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Board Responsibilities & Structure

Help Kaizen Food Rescue improve the effectiveness of their board by clarifying its role(s), structure and function in itself and in relation to their organization.
Kaizen Food Rescue
Englewood, CO, USA
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Englewood, CO, USA

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Posted October 5th

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Board Responsibilities & Structure

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What we need
  • Document outlining relationship of board to your organization, including its role, responsibilities, and structure
  • Document defining the roles and responsibilities of individual board members, including empty seats if applicable
Additional details

Increasing capacity for Kaizen Food Rescue with defining roles and responsibilities of diverse board directors. Copy to be used as marketing material to recruit new board members as well.

What we have in place
  • Currently, Kaizen Food Rescue's board members are community members who face food insecurity and do not have experience in board governance. We need need help in developing their capacity in understanding their role and responsibilities, and recruiting experienced board members on our team.
How this will help
This project will save us $7,248 , allowing us to allocate funds towards hiring full-time staff members as Kaizen Food Rescue currently have 2 part time staff.

Board governance is essential for any nonprofit organization. As a newer organization, we need an experience team to help Kaizen Food Rescue's sustainability and move towards food sovereignty.

Project plan

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Prep: Current Materials
  • Volunteer Manager provides overview of the current function and purpose of the board
  • Volunteer Manager shares current or past board role and responsibility descriptions, if any, as well as relevant materials such as internal policies and procedures already in place
  • Volunteer receives a list of relevant executive management to interview or survey, if applicable
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Milestone 1: Research & Brainstorming
  • Volunteer connects with Volunteer Manager for brainstorming session to determine organization's needs, board engagement goals, and any missing roles
  • Volunteer interviews executive management, if applicable
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Milestone 2: Draft
  • Professional develops and submits draft clearly identifying board and individual board member roles and responsibilities, function, and structure to Volunteer Manager for review
  • Volunteer Manager provides feedback on Volunteer's suggestions
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Milestone 3: Final Document
  • Professional incorporates feedback into final draft of documents
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About the org

Kaizen Food Rescue
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Thai N
Thai N.

Founder + Executive Director

Our mission

According to the National Resources Defense Council, 40% of the food supply in the U.S. is wasted, which works out to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month, (NRDC, 2017). To combat this adversity, Kaizen Food Rescue aims Kaizen Food Share aims to prevent food waste and improve food justice and health equity in communities facing food apartheid.

What we do

Kaizen Food Rescue combats food waste by collecting surplus edible food from food banks, businesses, and farms, redirecting it to communities facing food insecurity. We also support local farmers through grant-funded purchases. Through partnerships and community efforts, we distribute this food to our culturally responsive mobile food pantries, schools, and under-resourced communities. Additionally, we offer nutrition and garden education, advocacy, and development workshops to promote sustainable practices. To date, we've shared over 14 million pounds of food with hundreds of thousands of people across 100+ zip codes.

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