Join the Youth in Focus Board of Directors
The Youth in Focus Board of Directors provides vital leadership and support for our mission to ensure organizational success. Youth in Focus is a small organization that offers prospective board members a chance to have meaningful direct impact on the organization, its mission, and the students and families it serves. Board members are given the opportunity to bring their specialized skills and strengths to bear on the oversight, funding, and board governance of a program that makes an arts, visual literacy, and skills-based education curriculum accessible to 500+ students a year.
At Youth in Focus we seek to identify and engage board members who can bring new perspectives and life experiences to the team. We prioritize passion for our mission and shared values of inclusion; creativity; equity; courage and risk taking; growth and development. We value our board members time and talents and aim to provide a meaningful experience by engaging board members in the areas they want to contribute.
The ideal candidate is passionate about our work of changing the trajectory of young people's lives through photography and equitable access to opportunity. We seek candidates whose lived experience reflects that of the students we serve, including students of color, those facing poverty/housing insecurity, English language learners, and LGBTQ youth. While we have made significant changes to the makeup of our staff to better reflect our youth, we now turn that focus to the board. We need board members who have the capacity to volunteer their time and leverage their networks to grow our advocates and supporters.
Based on our strategic priorities for 2022, we are specifically seeking candidates that bring the following skills and experiences:
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Fundraising Strategy Development; Fundraising Execution; Capacity to Lead the Fundraising Committee
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Commitment to racial equity and social justice to ensure we are accountable to and appropriately serving our students and the larger community
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Strategic Visioning to help chart the future of the organization
Time Commitment
When does the Board Meet?
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Board Meetings occur bi-monthly, usually on the last Tuesday of the month from 6:00-8:00 PM
(January, March, May, September, November) -
Annual Board Retreat one Saturday in July (date TBD)
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Board Committee meetings set their own meeting times and schedules
How many hours of service per month are expected from a board member?
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6-10 hours/month
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Attend Board and Committee Meetings
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Review materials and prepare for meetings
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Advocate for Youth in Focus
To apply: https://youthinfocus.org/join-the-board-with-link
