About Mother’s Outreach Network

Mother’s Outreach Network (MON) is a Black mother-led nonprofit in Washington, DC, with 501(c)(3) tax status, advancing family integrity, economic security, with a focus on access to justice for Black mothers and their children. MON’s strategy integrates three pillars: legal services and strategic litigation, guaranteed income research and tax justice, and mother-led advocacy with narrative change. MON employs a professional staff of attorneys, policy researchers, and administrative supporters.
Vision: A District of Columbia where Black families are supported with income, housing, and rights, and where poverty is never treated as neglect.
Mission: To empower Black mothers economically, keep families together, and challenge systems that punish poverty, especially child welfare and related legal systems.

Why Join Our Board ?

MON is seeking a new board director who shares our commitment to racial and economic justice and wants to play an active role in transforming the systems that
shape Black families’ lives. As a board member, you will help guide an organization doing urgent, constituent-driven work at the intersection of legal advocacy, guaranteed income, and mother-led organizing.

Commitments and Expectations

Board service at MON is ideally a 3-year commitment, reflecting our belief that meaningful governance takes time. You should expect to:

• Commit an average of 6 hours per month.
• Attend 10 regularly scheduled board meetings per year (most held virtually, with 1–2 in-person meetings annually in the Washington, DC area).
• Serve as an ambassador for MON, maintaining familiarity of the organization’s current activities.
• Participate in MON’s “Give or Get” policy: each board member is expected to contribute or help raise $500 annually. MON works with board members to find approaches that fit their networks and capacity.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds. Below we distinguish what we consider essential from what we see as a valued bonus — so you can self-assess honestly and MON can be transparent about its priorities.

What we consider essential

• Lived experience with or deep professional commitment to communities mostimpacted by poverty, the child welfare system, or economic injustice.
• Commitment to racial justice, economic justice, and family integrity.
• Strong relational skills: the ability to build trust, nurture dialogue, and inspire confidence in the organization among its stakeholders.
• Experience in formal or informal leadership positions — within communities, organizations, or institutions.
• Willingness to serve as a public ambassador for MON and engage your network on behalf of the organization’s mission.

 

Valued as a plus (not required)

• Experience with nonprofit organizations or community-based groups and anunderstanding of nonprofit governance.
• Expertise in law, policy, finance, communications, or other fields relevant to MON’s work.
• Fundraising experience or existing relationships with funders, donors, or institutional partners. (This is a welcome asset, not a prerequisite.)
• Connections to media, policy networks, or coalitions relevant to child welfarereform, guaranteed income, or economic security.

General Board Responsibilities

• Fiduciary: Set and monitor the annual budget; approve the independent annual audit; oversee investments; ensure adequate resources to fulfill the
  organization’s mission.
• Policy Setting: Determine the organization’s mission and purpose.
• General Management: Ensure legal and ethical integrity; hire and evaluate the Executive Director; ensure compliance with legal and financial reporting
  requirements.
• Strategic Planning: Determine, monitor, and strengthen the organization’s programs and services while ensuring alignment with its mission; help identify and groom potential future leaders.
• Oversight: Oversee board committees; select volunteer leaders to represent a cross section of the organization.
• Public Standing: Enhance the organization’s public visibility and reputation.

How To Apply

We’d love to hear from you. To apply for board membership, please submit the following two documents:

• A Letter of Interest (no more than 2 pages) describing: how you came to be aware of MON, its mission, and its work; what specifically interests you about
  MON’s work; a brief description of your background; your experience working with nonprofit organizations or community-based groups; and any particular skills or expertise you will bring to the organization.
• Your résumé.

Attach both documents to an email and send them to nominations@mothersoutreach.org Applications are currently being accepted.

 

MON is committed to building a diverse, vibrant, and effective Board of Directors. We strongly encourage applications from Black mothers and others with lived experience in the communities we serve. The value you bring through representation and community trust is central to our work — not secondary to financial capacity.