This Month's News & Updates |
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Kickoff is just around the corner!
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 |
Impact100 Greater Milwaukee enters its 8th year of collective giving having granted over $2.4M to 28 deserving Milwaukee area nonprofits to date!
Join us for complimentary appetizers and cash bar at the Membership Kickoff Social on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, from 5:30-8:00pm at the Wisconsin City Club. Meet members and grant recipients, hear updates from our 2021 grantees, learn about the power of collective giving and how YOU can make a difference for Milwaukee area communities. |
NEW! Our Impact100
MemberLeap App |
From your phone you can:
- Register for events - Check out our calendar - Search for volunteer opportunities
- Read our newsletters - Receive notifications about events! - Renew your membership! Go to the App Store on Apple or Android and search Impact100 Greater Milwaukee |
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Member Spotlight Meet President-Elect Julie K Gilpin |
Need to know something about Impact100? You might ask Impact100 member, Julie Gilpin (pictured above) who joined Impact100 Greater Milwaukee in 2015 and served as the training chair, communications co-chair, and on the nominating and member engagement committees. But her favorite experience? Serving on a grant committee—she said it was the most powerful volunteer experience she’s had in over 20 years.
Julie was introduced to Impact100 Greater Milwaukee by Ann Homstad who invited her to an informational meeting. |
“I was immediately drawn to the concept of women giving collectively. I am so proud of the big amount of money we give each year and how significantly those gifts impact our grantees,” she says.
When not volunteering at Impact100, Julie consults with other non-profits on human resource matters and enjoys being a mom. She and husband, Brian, live in Whitefish Bay with their three children, Jack (14), Luke (11) and Kate (4). The family loves to travel and logs lots of miles attending sporting events and family activities. Julie is an avid walker/slow jogger, enjoys baking, shopping and connecting with friends and family. Julie’s perfect day would start with a great walk and strong, hot coffee and end with champagne and a stunning sunset.
Julie hopes to inspire other women to learn about what Impact100 has to offer. And she hopes they join, increasing the pool of grant money that goes into our community. |
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| Membership News:
It’s NOT too late to stop by a Mix & Mingle event! New this Year! No RSVP required—just stop by!!
A great way to reconnect or meet new members. DO bring a couple friends to introduce to Impact100 Greater Milwaukee. Join us for a low key, after work, before dinner casual social. Best part, no sign up required—if you’re in the neighborhood, just stop by! Info about Impact100MKE and current volunteer openings will be available, as well as a tech easy opportunity to renew!
Shorewood: Thursday, August 18th | 4:00-6:00pm Cloud Red, 4488 N. Oakland Avenue
Wauwatosa: Thursday, August 25th | 4:00-6:00pm Ruby Tap, 1341 N Wauwatosa Ave.
For more information contact: membership@impact100mke.org
We hope to see you there! |
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| NEW! Lawn Bowling Social Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Be our guest at this complimentary event! Come for a fun summer evening—be ready to learn & play! No previous knowledge or lawn bowling experience required. Very casual attire, no high heels please!!
Click here to RSVP or for more details! Hosted by the Member Engagement Committee |
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| Grants News:
Coming in September! -Letters of Inquiry become available online for Nonprofits--the first step in our grant application process. More info to come!
-Virtual Information Session for Nonprofits--learn about our grant application process. Stay tuned for more information! |
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| Nonprofits News: Don’t Miss the Benedict Center’s Virtual Fundraiser Event- September 21, 2022, Noon-1:00pm The Benedict Center addresses the needs of women in the criminal justice system and is a 2017 Impact100 grant recipient. Proceeds raised from this virtual event directly support programs for justice-involved women to receive community-based counseling, advocacy and support to find hope and healing. Join in this virtual event for a powerful conversation about Shared Sentences: How the Incarceration of Mothers Impacts Their Children
Keynote Speaker Kemba Smith Pradia who went from college student to drug dealer’s girlfriend to domestic violence victim, and in 1994 was sentenced to 24.5 years in federal prison. Kemba’s case drew support from across the nation and prompted then President Clinton to commute her sentence in December 2000, after having served 6. 5 years in prison. Today, Kemba is a wife, mother, public speaker, advocate for criminal justice reform, consultant and author of Poster Child.
To register, click here! |
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| Looking Ahead: Global Day of Impact – Thursday, November 3, 2022 Luncheon at the Red Circle Inn, Nashotah Learn more about & celebrate the impact of collective giving. Helping Hands – Thursday, December 1, 2022 Wisconsin City Club, Milwaukee Evening holiday social and 2022 Grantee progress updates |
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| Member Engagement: What do members really want?
WE HEAR YOU!
There was a quiet yet powerful movement afoot last year as your membership engagement committee delved into the state of our organization’s member involvement. Who joins Impact100 and why? Why do members stay and why do some leave? What does it cost to gain a new member versus keeping current members? What could our chapter learn from other Impact100 groups?
Anne Trunzo, one of the founders of our Impact100 chapter, started this conversation last year and a few members agreed to help her investigate membership satisfaction. What started as a couple of brief meetings turned into a six month deep-dive.
This was a time-consuming task…just look at the numbers:
- Surveyed our membership and analyzed 173 completed surveys
- Interviewed 25 lapsed members to see why they left Impact100
- Requested information from 25 other Impact100 chapters
- Had follow up conversations with 17 Impact100 chapters
- Spent over 400 hours collecting data
“At the beginning, Anne provided us with tons of interesting articles about volunteering especially in the emerging, post-Covid world. We learned that our members want to be more engaged with Impact100 specifically with smaller, one-off tasks. So you’ll see more opportunities like that going forward,” says Meg Boyle, a member of the task force.
Huge thank you to the member engagement committee: Mary Therese Breger, Meg Boyle, Julie Gilpin, Cynthia Harris, Maureen Kenfield, Margaret Krei, Kathy Morris, Ann Pierson and Anne Trunzo. At the June board meeting, this group proposed ideas to recruit, engage and retain members.
Look for new member opportunities that came out of this work including:
• Fun and fresh member events starting with this month’s Lawn Bowling Social on Tuesday, August 23rd, 5:00-7:00pm. (More info)
• An Ambassador program that you’ll learn more about in September
As always, keep inviting guests to our informational meetings. We are more powerful together! |
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