Grant Review Committees are established annually for the winter/spring grant review season. Committee members read and review grant applications and participate in a thorough vetting process that leads to recommending finalists to be voted on by the entire Impact100 Sonoma membership.

For more information, please review the Position Description and Calendar: GRC Members found in the resource documents list at the bottom of this webpage. You may also watch the GRC training modules below.

Click here for information on our 2025 Impetus Grants and the Encore Grant. Click here for information on our 2025 Application Process.

Our grant review season will take place on a timeline from January – April 2025. Most meetings will be held in person, though some site visits may be held via Zoom. Committee members will be expected to devote approximately 25 hours of their time to the process. Key dates for 2025 are in the Grant Review Committee Calendar on the right side of this page.

The basic qualifications to join a Grant Review Committee include:

• Register by December 1, 2024 to ensure your spot on a Committee. Only members who have paid their 2025 member contribution will ultimately be confirmed to serve. Click here to make your 2025 membership contribution.
• Own and be comfortable using a computer, have home internet access and Zoom app familiarity.
• Have the disire and ability to learn how to use Impact100Sonoma's custom Foundant application software.
• Be able to devote the time necessary to fulfill the most important committee obligations during February and March (around 25 hours in total).
• Be prepared to attend at least 3 site visits between February 24 to March 13, 2025 at various locations around Sonoma Valley, allowing approximately 2 hours for each site visit.
• Volunteer to lead and/or take notes for at least one site visit.
• Have the ability to actively and objectively participate in discussions and listen to the thoughts and suggestions of others.
• Find enjoyment working in a group setting with other equally motivated women.

YES! You must register anew every year for a GRC, even if you are leading a committee! This is to ensure you are familiar with any new dates and responsibilities, but most importantly, you must fill out a new confidentiality agreement and conflict of interest form each year.

• Register by filling out the Jotform application at the following link (and reading all the requirements therein): GRC Registration
• When you have submitted the Jotform successfully, you will see a "Thank You" screen.
• Read the section below for information about serving on the Financial Review Committee.

• When you’ve completed your registration, you will receive an email acknowledging its receipt. This email will come from Jotform, so please check your spam folder if you do not receive it shortly.
• If you still have not received acknowledgement, please contact the GRC Registrar, listed below.
• Your place on a committee will be fully confirmed once your member contribution for 2025 is also received.
• Make sure all important dates are marked on your calendar.
• In mid-December, you’ll receive an email asking you to confirm your meeting date availability and containing more information about our in-person training session scheduled for January.
• Towards the end of January, you will find out to which committee you’ve been assigned.

The function of the Financial Review Committee (FRC) is to act as the fiduciary for Impact100 to assure members that all the nonprofits who apply for grants have the financial viability and stability to insure they can meet the representations made in their grant application. The FRC reviews the financial statements and other financial data provided by the nonprofit in support of its grant application. It is an entity-focused financial review, not a grant-focused qualitative review, that is the focus of the Grant Review Committees (GRCs).

The FRC's work is intensely focused over a three-week period in January and involves two committee meetings during which we review the financials of every vetted grant applicant. If you have a strong financial background, and are interested in the opportunity to serve on the FRC, please email Barbara Morrison or Sedra Shapiro-Nathan and they will contact you to discuss the necessary qualifications.