Nominations are now open for 100 Women Who Care’s Giving Circle.
“As a member of 100 Women Who Care Mississauga, you are in the unique position to be able to help your favourite local charity with an infusion of funds in the form of a collective donation. Our members nominate charities, they are vetted by the Charity Management team, and if they qualify, three (3) are chosen at random to present their needs at our Giving Circle. Members then vote, and whichever charity receives the most votes goes home with the group’s entire collective donation. Members may nominate more than one charity. Teams are counted as one voting member, so if more than one nomination for a particular charity is received from a team, only one nomination will be counted.
In order to be eligible, the charities MUST:
✅ be Canadian,
✅ be based in Mississauga, and serve the Mississauga community,
✅ have a Charitable Registration Number,
✅ issue tax receipts for each individual donation,
✅ have an immediate, specific need,
✅ ensure 100% of our donation be applied to the need in question,
✅ agree not to add donors to their email lists, and
✅ must have a direct donation link, either on their website or through Canada Helps.
Charities must be inclusive and not exclude on the basis of religion, race, or sexual or gender orientation. Following the generally accepted model of the 100 Who Care Alliance, we do not support religious institutions or political organizations. If a religious institution has a separate community outreach program that has its own, separate Charitable Registration Number, it will be eligible for consideration.
NOMINATE A CHARITY TODAY!
The nomination process starts fresh each quarter. Please feel free to resubmit a charity for consideration if it was not selected at the previous Giving Circle.
Charities that have received the collective donation are ineligible for nomination for two years following receipt of the donation. Charities which have received our donation in the past and are currently re-eligible for nomination are The DAM (June 2021), EveryMind (December 2021), and Heart House Hospice (now Hospice Mississauga) (March 2022), The Compass Food Bank and Outreach Centre (June 2022), and Vita Centre (December 2022).
Nominated charities receive one spot of the WheelofNames (for the random selection process) for each nomination received, so the more nominations the better. If your favourite charity has already been nominated, nominate them again to give them a better chance of selection!
Please NOTE:
🖊️ If a member of 100 Women Who Care Mississauga heads their own charity, they may not self-nominate. Another member may nominate on their behalf. The nominating member cannot be an employee of the charity.
🖊️ A member in Good Standing has completed the registration and commitment form and has made all of their required donations to date.
Finding Eligible Charities
If you would like to get involved with the nominations process, read our blog, Resources for Finding and Nominating Charities for a 100 Women Who Care Mississauga Giving Circle for tips on how to find qualified charities.
Winter Info Session – February 6th
If you are a new member or are interested in learning more about 100 Women Who Care Mississauga, you may want to attend the Winter Info Session on Thursday, February 6th, to learn all about Giving Circles and how they work. Or, if you have some friends or family members who are curious about 100 Women Who Care Mississauga and the impact of collective donations, please share the registration link with them for our upcoming Winter Info Session.
This is a 1-hour Zoom meeting, during which we share the history of the 100 Who Care Alliance and about 100 Women Who Care Mississauga, what we do and have already done for our Community with the #powerof100. There will be a Q&A after a short presentation. You must register to receive the Zoom link for the meeting.
Date: Thursday, February 6th
Time: 7:30pm, Via Zoom
Register: Here
Have a great week!
Warmly,
Christine Hull & Xanthe LeBlanc on Behalf of the Steering Team
100 Women Who Care Mississauga
📱647-273-1057
🌐 100womenwhocaremississauga.com
📧 info@100womenwhocaremississauga.com”
