We have found that our most fulfilled members are those who volunteer for our many committees. The detailed committee descriptions below can help members identify other ways they’d like to contribute to our transformative mission.
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Membership
Members are vital to the success of Impact100 South Jersey. Committee members formulate strategies to recruit new and renewing members and to plan and staff member information sessions and social events. This committee also works with members to better understand their experience with and ideas for Impact100 South Jersey
The Work: Detailed planning and coordination, contacting members and potential members.
Skills & Experience Most Helpful: Planning, detail orientation, relationship building, creativity, communication.
This committee is most active between August and December. Meetings are held frequently during this time, and most are virtual. Information sessions for potential members are typically in person events, and members of this committee attend when available.
Intersection with Other Committees: The Membership Committee works most closely with PR/Communications, Resource Development and Finance & Administration.
Committee Co-Chairs: Hala Shawaf Barson & Jo Ann Morgano
How to get involved: email membership@impact100sj.org
Events Committee
Committee members plan and execute “The Big Reveal” in January when we gather all members to announce our membership total for the year and the Annual Meeting in June, our largest event. The Annual Meeting is attended by grant finalists as well as members. This Committee plans and manages the myriad pre- and post-meeting logistics for these two major events.
The Work: Detailed event planning, assembling any gifts or materials to be distributed, registering members and guests at check in at events, serve as hosts along with Leadership Council members at all events, etc.
Skills & Experience Most Helpful: planning, detail orientation, problem solving, creativity.
This Committee is most active in the Fall to plan for the Big Reveal and from early Spring through June for the Annual Meeting. Most meetings are virtual until we get closer to these events, at which point members may meet in person prior to the events and as frequently as needed. Meetings are generally held every two weeks in the months prior to a major event.
Intersection With Other Committees: The Events Committee works most closely with Membership, PR/Communications and Grants.
Committee Chair: Anne Marie Inglis
Vice Chair: Lindsey Feuer
How to get involved: email events@impact100sj.org
Grant Finance Review Committee
Committee members review the financial information provided by grant applicants to ensure they meet our Core Mission grant eligibility criteria. This is the first step in the annual grant process.
The Work: Reviewing 990s and audited financial statements provided by potential grant applicants. An online grants management system and a spreadsheet will be used to evaluate each proposal. Training will be provided.
Skills & Experience Most Helpful: Members do not need to have accounting experience but should be familiar with basic finance and accounting concepts and be comfortable using spreadsheets. Members will need to review balance sheets and profit and loss statements and compare them to established criteria.
This Committee is most active in December and early January. Meetings are virtual. Members attend several meetings and mainly work individually between meetings to review financials.
Intersection With Other Committees: This Committee works closely with the Core Mission Grant Review Committee.
Chair: TBD
How to get involved: email grants@impact100sj.org
Core Mission Grant Review Committee
The Core Mission Grant Review Committee is responsible for reviewing and evaluating grant proposals submitted to Impact100 SJ from eligible local non-profit organizations. Each grant proposal is reviewed by one of three committees. Two committees will meet in the evenings and the third in the afternoons. Each Grant Review Committee member will be given the opportunity to choose which committee they would like to serve on based on the meeting dates of the committee. Participation in a virtual training session plus two mandatory meetings is required. The meeting dates will be determined in November.
New this year, we will not be using Focus Areas to determine the distribution of applications. This will enable each of the three committees to review approximately the same number of proposals.
The Work: Reviewing and evaluating grant proposals; attending and participating in three meetings — which includes one virtual training session, which will be recorded, and two mandatory in-person meetings; plus attending optional site visits. All Committee members will receive a grant review outline to guide them through the review and evaluation process as well as training at the first meeting. An online grants management system will be used to evaluate each proposal. Training will be provided.
Committee members must have the ability to devote time to objectively review grant proposals, attend two mandatory Committee meetings and participate in group discussions regarding grant proposals. If you have a desire to learn more about non-profit organizations, you can attend site visits (optional). No grant review experience is required. No experience with budgets is required.
