Community Advisors
Your Expertise Can Help Build A Stronger, More Equitable Greater Miami
Join Us As A Community Advisor
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Miami community by sharing your time and perspective as an advisor.
As a community foundation, The Miami Foundation works together with Miami residents to achieve their goals for a stronger, more equitable, and more resilient community. We believe it is critical for local leaders to drive local action and many of our grant programs are guided by committees of Miami residents who are passionate about serving our community. These Community Advisors guide our grant investments to best serve Miami residents. We invite you to submit an interest form to be considered for the Community Advisor role and participate in our program and grant advisory process.
Potential interest areas for Community Advisors include:
- Animals
- Arts and Culture
- Community Care
- Economic & Community Development
- Education & Youth
- Environment
- Faith-Based
- General Community Advisor
- Health and Wellness
- Human Rights, Advocacy, & Civic Engagement
- Impact Investing / Venture Capitalism
- Inclusion of People with Diverse Abilities
- Scholarships
What is my role as a Community Advisor?
Community Advisors have a unique opportunity to guide social progress in Miami. In some instances, they participate in the redesign of our programs and processes. Other times they read and evaluate grant proposal submissions. The Foundation team consults Advisors throughout grant application cycle and trains them on our evaluation process. Finally, Advisors come together to develop final grant recommendations to the Foundation.
Time Commitment is dependent on the grant program you are selected to serve as an Advisor on. Generally, we expect the total time commitment ranges from 35-80 hours to allow ample time to connect with the Foundation team, share feedback on the program’s design, read proposals, and join final selection meetings. We do our best to schedule around all Advisors’ availability to ensure their participation.
In return, the Foundation offers a modest honorarium gift in recognition of the value of Advisors’ time and expertise. Advisors will also be recognized on our website and program materials. They will come away with unique insight into our community and have a direct impact on social progress in Miami.
What are the qualifications?
- Current Miami-Dade County residents preferred, or otherwise very familiar with Miami communities.
- 18 years of age or older.
- English fluency is preferred, as proposals are submitted in English.
- Passion for serving the Miami community, often through a demonstrated interest in one of our program areas.
- Commitment to sharing your time and respectful feedback throughout the process.
- Commitment to act with objectivity and confidentiality.
- Availability is contingent on the specific program you are asked to support.
- Must share any potential conflicts of interest with nonprofits you are involved with.
Community Advisors are not required to have a certain level of expertise, education, or involvement. We value life experience and professional expertise if applied respectfully and objectively. Nonprofit employees may also serve as Advisors, although they cannot review their organization’s application nor the category in which their organization is applying. All Advisors are expected to inform the Foundation of any potential conflicts of interest before participating in any review process.
Please note that submitting the interest form does not guarantee your role as a community advisor. If there is alignment between the needs of an open grant opportunity and your experience and interests, the Foundation staff will contact you to discuss possible next steps.
Connect with us
Please contact Vicky Checo, Director of Community Engagement, at vcheco@miamifoundation.org with any questions.