Who Can Nominate?

In order to nominate a non-profit you must have completed a Membership Commitment Form and follow through on your commitment to donate $100 to the charities that 100 Women Who Care Central Oregon selects.  Members may only have one active nomination at a time.

Nomination Guidelines:

• Organization must be a non-profit recognized by the IRS as a 501c 3 organization or have a fiscal sponsor.
• Non-profit must serve Central Oregon, specifically the communities of Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties.  Local chapters of national charities will be considered if 100% of the contribution stays in our communities.
• The following are ineligible for funding: religious groups promoting religious activities, political organizations, organizations operating to support a single individual, organizations with a non-charitable purpose, and organizations that discriminate against individuals on the basis of creed, color, sexual orientation, age, gender, national origin, or veteran status.
• The non-profit must agree not to create, sell, or distribute a list with our members contact information, and agree not to solicit our members directly for future contributions.
• The organization that receives funds is expected to send a representative to our next meeting to give a 5 minute update on how our money was (or will be) used to help our community.
• Members must be current on donations in order to nominate.
• The member drawn will work with the non profit to create a “pitch” that will be shared with members. “Pitch” can be a video or documents that can be sent in an email.  
• Only one presentation per organization may be made at each meeting.
• All Q2 2022 nominations must be in by Monday, May 16, 2022.