Chamber Arts Board Member

The role

The Advisory Board provides strategic guidance, oversight, and support for organizational sustainability. Members serve as ambassadors to advance the mission of Chamber Arts.

What you will do

• Provide oversight, guidance, and strategic direction.
• Monitor organizational performance and alignment with mission and values.
• Support resource development through introductions, relationship-building, and advocacy.
• Review and approve annual budgets and quarterly financial reports.
• Serve as an ambassador to increase awareness within networks.
• Attend four Advisory Board meetings per year.
• Participate in at least one Advisory Board committee or working group.
• Prepare for meetings by reviewing materials in advance.
• Participate in Board and organizational events as appropriate.
• Support resource development and community engagement efforts.

Required qualifications

• Passion for and commitment to the mission of Chamber Arts
• Professional, volunteer, community, or lived experience that can contribute meaningfully to the organization's work
• Willingness to contribute time, expertise, networks, and other resources
• Willingness to represent and serve as a spokesperson for the organization to the community
• Integrity, accountability, and a commitment to responsible nonprofit governance

Nice to have

• Prior nonprofit Board experience
• Major donor and institutional relationship management
• Philanthropy/grantmaking, esp. intermediaries
• External communications, esp. social media
• Community engagement
• Arts and cultural programming

About the company

Chamber Arts, a project of Community Partners, is an artist support organization and arts intermediary based in northeast Los Angeles, CA. It serves early to mid-career artists from marginalized communities through a set of redistributive projects.