A Time of Celebration
As the leading organization empowering women to transform communities through generosity, we at Impact100 have much to celebrate. Beginning with a Cincinnati community, Impact100 has grown through grassroots word of mouth with leaders rising up in more than 60 communities around the globe. Since its inception, Impact100 chapters have given away nearly $80 million to worthy nonprofits and more than 15,000 women have joined the movement.
The Impact100 Model’s powerful process is more attractive than ever to women seeking to step into a leadership role to help solve humanity’s most pressing problems. The 100% volunteer-led model is grounded in the belief of an efficient, transformational, and sustainable collaborative giving process.
For almost 20 years, Impact100 has thrived despite the odds stacked against this all-volunteer movement. Part of the success must be credited to the tenacity of the women leading Impact100 chapters and certainly part of the credit rests in the power of the Impact100 Model itself. The other critical success factor is the work of the Impact100 Global Council. The Global Council serves as the backbone to the Impact100 movement, providing much-needed infrastructure, systems, resources, tools, leadership development, and coaching to Impact100 chapters everywhere. Today, the movement continues to accelerate with powerful momentum.
Although I have shared the origin story of Impact100 often, I realize many of you may not know how Impact100 Global Advisory Council got its start.