Board President of the Ossining Food Pantry

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The new President will lead an organization with a projected 2024 annual income of approximately $500K, establishing and executing a vision to enable the Pantry to meet short-term needs, while positioning the Pantry for continued long-term success.

* Provide leadership and support to develop strategic plans and annual budgets that appropriately
position the Ossining Food Pantry to fulfill its mission, grow income, increase client support, and
improve operational efficiency.
* Work with Board members to strengthen programs, develop new initiatives and ensure existing
programs are well managed, fiscally sound and sustainable.
* Be the public face of the Pantry. Provide visibility for the Pantry by serving as an effective
spokesperson.
* Identify and deepen relationships with the community for the purpose of nurturing goodwill,
recruiting, and engaging new and ongoing donors/volunteers.
* Provide fiscally sound management and fiduciary oversight for long-term financial viability.
* Offer thoughtful leadership and guidance throughout the program planning, development, and
implementation process.
* Grow fundraising results by assisting with development efforts, and personally soliciting gifts.
* Participate in Board and Executive committee meetings (held via Zoom each month), help shape
the agenda, and engage in discussion and decision-making to advance our mission.
* Help to recruit new Board members who will add diversity to the Board and whose talents will
help to further the mission and expand funding opportunities.

Please submit a current resume and cover letter to: OssFoodPan869@gmail.com

The Ossining Food Pantry was founded in 1988 and has continued fighting hunger ever since. Our
mission is to address the food insecurity of our neighbors in the Ossining/Briarcliff community. We provide supplemental food to seniors, individuals, and families. The Pantry makes a huge impact in our community by providing a healthy mix of shelf-stable and fresh foods (vegetables, meat, dairy) for approximately 400 households/ 1,000+ people each week. We partner with the Ossining Farmers Market to provide additional food options to clients. We operate a "choice pantry" food distribution where clients may shop and choose the foods they need and like based on their household size. Volunteers deliver pre-packed bags of groceries to the homebound and to eligible families at Ossining Children’s Center.

The Ossining Food Pantry currently operates as a decentralized organization. We have a "Working
Board" consisting of individual "team leaders" who are committed to serving the community and
perform their individual duties with dedication, often well beyond their formal scope of responsibilities.

The Ossining Food Pantry is a 100% volunteer organization with no paid staff. We are funded by
philanthropic and community support. The Ossining Food Pantry is a member agency of Feeding
Westchester. We are a charitable 501(c)(3) not-for-profit "public" corporation, and we are registered with the N.Y. State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau.