Seeking Capital Campaign Committee members for the Catalyst Campaign, launching in fall, 2026. (kcpsfoundation/catalyst)

Board members will provide strategic guidance, support organizational governance, assist with fundraising and resource development, cultivate community and corporate partnerships, and serve as ambassadors for FEI's mission. We are particularly interested in individuals with experience in healthcare, fundraising, corporate partnerships, legal affairs, strategic planning, marketing, and relationship building.

As we continue building our Board, members will have opportunities to contribute their individual strengths through committee participation, including Board Building and Recruitment, Development, Programs, and Executive leadership.

We are seeking collaborative, committed individuals who are passionate about advancing nutrition security and health equity and helping FEI expand its impact throughout the communities we serve.

“If you want a greater appreciation of the challenges young people navigate, become a reader for KC Scholars [Great Jobs KC]. I am continually impressed with applicants' perseverance, courage, hope, and optimism! The future is bright!” 

- Emma, Scholarship Reviewer

At Great Jobs KC, we believe anyone who wants to upskill their life through education should have the opportunity to do so, and our Scholarship Reviewers help make that dream a reality. As a Scholarship Reviewer, you will play a vital role in selecting the next cohort of KC Scholars by reading and scoring student application essays online. 

If selected, Scholarship Reviewers are required to attend a 2-hour virtual training session in March and volunteer approximately 15-18 hours during the application review period from March 15, 2027, through March 31, 2027, scoring around 35 applications using our provided rubric.

Does this seem like the volunteer opportunity for you? Great! To qualify, you must be at least 21 years old and live/work in one of the six counties we serve (KS: Wyandotte and Johnson; MO: Clay, Platte, Cass, and Jackson). Individuals with strong connections to Kansas City are still encouraged to apply even if this requirement is not met. We ask that all volunteers not have close personal or professional association with scholarship applicants or be current staff of high schools or community organizations within the KC Scholars network. 

If you have any questions about the Scholarship Reviewer volunteer opportunity, please email applicationhelp@greatjobskc.org and join us in making an impact across Kansas City. Follow this link: https://salesforce.123formbuilder.com/form-6510816/scholarship-reviewer-application to apply today! 

Each board member is expected to:

• Understand DREAMS KC’s mission, programs, and financial statements

• Attend and actively participate in at least 10 of 12 monthly board meetings

• Serve on at least one standing committee and attend at least 90% of its meetings

• Prepare for meetings by reviewing materials in advance

• Make a personally meaningful annual financial contribution

• Manage at least three external relationships on DREAMS KC’s behalf

• Act as an active advocate and ambassador in your professional and community networks

• Attend at least one DREAMS KC special event per year

• Commit approximately 3–5 hours per month for board and committee work, in addition to monthly meetings

Governance expectations include:

• Following DREAMS KC’s bylaws, policies, and board resolutions

• Signing an annual conflict-of-interest disclosure and disclosing conflicts as they arise

• Maintaining confidentiality on internal organizational matters

• Leveraging your personal and professional connections to advance the mission

Board service with DREAMS KC is a partnership — not a title. We expect our board members to show up, speak up, open doors, and hold the organization and each other accountable to the work.

·       Define and develop the Geeks for Kids program

·       Plan and conduct Geeks for Kids’ events

·       Recruit recipients

·       Recruit and manage volunteers

·       Plan and execute marketing, social media and public relations programs

·       Coordinate and execute all fundraising for Geeks for Kids including:

o   Seeking grants

o   Recruiting sponsors

o   Recruiting individual donors

o   Creating and supporting crowdfunding campaigns

·       Develop and execute management processes, documentation and training

·       Provide legal guidance

·       Manage Geeks for Kids’ finances

This team has four sub-teams; these include:

·       Event Management – This sub-team will help coordinate:

o   Build events

o   Delivery Days

o   Outreach events

·       Fundraising & Outreach – While fundraising and outreach are joint responsibilities shared by all members of this the Geeks for Kids’ Business Leaders Board and Design Team as well as LEARN’s Board of Directors, this team:

o   Works with the LEARN Board to build fundraising and outreach for Geeks for Kids and Invent for Good

o   Develops a plan to build awareness

o   Strengthens community ties

o   Creates the program’s fundraising plan

o   Helps marketing draft promotional materials

o   And, promotes the programs’ crowdfunding campaign and other outreach events

·       Marketing – This team will produce and/or recruit professionals to help us produce the content for:

o   Social media

o   Community outreach

o   Public relations

o   Videos

·       Operations – This team will fill in the vital roles of:

o   Finance Manager

o   Team Coordinator/Secretary

• Help develop a realistic fundraising strategy for startup needs, program development, and long-term sustainability.

