Chatham Still Needs Volunteers for Nonprofit Grant Review Panels

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:48:12 -0500
From: Debra Henzey
Subject: Chatham Still Needs Volunteers for Nonprofit Grant Review Panels

Chatham Still Needs Volunteers for Nonprofit Grant Review Panels

PITTSBORO– Chatham County is still in need of residents willing to serve on panels to review nonprofit funding requests. Panelists can select from meeting times in the daytime or evening hours, based on what is most convenient for them. The deadline to apply is Feb. 17, 2011.

The county especially needs members with knowledge or expertise in human services programs, including services for seniors, children and families, low-income residents, disabled residents and residents with special needs.

The review panels have a critical role in providing a thorough review of nonprofits’ applications for grants from Chatham County and providing recommendations to the Board of Commissioners on which applicants to fund.

Review panel volunteers will receive training in March, visit four to six agencies in early April (at the volunteers’ convenience), hear 30-minute presentations from four to six agencies, and recommend county funding for each agency. Volunteers also will be asked to provide a written description of their funding recommendation and the rationale for that decision.

Volunteers can select the four-hour time blocks that they wish to serve. Meetings will be scheduled to accommodate as many volunteers as possible as well as to accommodate the nonprofit agencies under review. Review panels will meet between April 18 and 22.

Volunteers must be residents of Chatham County. Employees of non-profit agencies that apply for county funds are ineligible to serve. Board members and volunteers of non-profit agencies that apply for county funds may serve on a panel that is not related to their non-profit agency or any similar agency.

Those who want to serve on the review panels must submit a completed volunteer application no later than Feb. 17, 2011. To obtain a form:

*   Visit the following webpage to download a form you can fill in and email it back. It also can be printed off and mailed back. Website: www.chathamnc.org/index.aspx?p