Help Us Build What Comes Next
You Made a Way was created to meet a significant need. Building the capacity to meet that need requires a strong and sustainable foundation.
Right now, one of our greatest priorities is building the resources, partnerships, and sustainable sources of support that will allow us to expand our capacity, invest in the people needed to carry out the work, and ultimately reach more women.
We are looking for people who believe in our mission and can bring expertise, skills, relationships, and ideas that can help us build that foundation.
Where You Can Help Us Grow
There are many ways your expertise, experience, and relationships can help strengthen the organization. Right now, we are particularly interested in people who can help us build the resources and opportunities needed for sustainable growth.
Fundraising &
Donor Development
Help strengthen fundraising efforts, cultivate donor relationships, and identify opportunities to grow philanthropic support.
Grants &
Foundation Support
Help identify grant opportunities, connect us with prospective funders, and strengthen grant research, development, and writing.
Sponsorships &
Corporate Partnerships
Help build relationships with businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring, supporting, or partnering with our work.
Business Development & Earned Revenue
Help identify opportunities for professional trainings, speaking engagements, research partnerships, and other mission-aligned work that can generate sustainable revenue.
Strategic
Connections
Help open doors to funders, organizations, decision-makers, and other relationships that could lead to funding, partnerships, or new opportunities.
Other Expertise & Opportunities
Bring professional expertise, resources, ideas, or opportunities that could help strengthen You Made a Way in ways we haven't considered yet.
Find the Right Way to Contribute
There is more than one way to bring your experience and expertise to You Made a Way. Some people may want to become actively involved in building the organization, while others may be best positioned to provide strategic guidance, relationships, and connections.
Join Our Leadership Team
Our Leadership Team is for people interested in taking a more active, ongoing role in helping build and strengthen You Made a Way.
Leadership Team members may take responsibility for an area of organizational development, help move priorities forward, develop relationships and opportunities, and work collaboratively to strengthen the organization's capacity and sustainability.
This may be a good fit if you are looking for a meaningful, hands-on way to contribute your professional skills and experience over time.
Join Our Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board brings together people whose expertise, professional relationships, community connections, and perspective can help You Made a Way grow its reach, resources, and long-term sustainability.
Advisory Board members may provide strategic guidance, make introductions, identify partnerships and funding opportunities, increase awareness of our work, and help open doors to relationships and resources that can advance the mission.
This may be a good fit if you want to make a meaningful contribution through your expertise, influence, relationships, and strategic perspective without taking on an ongoing operational role.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
You don't need to know exactly what role makes the most sense before reaching out.
You may want to contribute to a particular project, offer specialized expertise, make an important introduction, help pursue an opportunity without taking on a formal role, or you may see a way to strengthen our work that we haven't considered yet.
Tell us a little about yourself, what you can bring to the organization, and how you would like to contribute. We can explore whether there may be a meaningful fit.
*Current opportunities are volunteer-based unless otherwise specifically stated.