wfco Volunteer Opportunities

How to Give Your Time, Talent, Treasure, and Testimony

As a community foundation, most of our impact is achieved through the collective impact of generous donations, collaborative efforts, and strategic partnerships in public policy advocacy, research, and grantmaking. Volunteers are also cricital for our success - and the success of women across our state. We offer or promote the following opportunities annually:

• Joining a comittee 
• Connecting with one of our direct-service grantee partners

“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” — Unknown

Committees

WFCO has several committees comprised of community members who lend their expertise to The Foundation to inform our decisions and strengthen outcomes. Committees include the Annual Luncheon committee, Audit & Finance committee, Communications Advisory committee, Development committee, Direct-service grantmaking committee, Investment committee, Public Policy committee, and Programmatic Investment Committee. We are currently seeking members for the following:

Annual Luncheon committee

As the state's largest gathering benefiting Colorado women and girls, a lot of preparation goes into our Annual Luncheon. Do you have a large network you can tap into on behalf of The Foundation? We need your help to secure sponsorships. For more information please contact elvae@wfco.org.  

We also need volunteers the day before the Luncheon and the day of the Luncheon to help prepare gift bags for table captains, stuff nametags, help set up tables, and more. If you are interested, please contact Elva Escobedo, events manager, at elvae@wfco.org. 

Dottie Lamm committee

We're looking for dedicated volunteers who can help us read and review applications. Applications take around 10-15 minutes to review and you will be assigned between 8-12 applications to score. The scoring must happen between 6/1 - 6/15. We will have a 2 trainings - May 27 at 4pm and May 28 at 12pm MT. All Committee members must attend one of these trainings. Please fill out our interest form if you'd like to join. 

Volunteer with a direct service grantee

We encourage those wanting to give their time and talent to advance Colorado women and their families more frequently to explore volunteer opportunities with our WINcome (Women + Income = Women Thriving) direct service grantees.