DRF Board Member

🕒 July 27

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Disability Rights Fund

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2008

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Grant on 2023-12

Non-profit • Charity • Social Impact

Disability Rights Fund is a nonprofit grantmaking and advocacy organization that supports and invests in disability rights movements worldwide. The organization centers the leadership and lived experience of persons with disabilities, provides grants and peer/collective learning, and supports advocacy efforts across issues including humanitarian response and caregiver training. According to its site, DRF (with its sister fund) has awarded $60. 8 million to 636 organizations in 62 countries; it is based in Boston, MA and solicits donations, grantseekers, and public engagement.

📋 Description

• DRF's Board of Directors holds primary responsibility for ensuring the organization fulfills its legal and other obligations • The Board protects organizational assets, provides strategic direction, and ensures respectful and inclusive behavior in all interactions • Set vision, mission, values, and strategic direction in partnership with leadership • Monitor organizational performance against strategic goals • Provide financial oversight and protect organizational assets • Ensure effective fundraising strategy and participate in fundraising efforts • Select, oversee, and evaluate the Executive Director • Maintain highest standards of governance and ethical conduct • Uphold fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, and obedience

🎯 Requirements

• Financial Expertise: prefer expertise in one or more following areas; nonprofit financial management, GAAP accounting, audit review, investment strategy • Legal Expertise: prefer expertise in one or more following areas: nonprofit law, governance, IRS compliance for 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities, international grantmaking • Fundraising Expertise: Development strategy, donor relations, philanthropy, resource mobilization • Rights Advocate: Experience in Disability Rights preferred, but open to others working and advocating within other movements, particularly in the Global South • Other: Open to considering candidates who are passionate about our mission and our work

🏖️ Benefits

• Make a meaningful impact on international disability rights and justice • Engage with a diverse, committed board and staff from around the world • Contribute to a movement that centers disability and intersectional justice • Join a participatory, values-driven governance model