge.org
Dottie Rose Foundatin
Dottie Rose Foundation is setting the standard in computer science education while bridging the gender gap in the technology field.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer
Hands - On to help with our camps
Contact: Holly Harris, holly@dottierosefoundation.org
Elizabeth House Foundation
Providing access to critical breast cancer screenings to underserved minority women in the Charlotte region.
Volunteer Opportunities: Board Member, Volunteer
Contact: Brandy Sims, bsims@elizabethhousefoundation.org
Fearless Brown Girls®
Fearless Brown Girls® fosters financial confidence and independence in young black and brown girls through engaging educational programs, resources, and mentorship in Financial Literacy and Personal Development.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Special Committees
Board Member: We are actively seeking new board members for various roles, with a particular emphasis on finding an experienced Board Chair. The ideal Chair candidate would bring extensive knowledge in governance and compliance, and understand the nuances of guiding a growing organization like ours through a phase of reconstruction and development.
Special Committee: We are looking for committee members with expertise in Fundraising and Marketing/ PR Strategy. These roles are crucial for individuals who can contribute innovative ideas and strategies to enhance our fundraising efforts and elevate our brand and public presence.
Contact: Diana Williams, hello@fearlessbrowngirls.org
First Gen Success
Nurture, advance, and celebrate the potential of highperforming, underserved high school girls seeking to
become first generation college students and leaders in their communities.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
Committee members for programming content and event coordinator
Contact: Rose Beavers, volunteer@firstgensuccess.org
Girls on the Run
Positive development program for girls 3rd-8th grade that uses an evidence base curriculum where running as the tool to provide the participants skills, problem-solving, paramount, and self-confidence.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer, Special Committees
Committee and special event -program committee, fundraising committee, and 5K committee
Contact: Karen Gipson, Kgipson@girlsontherun.org
Junior League of Charlotte
The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer
New member/volunteers - the lifeblood of the Junior League of Charlotte, our member volunteers have a number of opportunities to serve in partnership with JLC community partners and other non-profit organizations, participate in leadership training, and support our collective giving efforts.
Contact: Jonell Logan Jloganjlc@gmail.com
Mind Body Baby NC
Mind Body Baby serves as a crucial resource, providing vital community-based knowledge and support to new and expectant parents and families who would otherwise fall through the cracks in our current systems of maternal mental and physical health care.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Special Committees
Our biggest current need is a volunteer with skills in budgeting and forecasting or fundraising and development to serve either as a board member or as an ongoing advisor/committee member.
Contact: Cynthia Wood, village@mindbodybabync.org
She Built This City
She Built This City’s mission is to provide industrydisruptive programming that sparks interest and builds
pathways to lucrative careers in the skilled trades for youth, women, and marginalized communities
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer
Contact: Dianna Vasquez, Dianna.vasquez@shebuiltthiscity.org
She Dreams In Color Foundation
She Dreams In Color Foundation provides funding for marginalized women in Charlotte to receive free and significantly reduced cost mental health therapy while also destigmatizing mental health needs and seeking care.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer
We would like to select one more board member, ideally: a Board Member who is retired but has corporate experience or philanthropic experience. Or a corporate America employee who can lend Financial oversight skills or Systems and Processes skills as we’re still a new organization. Or a community member engrained in donor cultivation.
Contact: Jennifer Moxley, jennifer@ sunshinemedianetwork.com
Talented Girls in Action (TGIA)
Talented Girls in Action empowers girls to be agents of change by providing mentoring, career readiness, development, STEM opportunities in underprivileged communities.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Special Committees
Committee members
Contact: LaChish Jones, ljones337@tgiainc.org
We Rock Charlotte
We Rock CLT is an inclusive, nurturing, creative space that empowers all voices through music and arts in order to create a more just and equitable society.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer
Volunteers for 2024 Summer Rock Camp - In one week Kids (8-12) and Teens (12-17) learn to play an instrument, form a band, write a song and then perform for their friends and family. No music experience required to become a young band’s biggest fan. Full week volunteers needed, but one day and partial day volunteers and workshop leaders welcome too!
Contact: Brit Swider, brit.swider@werockclt.org
Women’s Impact Fund
We strengthen communities by maximizing women’s leadership in philanthropy through collective giving, education, and engagement.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Board Member, Volunteer, Special Committees
We are a membership based model and would love women to join us as a member. Within membership, there are opportunites to join a committe, work on the board or only attend our events.
Contact: Patricia Massey Hoke, phoke@womensimpactfund.org
Board Training Opportunities
If you are considering joining a nonprofit board, here are some resources and classes that can help you understand your role as a board member to get the most from your board service.
United Way of Greater Charlotte, Nonprofit Board Member Training - A Workshop Series for Leaders to Learn, Stimulate Conversation, and Fuel Change.
Joining a nonprofit board member training program is a valuable investment for both individuals and the organizations they serve, helping to strengthen governance, enhance effectiveness, and drive positive impact in the community.
United Way offers two Nonprofit Board Member Trainings:
• Nonprofit Board Service 101: The Foundations of Equitable Governance on May 16th
• Governance 201: Actions and Perspectives on Racial Equity and Nonprofit Board Service on June 5th
Women’s Impact Fund - A women’s leadership development program (hosted in the spring) with a focus on civic engagement including board service. While this program has concluded for this year, getting involved with Women’s Impact Fund as a member is a great way to learn about board service.
You can join a WIF board committee – whether in a field where you have experience or where you have none – as soon as you join as a member. WIF members go on to serve on a variety of other nonprofit boards throughout our region. The network of members is also powerful in building community connections and connecting to open nonprofit board roles. Visit womensimpactfund.org and click Join to get started.
Junior League of Charlotte, Leadership Development Institute - A workshop series that educates, inspires and connects Provisional, Transfer, Active and Sustainer JLC members, along with women in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, through the study of six core leadership values.
While these have concluded for the year the The Leadership Development Institute monthly workshops are interactive and engaging, designed to further leadership potential in every participant. Their goal is to help women develop their leadership skills and become some of Charlotte’s most impactful and influential women. Visit jlccharlotte.org to learn more.