This Committee is most active March through May, and members must attend all committee meetings. The first meeting that will take place in February is a virtual training session lasting approximately one hour. Committee members will receive their grant proposals in late February and have approximately three weeks to review them. The number of proposals varies from year to year. During the first mandatory meeting, Committee members will discuss their review of each proposal and decide which proposals they would like to learn more about by attending a site visit with the non-profits moving to that stage. The number of site visits varies from year to year and attendance is not mandatory. Following the site visits, each Committee will hold their third and final mandatory meeting, at which they will discuss the findings from the site visits and choose one proposal as their Committee’s finalist. The finalists from the three Committees will be presented to Impact100 SJ’s full membership at the June Annual Meeting. That is where members will hear from the finalists and vote to determine which of the three will receive the $100,000 Core Mission grant.
Intersection With Other Committees: The Grant Review Committee coordinates with the Grant Finance Review Committee which reviews the financial standing of each proposed applicant to determine financial eligibility. Only those non-profits deemed eligible by the Grant Finance Review Committee will be invited to submit a proposal and reviewed by the Grant Review Committee.
Committee Chair: Ronda Urkowitz
How to get involved: email grants@impact100sj.org.
Community Heroes Grant Review Committee
The Small Grant Review Committee is responsible for reviewing and evaluating grant applications submitted to Impact100 SJ from eligible local non-profit organizations. The Leadership Council has designated $30,000 to be divided equally to 3 nonprofits with annual budgets under $500,000. Eligible nonprofits must be providing services in Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, or Gloucester Counties.
The Work: Reviewing and evaluating grant applications using an online grant management software system. Reviewers will receive virtual training on how to use the software the last week in March 2025. Reviewers will be assigned an equal number of applications. They will have 30 days (April 1-April 30, 2025) to complete the process and submit their recommendations to the Small Grants Committee Chair.
Skills & Experience Most Helpful: Ability to devote time to objectively review grant proposals. Ability to work independently and are comfortable using computer software. Desire to learn more about non-profits organizations. No grant review experience is required.
Committee Chair: Nancy Sullivan
How to get involved: email smallgrants@impact100sj.org
Communications & PR Committee
Committee members work to communicate with members and to generate exposure for Impact100 South Jersey through traditional print, radio and television media as well as social media. This Committee is responsible for our website and designs tools and methods for communicating with members, grantees and the broader public to make the impact of our work visible and valued. The committee also Identifies community events to make the impact of our work visible and valued.
The Work: Identifying media opportunities, developing and executing strategies for member communications and social media, etc.
Skills & Experience Most Helpful: Prior experience in some aspect of marketing, public relations and/or electronic communication is strongly preferred. The work of this Committee will benefit from your knowledge of social media for organizations and brand building, organizational skills, relationship building, and ability to work independently.
This Committee is active throughout the year and is especially active in the Summer and Fall months when we are working to encourage new and renewing membership, encouraging non-profits to apply, and after grants are awarded at the Annual Meeting. This Committee meets more on an ad hoc basis and members work on initiatives independently or with others as appropriate. Time commitment can be flexible.
Intersection With Other Committees: This Committee works closely with all others as well as with the Leadership Council.
Co-Chairs: Valerie Buickerood & Keisha Stephenson Taylor
How to get involved: email communications@impact100sj.org
Resource Development
Committee members work to secure financial support from local businesses, corporations and others that help offset our administrative costs and our member recruitment and engagement events. Committee members manage our sponsor relationships and help ensure that they feel connected to our organization and our mission and recognized for impact of their support.
The Work: Proactively reaching out to sponsors and potential sponsors to build relationships and encourage their support for our mutual benefit.
Skills & Experience Most Helpful: Prior experience in sales, marketing, and general business administration. Strong communication and organizational skills are needed.
This Committee active throughout the year.
Intersection With Other Committees: The Resource Development Committee works most closely with the Membership and Events Committees, the Communications/PR Committee and the President.
Co-Chairs: Kate Williamson
How to get involved: email sponsorship@impact100sj.org