• Identify and introduce prospective individual donors, business sponsors, foundations, and community supporters.

• Participate in donor conversations and help communicate Luminaire’s purpose and funding needs.

• Support donor stewardship through thoughtful follow-up, relationship building, and recognition.

• Help evaluate grant opportunities and fundraising events based on their potential return and the organization’s capacity.

Community partnerships

• Build connections with local businesses, churches, civic organizations, and other mission-aligned partners.

• Identify opportunities for sponsorships, donated materials, professional services, and shared resources.

• Represent Luminaire thoughtfully within your professional and community networks.

Simply put, we are the community advocacy and support organization for Johnson County Library.

The Friends works closely with Johnson County Library and other community partners, but we are an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit business and receive no public funding.

About the Board

The Friends of Johnson County Library Board of Directors provides governance, financial stewardship, strategic leadership and community representation for the organization. Directors help safeguard the Friends’ mission and resources, provide oversight, serve as ambassadors for the organization and Library, and share responsibility for building the relationships and financial support necessary to sustain the Friends’ work.

Board service is an active leadership commitment. All Directors are expected to:

• Understand and support the Friends’ mission, strategic priorities, policies, programs and organizational needs;

• Exercise meaningful fiduciary oversight, including regularly reviewing and understanding the organization’s financial statements, budget, financial position and long-term sustainability;

• Serve as active advocates and ambassadors for the Friends and Johnson County Library;

• Participate actively in fundraising. Directors are expected to help identify prospective donors, sponsors, partners and other sources of support; make introductions and open doors where appropriate; and participate in fundraising activities and relationship-building on behalf of the organization;

• Use their personal and professional networks to strengthen the Friends’ community reach, fundraising capacity, reputation and ability to influence public policy;

• Attend and support Friends events and Friends-sponsored Library activities whenever possible;

• Maintain a current Patron-level Friends membership ($100 annually) or become a lifetime member (one-time gift of $1,000);

• Commit to serving the full three-year term and consider serving a second term;

• Attend Board meetings throughout the year and provide prior notice to the President when an absence is necessary, whenever possible. Under the Bylaws, a Director who is absent from three consecutive meetings without just cause may be asked to resign;

• Participate actively in task forces, special projects or Board initiatives and take ownership of agreed-upon work between meetings;

• Consider serving as an officer or in another Board leadership role;

• Volunteer with the Friends during the year and record volunteer hours in the designated tracking system; and

• Bring their individual expertise, perspective, relationships and leadership to advancing the organization—not simply attending meetings.

We are currently seeking two new Directors

For the upcoming Board term, the Friends is particularly seeking candidates who can strengthen two areas critical to our future:

Nonprofit finance and financial strategy 
We seek a candidate with significant experience in nonprofit finance, accounting, financial management or a closely related field. An ideal candidate will be comfortable reading nonprofit financial statements and budgets and can contribute to conversations about financial oversight, reserves, revenue strategy, long-term financial planning and organizational sustainability.

Grassroots community advocacy 
We seek a candidate with significant experience in grassroots organizing, community engagement, coalition-building, civic advocacy or public-policy mobilization. An ideal candidate will understand how to build relationships, engage community members, develop advocacy networks and help turn public support for libraries into effective civic participation.

Candidates in both areas should be comfortable with the Board’s shared responsibility for fundraising, relationship-building and community ambassadorship. Specific professional backgrounds are important, but equally important are a willingness to engage, make connections and help move the organization forward.

Interested in serving?

The Friends seeks thoughtful, engaged community members who believe deeply in the value of public libraries and are ready to contribute their time, expertise, relationships and leadership to our work.

If you are interested in serving a three-year term on the Friends of Johnson County Library Board of Directors, please email a brief note of interest and a copy of your résumé to Executive Director Shanta Dickerson at sdickerson@friendsofjcl.org.