Junior Board Member

• Give $750 and get $750
• Participate in 2 volunteer activities (planned by KIPP NYC i.e. tutoring, career day and alumni summit)
• Participate in 1 external engagement initiative or 1 internal community event
• Participate in 1 Junior Board member recruiting event
  • Make referral
  • Conduct an interview
  • Share job post
  • Review an application
• Attend SIP for KIPP or make a monetary donation
• Secure at least 1 raffle or silent auction item for SIP for KIPP
• Attend Casino Night or donate (event hosted by KIPP NYC “big” board)
• Attend 2/3 Junior Board meetings (live or virtually)
• Complete annual end of year survey
• Join Junior Board working group

About You: 

• You believe in KIPP’s mission from top to bottom
• You have a passion for working towards quality education for all and for young people changing the world
• You have good vibes and are ready to activate the Junior Board and the broader NYC community to support KIPP NYC while realizing some of your professional and leadership goals
• You thrive in flat hierarchies with space for your own ideas in a dynamic, imaginative, dedicated and motivating setting around great people
• You are excited to join one of our three working groups and help us crush our goals
• You have the energy and capacity to fully commit to the Junior Board in addition to all your other responsibilities and activities

About KIPP NYC

KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) NYC is a network of 15 public charter schools in Brooklyn, Harlem and the Bronx.  99% of KIPP NYC students identify as African American, Hispanic or multi-racial and 88% are eligible for free or reduced lunch. With a mission to help students go to and through college, KIPP students matriculate to college at more than double the rate of low-income students nationally and complete college at 4x the rate of their peers.

New York charter schools receive about 80% of the per pupil funding that traditional public schools receive. Therefore, KIPP raises funds to meet this gap and ensure its schools are at funding parity with traditional public schools and can support supplementary KIPP Through College programming.

About KIPP NYC Junior Board

KIPP NYC Junior Board is a fun and dynamic curated group of ~30 mid-career professionals who:

• Represent KIPP students’ cultural identities and professional aspirations
• Have capacity to fulfill all Junior Board membership requirements
• Willingly leverage individual and network’s tools to directly influence KIPP’s organization
• Are continually advocating for KIPP’s mission

The board is made up of three working groups:

• External Engagement
  • Work with KIPP NYC directly to create initiatives for the Junior Board to engage with KIPP NYC as a group. Some initiatives include but are not limited to college/resume/interview workshops and programming for KIPP families
  • Facilitate individual Junior Board member corporate partnership to support initiatives such as corporate visits, internship pipeline and more
  • Advocate for KIPP NYC by coordinating town hall attendance, creating informational events to create awareness about KIPP NYC etc.
  • Mobilize Junior Board to participate in volunteer opportunities managed by KIPP NYC such as Saturday tutoring, alumni summit, career day etc.
• Internal Community
  • Generate and execute recruiting strategy for new Junior Board members with focus on recruiting diversity and commitment to engage
  • Plan two social events for Junior Board to engage in annually
  • Maintain dataset of background and skillsets of each Junior Board member
  • Maintain Junior Board mission and board members’ photo, bio and role on Junior Board on KIPP NYC website
• Fundraising
  • Own KIPP NYC Junior Board’s flagship fundraising event called SIP for KIPP. The event typically takes place in November at a lounge/bar (last year we hosted the event at 1 Oak, Tao Downtown the year prior).  It is a great event with 3 hours of open bar, DJ, hors d'oeuvres, raffle, silent auction and about 250 New York professionals.
  • Create fresh and diverse fundraising opportunities